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Government’s Great Barrier Reef lobbying exposes climate denialism

12 July, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for the desperate measures it has taken to avoid UNESCO listing the Great Barrier Reef as "In Da...

Housing build would support those fleeing family violence

12 July, 2021 - The Greens have welcomed the release today of the Nowhere To Go report by Equity Economics, which finds that a significant build of social housi...

Government's Beetaloo grants gift public money to party donor

7 July, 2021 - The Greens say today’s awarding of $21 million of public money to a private corporation to frack the Northern Territory will turbocharge climate ...

Greens call on Government to commit to pay increase for aged care workers

7 July, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Federal Government to commit to funding a pay increase for aged care workers saying the Government should have done...

Government still not getting vaccines rollout right

1 July, 2021 - The Greens say the Government need to address continuing uncertainty over the vaccine roll out. There are supply, delivery and hesitancy issues p...

MORRISON GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SHOW CONTEMPT FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND OUR SUPPORT WORKERS

1 July, 2021 - Thursday 1 July, 2021 Australian Greens Disability spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said it was outrageous that less than 1 in 5 disabled ...

Greens call for urgent update of Australia’s ventilation standards for hotel quarantine 

30 June, 2021 - In light of the highly transmissible Delta strain now in the community, the Greens say it's a shocking failure of leadership of the Morrison Gov...

LIBERALS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MISMANAGEMENT OF NDIS

30 June, 2021 - Wednesday 30 June, 2021 Australian Greens Disability spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said projections in the 2021 Intergenerational Repo...

Recycling industry ignored in lead-up to waste export ban

30 June, 2021 - The Government’s failure to mandate Australia’s recycling targets is to blame for any recyclable items sent to landfill because of tomorrow’s in...

Greens today will seek to progress Porter inquiry bill on anniversary of his accuser’s tragic death

24 June, 2021 - On the one-year anniversary of the suicide of Christian Porter’s accuser the Greens have called on the government, One Nation and Senator Jacqui...

Morrison must strip Nationals of water portfolio

23 June, 2021 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young has today called for the Nationals to be stripped of the water portfolio following the ret...

Greens slam changes to Private Health Act that will only give coverage to disabled people on NDIS

23 June, 2021 - The Greens have criticised changes to the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 which passed the Senate last night saying they set a dangerous prece...

Libs and Labor join forces to crush Senate transparency and democracy

23 June, 2021 - The move by the Coalition and Labor to permanently axe Senate motions is an attack on transparency and democracy that entrenches the big parties...

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...