News

Greens launch SA clean energy plan to power the new economy and create jobs

11 April, 2016 - Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale is visiting Adelaide today to announce the South Australian component of the Greens’ RenewAustralia pla...

Welcome aboard high speed rail, PM Turnbull

11 April, 2016 - Welcome aboard high speed rail, PM Turnbull The Greens have welcomed reports that the Prime Minister has foreshadowed plans to progress east co...

Greens welcome East Timor conciliation proceedings

11 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed moves by East Timor to commence United Nations conciliation proceedings related to the maritime boundary in...

Ward closures at Footscray Hospital show urgent need for redevelopment

10 April, 2016 - Victorian Greens call for urgent Footscray Hospital redevelopment funding in the 2016-17 Victorian Budget, after about 60 beds and three wards ...

Greens to end sports betting ad barrage

8 April, 2016 - Australian Greens leader and spokesperson on gambling and sport, Senator Richard Di Natale, was joined by Greens candidate for LaTrobe Tom Cummi...

Greens to move motion calling for Royal Commission into the Financial Sector

8 April, 2016 - When the Senate resumes the week commencing 18 April the Greens will again move a motion calling for the establishment of a Royal Commission int...

We are not the 1% - PT users dudded by Turnbull

8 April, 2016 - We are not the 1% - PT users dudded by Turnbull Victorians who want the choice of safe, fast and reliable public transport have been sold out by...

Shorten must walk the talk on local steel and oppose the TPP

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens' trade spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on the Labor Party to commit to opposing the Trans-Pacific P...

Belgrave train line failure was preventable

8 April, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says today’s Belgrave train line failure was preventable and public transport users deserve an explanation f...

Government creating ticking debt time bomb: Greens

8 April, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms says PBO costings reveal the Government's deregulation agenda is a ticking ...

Greens lock in behind new push to ban nuclear weapons

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens today launched a campaign calling for Julie Bishop to support a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In December last yea...

Greens warn of new ‘generation debt’

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have warned that the Liberals will create a new generation of young Australians saddled with record debt, if they proceed ...

“Energy poverty” hypocrisy exposed by new Adani company allegations

7 April, 2016 - Following allegations of electricity price gouging by the Adani company in India, the Greens re-iterated their call for the state Labor and fede...

Shark study confirms pointlessness of drum lines

7 April, 2016 - A Fisheries Department study into white shark movements off the WA coast confirms that the Government’s 2014 drumline trial did nothing for the ...

Government must fight for Whyalla’s future: Greens

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens call on the Government to provide urgent mental health support to the Whyalla Community as part of any plan to assist in s...