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Greens force release of draft standards phasing out battery cages

23 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has forced the release of draft animal welfare standards for poultry throug...

NDIS age cap both arbitrary and discriminatory

22 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Disability spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has backed calls for the NDIS to scrap its age cap and allow disabled peopl...

Great Barrier Reef in danger, government in denial

22 June, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the government’s knee-jerk climate denialism as the world delivers yet another stark warning that we risk losing the Gre...

Cruel bill taking hundreds of dollars from JobSeekers must not be rushed through before winter break

21 June, 2021 - The Greens will oppose the Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures Bill 2021 that will rip $457 from people receiving Jobseeke...

Vaile backflip a huge win for uni staff, students and climate

21 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed news that Mark Vaile will not be made Chancellor of the University ...

Greens to focus on coal in inner-city Liberal seats

21 June, 2021 - With the elevation of coal-hugging Barnaby Joyce to the Deputy Prime Ministership, the Greens will renew focus on coal and 2030 climate targets ...

Gov backs One Nation’s far-right hate — again

21 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Liberals and Nationals have yet again supported and passed a...

Greens renew call for publicly funded abortion after private clinic closures

18 June, 2021 - The Greens have renewed their call for publicly funded abortions after private service Marie Stopes announced yesterday it was shutting down fou...

Porter inquiry Bill blocked in embarrassing and cynical display

17 June, 2021 - Lines attributable to Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on women Larissa Waters: “The government and One Nation have again conspired ...

Government ducks scrutiny in shameful anti-democratic display

16 June, 2021 - Lines attributable to Senator Larissa Waters: This is a shameful day for this government and the Australian Parliament. There are unresolved rap...

Housing crisis can no longer be ignored

16 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the national housing crisis can no longer be ignored, as new data re...

Statement from the Australian Greens on the broken ceasefire in Israel and Palestine

16 June, 2021 - The Australian Greens are deeply concerned to see the ceasefire broken with risks of further deaths in Israel and Palestine, a mere three days i...

Shameful Robodebt chapter is not over

15 June, 2021 - The Greens welcome the Federal Court judgement on the robodebt class action that found the Commonwealth "unlawfully"  raised $1.7 billion in deb...

Plan to open up more fossil fuels is the Pitts

15 June, 2021 - While Scott Morrison attends G7 and the world plans to transition away from fossil fuels the Australian Government has made a mockery of itself ...

Seismic Inquiry report released

11 June, 2021 - The Senate Inquiry into seismic testing has tabled its final report today.  For the first time ever, the Federal Parliament heard evidence that ...