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Budget bakes in housing inequality

13 May, 2026 - Labor promised to deliver a budget that would tackle intergenerational housing inequity but failed to deliver. The Greens say Labor’s budget b...

Budget fails communities of colour and students: No changes to JRG, nothing for the National Anti-Racism Framework

13 May, 2026 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education and Anti-Racism, Senator Faruqi, has responded to last night’s federal budget, which f...

PM’s childcare “legacy” built on empty promises and pay cut 

13 May, 2026 - PM’s childcare “legacy” built on empty promises and pay cut  The Greens spokesperson for Early Childhood Education and Care, Senator Step...

‘Good’ character removed as a consideration in sentencing for sexual offences

12 May, 2026 - A person’s ‘good’ character will no longer be considered in sentencing for sexual crimes after the NSW Parliament passed laws today, including sa...

Labor’s budget backs corporate profits & the 1% over people

12 May, 2026 - In their first budget of the term, Labor has chosen corporate profits over people, by delivering real cuts to services while allowing corporate p...

Three more NSW hospitals flailing under a public-private partnership, Inquiry hears

12 May, 2026 - Staff at Bathurst, Orange and Bloomfield hospitals told an inquiry today about the failures of their profit-driven management model, including a ...

Greens say “Cohealth needs long term funding and long term security” not just just band-aids and crumbs

8 May, 2026 - The Greens say Cohealth clinics need long term funding to stay open - not just the band-aids and crumbs offered by Labor today. The Federal gov...

Labor finally adopts Greens-driven early childhood commission proposal but stalls on real reform

8 May, 2026 - The Greens have welcomed the government finally moving to “consult” on a national early childhood education and care commission, but say families ...

Laws to abolish ‘good character’ for sexual offenders pass NSW Upper House

7 May, 2026 - The Greens worked across the Parliament to pass nation-leading reforms in the NSW Upper House that would end consideration of “good character” as ...

Inquiry calls for gas tax review after Middle East conflict

7 May, 2026 - The Greens-led Select Committee into the taxation of Australia’s gas resources has tabled its final report, agreeing that the gas export tax regim...

Labor’s fuel crisis budget will pick a side: ordinary people or corporate profits

7 May, 2026 - As the illegal war in the Middle East fuels inflation and economic inequality, Labor's budget must choose a side: deliver for people, or deliver f...

GAS RESERVE WILL PROLONG THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN RIP OFF: GREENS

7 May, 2026 - Labor’s adoption of the Australian Energy Producers-supported gas reservation policy as Australian government policy is yet another capitulation t...

Greens motion calls for strategy to tackle youth homelessness crisis

7 May, 2026 - Quotes attributable to Laura Nuttall MLA, ACT Greens spokesperson for young people "All Canberrans have a right to a roof over their head, but ...

GREENS SAY LABOR HAS CHOSEN GAS CORPORATIONS OVER THE FUTURE OF EVERYDAY VICTORIANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

7 May, 2026 - The Greens have slammed Labor’s decision to approve the largest new gas project in over a decade, saying they chose gas corporations over everyday...

“Instead of making dodgy deals with Lotto, tax the gambling corporations” Greens say

6 May, 2026 - The Greens have called out Jacinta Allan’s Labor government for doing dodgy deals with gambling corporation, The Lottery Corporation, in the name ...