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Labor’s decision on Greens’ gas tax amendments a key test

22 August, 2023 - The Greens say they will not be cowed by Labor’s desperate attempts to pass their weak gas tax unamended, and will move amendments when the PR...

GREENS TO CLOSE BIG FOUR PAYROLL TAX LOOPHOLE

22 August, 2023 - The Greens in NSW will be moving to close a loophole that has seen the big accounting firms pay no payroll tax on partner pay. The move to ...

ACT welcomes renewed commitment to delivering the Murray Darling Basin Plan

22 August, 2023 - ACT Minister for Water, Shane Rattenbury, has welcomed the announcement from the Federal Government that they have reached an agreement&n...

Rental crisis inquiry must be wake-up call for Victorian Labor to stand up to property industry

22 August, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have warned that until the Victorian Labor Government stands up to the property industry and implements urgent rent contr...

Forestry Corporation forced to halt logging in Newry State Forest

22 August, 2023 - NSW Forestry Corporation has been forced to give an undertaking to stop logging in Newry State Forest after a successful application to the La...

Greens welcome overdue Australian Research Council reforms

22 August, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Government’s decision to accept the recomme...

ACT Gov releases 20-year plan for Canberra’s natural resources

22 August, 2023 - Today, the ACT Government will announce the new ‘Caring for Dhawura Ngunnawal: A Natural Resource Plan for the ACT 2022-2042’ which will ...

NSW Labor breaks election promise with shameful Waterloo privatisation

21 August, 2023 - Today the NSW Minns Labor Government has broken an election promise and shamefully announced it will press ahead with plans to privatise half ...

Loy Yang A closure date to lock in twelve more years of burning coal, transition must happen sooner

21 August, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have said closing Loy Yang A in 2035 will mean twelve more years of burning coal, and have urged the Victorian Labor Gove...

Defence hands $8.5 million to conflict-ridden consultant EY to design new nuclear submarine regulator 

21 August, 2023 - In the face of a national revolt over outsourcing of key government functions to consultants, Defence has handed another big four consultant, ...

National conference confirms Labor now Australia’s centre-right party

18 August, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt said that even with the generously-named “Left” faction holding the numbers in the Party, the Labor National Conferen...

Victorian Labor's decision to take strong rent controls off the table a 'kick in the guts' to thousands of renters

18 August, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government’s decision to take rent controls off the table will have dire consequences for r...

Greens force Albanese government to spill the beans on VIP flights for politicians

18 August, 2023 - The public has paid millions to fly senior politicians around on “special purpose” VIP flights according to documents forced from the Albanese...

Greens call on Sydney Uni to hand back dirty gambling industry funds

17 August, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Education spokesperson, has slammed Sydney University for accepting funding from the gambling...

Full funding needed to end violence against women and children

17 August, 2023 - The Greens welcome the belated release of the First Action Plan and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National P...