Victorian News

Government's relationship with Crown has aged like milk

20 July, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the relationship between successive Labor and Liberal state governments and Crown is well past its expiry date, a...

GREENS WELCOME FUNDING FOR EXTRA MIDWIVES AFTER CAMPAIGN SHINES LIGHT ON THE ISSUE

9 July, 2021 - The Victorian Greens welcome the announcement today by the Health Minister providing an additional $13 million for 175 more midwives across Victo...

Victorian Government unfit to regulate gambling: Greens

5 July, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said tonight’s Four Corners investigation into the failed regulation of Crown Casino has called into question the fitne...

Labor's new national parks shouldn't be logged: Greens

24 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the state government will create three new national parks, but say they’re disappointed some of tho...

Victorian Government fails First Nations children and women

24 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the state government must urgently act to address alarming new statistics on the rates of Aboriginal children bei...

IBAC report makes case for reducing over-imprisonment of disadvantaged communities

22 June, 2021 - The Greens have said the Victorian Government must act urgently to reduce the over-imprisonment of disadvantaged communities following the relea...

Victoria must ban police from accessing QR code data

22 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Victorian Government to follow WA’s lead and ban police from accessing QR code data currently being used...

Labor and the Liberals on unity ticket to tax EVs and stymy uptake

21 June, 2021 - Today’s Senate debate on the Greens’ ‘No Electric Vehicles Tax’ Private Members Bill confirms both the government and Labor have no plan whatsoe...

State energy emergency spells writing on the wall for coal in Victoria

17 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the state government’s decision to announce a state energy emergency is yet more evidence that coal is unreliable...

State government running out of excuses to delay action on 'raising the age'

9 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the Commission for Children and Young People’s call to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Victoria fr...

Renters at risk of losing homes unless protections are reinstated

2 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to reinstate protections for renters during the current lockdown to ensure no renter is ...

Government should provide one-off payment for casual workers during lockdown

28 May, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have written to the Victorian Government and called on them to provide casual workers with an emergency payment, to ensure t...

Greens second-read 'raise the age' bill one year after global BLM protests

26 May, 2021 - The Victorian Greens will second-read their ‘raise the age’ bill in Parliament today, which would raise the age of criminal responsibility in Vic...

Greens to continue the fight against Labor's anti-climate EV tax

25 May, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Victorian Labor’s electric vehicle tax, following its passage in Parliament's upper house tonight, saying it will und...

Essential public workers short-changed in Budget

20 May, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed major investments in mental health and schools in the 2021/22 state budget, but say the government’s decision ...