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Labor Tinkers Around the Edges of Broken Aged Care Assessment Tool

17 September, 2026 - Last night, the Labor government circulated an amendment to their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner Bi...

James Cook University must reverse proposed axing of vet lab

16 September, 2026 - In a speech to the Senate today, Queensland Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne has called on James Cook University to rethink its plan to ax...

Real pollution cuts, not accounting tricks: Greens announce support for improved INFM, oppose Labor's greenwashing carbon bill and IFLM

10 September, 2026 - The Greens today announced the federal party room will support an improved INFM method following negotiations with the federal government.T...

PISA proves Australian teachers are world-class but need more support

9 September, 2026 - The Greens say the national conversation around classroom disruption and student performance is broken, with the latest PISA data showing Au...

Labor extends racist and failed compulsory income management indefinitely

7 September, 2026 - Labor has covertly extended the life of its racist and failed compulsory income management regime today, joining with the Coalition to kill ...

Big win for older people: Labor backflips on plan to scrap aged care support program

20 August, 2026 - Labor has scrapped a key pillar of its aged care reform agenda, reversing a decision to terminate the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)...

Renters can’t cop another 30% rent increase

20 August, 2026 - The Greens have called for an immediate rent freeze to stop renters from facing a 30% rent increase, spurred on by real estate agents and the ...

Albanese abandons disabled Australians in shameful deal with Liberals on NDIS cuts

18 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens say the Albanese Labor government has abandoned disabled Australians in an appalling dirty deal with the Liberals.This m...

Albanese caves to gambling lobby to cut dirty deal with Liberals

18 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens have called Labor captured and the Liberals weak for their dirty deal on cowardly and careless gambling reform.The Green...

Labor humiliation: Senate votes to scrap automated aged care assessments

18 August, 2026 - In another embarrassing defeat for Labor’s unravelling aged care reforms, the Senate has this afternoon backed a Greens motion demanding that ...

Greens Call on Labor to scrap broken aged care assessment tool following damning Four Corners report

17 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens have demanded that Labor go back to the drawing board on aged care assessments after a damning Four Corners investigatio...

No public funds without a public stake: Greens demand that Australians get a share of Tomago Aluminium

13 August, 2026 - The Australian Greens are demanding that Australians get a stake in the country’s largest aluminium smelter after the Labor federal and state ...

Greens call on Women’s Safety Ministers to commit $4.6B to tackle housing crisis

7 August, 2026 - Ahead of the Women’s Safety Ministers Council meeting, the federal government must commit an additional $4.6B to address the shortfall in socia...

Employment services “punishment without trial” is back

5 August, 2026 - The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) has quietly announced they will resume some payment cancellations and suspensions f...

Australian Greens thank outgoing ACTU leaders for their service to working people

28 July, 2026 - The Australian Greens thank Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil for their years of leadership and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of w...

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