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Allegations of lies and corruption risk South Australia’s vital water source

8 February, 2018 - Today’s revelations that South Australia has been sold down the river about how much water it would lose if the Government’s change to the Mu...

Greens to close Government’s gambling advertising loopholes for broadcasters

8 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for allowing loopholes that gets Foxtel out of a blanket ban on playing gambling a...

Political denial over the Murray Darling Basin Plan will kill the river: Greens

5 February, 2018 - Today’s intervention by prominent scientists and economists warning that the roll-out of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is failing should be a...

Investing in our children helps families, and the community

2 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens will move to legislate raising the guaranteed minimum hours of subsidised early childhood education in an effort to hel...

No More Bad Investments - Greens urge renewable future, not new fossil fuel power stations

31 January, 2018 - Greens SA Parliamentary Leader (and environmental lawyer) Mark Parnell MLC, will today be appearing before the State Commission Assessment Pa...

State and Federal Labor must stop the games and face the music on TAFE crisis

31 January, 2018 - Greens education spokespeople Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Tammy Franks MLC are calling out both the state and federal Labor parties for tr...

Greens welcome Labor switch on nuclear waste dump

30 January, 2018 - The South Australian Premier’s apparent change of heart on a national nuclear waste dump in South Australia is a late but welcome development...

TPP revival is all devil, no detail

24 January, 2018 - Hold the champagne – this ‘zombie TPP’ may be new, but it’s anything but improved, Greens trade and finance spokesperson Senator Sarah-Hanson...

Greens welcome electric car plans

22 January, 2018 - The Australian Greens welcome Sanjeev Gupta’s plans to build electric cars in Adelaide, following years of campaigning to transition the Hold...

Government Declares War on SA Environment

17 January, 2018 - Three environmental decisions this week show that the State Government has declared war on the South Australian environment, according to Gre...

Students worked hard for university, the Government must work for them

17 January, 2018 - The Government must guarantee that all students offered a place at university will have their study funded, following billions of dollars in ...

Let public schools set the bar: Greens

16 January, 2018 - Public schooling in Australia must be the gold standard so parents do not feel they have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for their ch...

Secret EPA dredging advice must be released now

16 January, 2018 - Dumping 1.55 million cubic metres of dredge spoil from Outer Harbour into the middle of Gulf St Vincent risks massive environmental harm, yet...

Chasing Trump-like company tax cuts makes no sense: Greens

21 December, 2017 - The Liberal Government’s plan to give tax cuts to big corporations to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump makes as much sense as the rev...

Dark day for river communities and Murray Darling Basin

19 December, 2017 - Today is a dark day for the Murray Darling Basin in light of Queensland national MP David Littleproud taking on the water portfolio, and Vic...