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Senator Mehreen Faruqi’s statement on Senator Pauline Hanson

9 November, 2023 - “The Senate has rightly forced Senator Hanson to withdraw her unacceptable racist comments and held her to account for once. “This should ...

Greens win Optus Inquiry with public hearings, Senate powers

9 November, 2023 - The Greens have secured a public-facing Senate Inquiry into the significant Optus outage that affected millions on November 8. The Inquiry wi...

Greens welcome High Court’s rejection of indefinite detention

9 November, 2023 - The Greens celebrate the High Court's landmark ruling against indefinite immigration detention, dismantling a two-decade-long bipartisan regi...

Click Bait Bites Back - Correctional Centre Chaos as Inmate Crimes Revealed through access to Daily Telegraph

9 November, 2023 - Budget Estimates hearings have yesterday revealed that for a two-week period inmates in NSW prisons were provided access to the Daily Telegra...

Latest sniffer dogs data more proof the program must be scrapped

9 November, 2023 - NSW Greens MP and drug law reform spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has renewed calls to scrap the expensive drug detection dog program after uncov...

MEDIA RELEASE: Unlawful use of private security harming sleeping homeless people in Darwin

8 November, 2023 - MEDIA RELEASE: Unlawful use of private security harming sleeping homeless people in Darwin Over the last week we have seen devastating foo...

School refusal affects two in five families: survey

8 November, 2023 - The Greens say new polling showing that two in five families are experiencing school refusal/school can’t reinforces the need for urgent acti...

Kathleen Folbigg Inquiry Final Report Handed Down

8 November, 2023 - The final report from the Inquiry into the Convictions of Kathleen Folbigg has today been handed down, almost six months after she was pardon...

Greens move for Optus outage Senate Inquiry with CEO “phoning it in”

8 November, 2023 - The Greens have moved for an urgent Senate Inquiry into the Optus outage affecting millions of Australians, saying the company has failed to ...

Labor abandons environmental agenda in favour for Sea Dumping Bill

8 November, 2023 - The Greens condemn Labor for abandoning its environmental agenda and prioritising the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill – legislation specifically d...

RBA and Labor opt for class war instead of fixing inflation

7 November, 2023 - The Reserve Bank's decision to raise interest rates for the 13th time with the acquiescence and approval of the Labor Government is a continu...

Australian Greens statement one month after the terrorist acts by Hamas into Israel

7 November, 2023 - One month after the terrorist acts by Hamas into Israel, the Australian Greens mourn the over 1400 innocent Israelis who lost their lives. Th...

ACT Restorative Justice Scheme offers a safe pathway for victim-survivors: expert review

7 November, 2023 - ACT Restorative Justice Scheme offers a safe pathway for victim-survivors: expert review Today in Canberra, Attorney-General Shane Ratt...

Greens back Pacific call on coal and gas

7 November, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has backed calls by current and former Pacific leaders for Australia to end support for more coal and gas ahead of P...

The mission to protect and preserve: final plan released on Canberra’s native trees

7 November, 2023 - Today, the ACT Government has announced the final Action Plan to prevent the Loss of Mature Native Trees in the ACT. Minister for the Envi...