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Damning report on Closing the Gap

7 February, 2024 - The Productivity Commission’s Report on Closing the Gap released today outlines a damning assessment of governments in their failure to imple...

Councils to foot the bill under proposed government demerge legislation

6 February, 2024 - Local councils across NSW are expected to foot the bill for their own de-amalgamation under new proposed legislation by the Minns Labor gover...

Second live export voyage shows the craven live export industry prevails over animal welfare concern

5 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed grave concerns over news the department has approve...

New logging rules abandon protections for endangered Greater Gliders

2 February, 2024 - The NSW Government has today announced changes that will remove protections for endangered Southern Greater Gliders despite dozens of communi...

Minister Watt must get animals off this ship of misery now

1 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to get animals off the MV Bahi...

Greater Gliders still threatened with logging after Forestry end operations in Tallaganda State Forest

30 January, 2024 - The Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) have quietly ended logging plans in Tallaganda State Forest following an investigation, and possible pro...

‘Enough is enough’ - Greens call on the Labor government to urgently get animals off the MV Bahijah

30 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Labor government to intervene urgently and get ...

“I felt sick to my stomach”: Greens call for reform following study into sexual assaults in flood aftermath

30 January, 2024 - Tamara Smith MP, Greens Disaster Relief Spokesperson and Member for Ballina, has today called on the NSW Labor government to implement e...

Asbestos contamination in playgrounds is just the tip of the iceberg

29 January, 2024 - The recent discovery of contaminated mulch in the Rozelle Parklands and other sites around Sydney has triggered a broader examination of how ...

“End the blatant hypocrisy” - Faruqi calls on Wong to restore funding to UNRWA

29 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Labor government to reve...

“Spare no expense”: Tamara Smith MP calls for further action to stamp out fire ants

25 January, 2024 - Tamara Smith MP, Greens Member for Ballina, is calling on the Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty to take further action to eradicate red-...

Calls for action on harmful chemical sprays

25 January, 2024 - Continued wet conditions in some agricultural areas have brought forward concerns about the types of chemicals being used in spraying operati...

Stage 3 was designed to turbocharge inequality: Greens

24 January, 2024 - The Greens have said that given the Stage 3 tax cuts were designed to worsen economic inequality in Australia, Labor would have to make some ...

Greens say Stage 3 blowout shows tax cuts for the rich will boost inequality and inflation, must be cancelled

23 January, 2024 - The Greens have urged the Treasurer to scrap the Stage 3 tax cuts, arguing that they will see two thirds of taxpayers on lower incomes pay mo...