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Labor's negative gearing betrayal

26 July, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to Labor’s move to dump its commitment to winding back negative gear...

Greens call for younger people to have access to vaccines

24 July, 2021 - The National Vaccine Strategy should be adapted to reflect the changing nature of the pandemic, which is increasingly putting young people and c...

Greens back calls for greater support for Arts Industry

23 July, 2021 - Greens Spokesperson for the Arts and Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young has backed calls today for greater support for the hard-hit ...

New report shows devastating impacts of Morrison's two-class income support response

23 July, 2021 - The Australian Greens say that ACOSS’ Report “Locked out in Lockdown: A report about people with the least trying to survive in lockdown” highli...

Greens push legislation for JobKeeper repayment

23 July, 2021 - In response to new research showing $4.6 billion in JobKeeper went to businesses that increased their turnover through the first wave of the Cov...

Australia's biggest coal and gas customer to slash coal and gas use by 2030

22 July, 2021 - Australia’s biggest thermal coal and LNG customer, Japan, has announced new 2030 targets for their electricity sector, slashing the amount of co...

JobKeeper 2.0 calls catching on, Morrison reluctance putting nation at risk

21 July, 2021 - As the need to reestablish a large-scale JobKeeper becomes increasingly obvious, the Greens say the same coalition that dragged the Prime Minist...

Anti-Muslim racism revealed in AHRC report

20 July, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that a new report by the Australian Human Rights Commission has found...

Morrison Government abandons people on income support

20 July, 2021 -    The Australian Greens said today the Morrison Government has abandoned people on income support payments during the middle of the pandemic.  ...

Government inaction leads to Aboriginal people dying from preventable deaths

20 July, 2021 - “Aboriginal people are dying from preventable deaths in police custody because the Morrison government is continuing Liberal and Labors’ legacie...

JobKeeper 2.0 and JobSeeker lift needed: Greens

20 July, 2021 - The Morrison Lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne are taking a political toll on the Prime Minister, but the Greens say the long-term damage of the...

JobKeeper 2.0 & lifted JobSeeker needed as PM's failures bite

19 July, 2021 - The Morrison Lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne are taking a political toll on the Prime Minister, but the Greens say the long-term damage of the...

Australia must implement carbon price to avoid EU tariffs: Greens

16 July, 2021 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has called for the urgent return of the Greens/Labor/Independent carbon price and the lifting of 2...

We will keep up the pressure; disability community responds to Independent Assessments Win

16 July, 2021 - Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John said that the outcome of today’s meeting of State and Territory Disability Ministers demonstrates the power of...

Reintroduce carbon price, lift 2030 targets to protect exporters from EU tariffs

15 July, 2021 - With the European Union finally laying out their timetable for implementing carbon tariffs, the Greens have said that the Liberals’ repeal of th...