Victorian News

Victorian public schools short-changed by billions

18 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state and federal governments to revisit public school funding, after an independent costing found th...

Greens launch plan to limit harms of a Melbourne casino post-Royal Commission

14 October, 2021 - The next Melbourne Casino would be forced to pay its fair share in tax and reduce its gaming machines by half under a post-Royal Commission p...

Labor and Liberals vote to allow gas drilling at 12 Apostles

14 October, 2021 - The Victorian Labor Government and the Victorian Liberal National Opposition have voted down a Greens motion that would have prevented new ga...

Government must stop underfunding threatened species: Greens

13 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to drastically increase its funding for biodiversity and threatened species, followi...

Health worker 'allowance' finally backs up 18 months of frontline heroes rhetoric

12 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the state government will provide frontline health workers with an allowance over the next four ...

Victoria should fund 'catch-up swim program' for kids

12 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to fund a large-scale catch-up swim program so Melbourne children who missed out on ...

Victorian nurses should be given bonuses to recognise COVID work

5 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to provide a salary top-up for clinical staff in public hospitals who are providing h...

Greens to move for inquiry into rise of far-right in Victoria

24 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens will move for an inquiry into the rise of the far-right in Victoria when Parliament returns in October. The Greens ...

Greens support long overdue reforms to protect LGBTQ+ staff and students

16 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens look forward to supporting reforms to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination by faith-based organisations. Remov...

Victoria's upper house voting system now the most undemocratic in Australia

16 September, 2021 - Victoria will soon become the only jurisdiction in the country that still uses group voting tickets on Election Day, following Western Aust...

Upper House passes motion allowing MPs to sit online for the first time

15 September, 2021 - The Victorian Parliament’s Upper House has passed a motion that will allow MPs to sit online during the pandemic for the first time, and en...

Victorians wouldn't be unfairly locked up for minor offences, under Greens' bill

14 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens will today second-read their ‘bail bill’ in Parliament, which would simplify the state’s strict bail laws and reduce t...

Greens fear government is setting new 'Arden' precinct up to fail

13 September, 2021 - The Victorian Government today released the final Arden Structure Plan, for a new precinct in inner-city Melbourne that the government says...

Victoria must follow WA's lead and end native forest logging

8 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have urged the state government to follow WA’s lead and end native forest logging by 2025, rather than in ten years as ...

Greens move to block gas drilling at the 12 Apostles

7 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens will today introduce a motion to prevent new gas drilling near the 12 Apostles, citing gas as one of the leading causes...