4 November, 2025 - The Senate has voted to establish two further Senate inquiries into Labor’s aged care reforms, amid concerns that the new Act which came into...
1 November, 2025 - From today, Labor’s new Aged Care Act comes into force, meaning older Australians will pay more for essential care, including up to $50 just ...
31 October, 2025 - On World Teachers Day, new analysis shows that Australian teachers are contributing $11.5 billion in unpaid labour every year, demonstrating ...
28 October, 2025 - The Australian Greens have called on Labor to save Australia’s largest aluminium smelter from closure with a public ownership stake, and unde...
21 October, 2025 - It’s clear that the Albanese Government has no appetite – or ability – to embark on the kinds of transformational reforms that could make a real difference in people’s lives.
9 October, 2025 - Greens Senators Barbara Pocock and Penny Allman-Payne have grilled the Government in Senate estimates over the bungled Deloitte report into th...
1 October, 2025 - With just weeks to go until Labor’s new aged care system commences on 1 November, the Greens-led Senate inquiry into Aged Care Service Deliver...
25 September, 2025 - The Greens have written to the Aged Care Minister, Sam Rae, urging him to act to prevent aged care recipients from having to pay up to $50 ...
24 September, 2025 - The Greens have used the release of a landmark SBS docuseries, The People vs Robodebt, to call on Labor to implement the remaining recommen...
24 September, 2025 - The commodification of aged care
By Penny Allman-Payne, Senator For Queensland
On 1 November, major changes to aged c...
22 September, 2025 - Older Australians will pay up to $50/hour for basic care at home under Labor’s aged care changes coming on November 1 according to reportin...
18 September, 2025 - The Greens have called for the resignation of NT EPA chairperson Paul Vogel following revelations about a major methane leak at Darwin LNG ...
