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Permanent telehealth must be funded in May Budget 

23 April, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Federal Government to make telehealth a permanent feature of our Medicare system.  “Telehealth has been lifesavin...

Big Pharma and shareholders profit making from global pandemic is appalling 

22 April, 2021 - The Greens say that the People’s Vaccine Alliance calculation that Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson  have paid out $26 billion in dividends and sto...

Morrison's hydrogen spin is just more cash for coal & gas

22 April, 2021 - As the Prime Minister pins all his hopes on technology to save his government’s complete lack of any climate policy, his financial commitment d...

Disabled people forgotten again in COVID-19 response

21 April, 2021 - The Australian Greens have called on the Morrison Government to urgently prioritise disabled people, and disability support workers, in the nat...

As world looks to George Floyd verdict, at home, no justice for Blak deaths in custody

21 April, 2021 - Thirty years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Australia has yet to reckon with its history and...

Federal Government must show leadership, step up and commit funding to develop mRNA manufacturing capacity

21 April, 2021 - “It’s time for the Morrison Government to step up and show leadership on developing publicly-owned mRNA manufacturing capacity", Greens spokesp...

Government keeps spinning tall tales on Cashless Debit Card despite failure to prove it works

21 April, 2021 -  The Greens say the Government should abandon the Cashless Debit Card not continue to throw money at the failed punitive program. "The $30 mill...

Leaders’ coal-fired climate speeches expose Australia ahead of Biden Summit

20 April, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt said that after speeches of the Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition reported today, it is clear that their renewed...

Our veterans deserve better: Greens

19 April, 2021 - Today's announcement of a Royal Commission into Veteran and Serving Defence Personnel Suicides is not only a huge win for the community, who ha...

Morrison fails women again with bizarre new consent videos

19 April, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison government’s confusing and bizarre “Good Society” sexual consent videos which feature milkshakes, tacos an...

Domestic publicly-owned mRNA production should be on National Cabinet agenda

19 April, 2021 - The Leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt, says the National Cabinet agenda should include the Greens’ call for investment in publicly-owned domesti...

Greens call for no-fault vaccine compensation scheme in Australia

16 April, 2021 - The Australian Greens are calling for the establishment of a no-fault vaccine compensation scheme in Australia. “There are already 25 countries...

Afghanistan War: Knowing what we do now, Australia never should have gone

16 April, 2021 - Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said Australia should never have got involved in the Afghanista...

Pause to planned NDIS changes must be permanent

15 April, 2021 - Australian Greens Disability spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today the Government's plans to stall the introduction of compulsory ...

Science on climate end-game puts Liberals and Labor targets to shame

15 April, 2021 - The release of a new report shows only the Greens have a climate policy in line with the science. The Climate Council report, Aim High, Go Fast...