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Steph Hodgins-May Senator for Vic

Greens demand greater transparency after Albanese Government ranked among worst on document releases

24 July, 2025 - Damning new research from the Centre for Public Integrity has revealed that the Albanese Government is worse than the Morrison Government when i...

Greens’ sector-backed childcare watchdog is ready to go while the Government stalls with band-aid fixes

16 July, 2025 - In response to news that the government will look to establish a national database of childcare staff, the Greens are continuing to urge the gov...

If Minister Bowen is serious about climate change, he must release missing climate risk report

16 July, 2025 - The Greens are demanding the government immediately release the final report of the National Climate Risk Assessment in the wake of yesterday’s ...

It's time for tri-partisan reform to fix early childhood education

11 July, 2025 - This op-ed was published in the Canberra Times in July 2025.  With parliament returning in just two weeks, we have a rare chance to work...

Greens say fossil fuel lobbyists must get dirty influence out of climate policy

9 July, 2025 - The Greens have slammed the Albanese Government’s cosy relationship with fossil fuel lobbyists, in the wake of the release of a new white paper e...

Greens urge Royal Commission into safety and quality of early childhood education

1 July, 2025 - In light of a breaking story of alleged sexual assaults linked to an employee who worked at a number of childcare centres across Melbourne, the G...

Unfair funding cut to BREAZE threatens Ballarat’s clean energy progress

26 June, 2025 - Responding to a community protest supporting BREAZE, a volunteer-run renewable energy group recently cut from funding by the City of Ballarat, S...

The early learning crisis in rural and regional Australia

3 June, 2025 - This op-ed was published in Stock and Land and The Weekly Times in April 2025.  From the orchards of my family’s farm in western Victoria...

Greens pledge to support Hazara Community & Cultural Centre Proposal

30 April, 2025 - The Greens have committed to pushing for $20 million in the next Parliament to establish a multipurpose Hazara Community & Cultural Centre ...