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Government misleads on NZ & costs farmers $12 billion

9 February, 2021 - The Morrison/McCormack government isn’t just lying about New Zealand’s climate plan, it has cost farmers over $12 billion by repealing the ca...

Greens Royal Commission privacy bill to be debated

9 February, 2021 - The Senate will next week debate legislation introduced by the Australian Greens last year aimed at fixing the lack of confidentiality protec...

McCormack's climate wrecking threatens Australia's children and agriculture

8 February, 2021 - Responding to the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement about the climate crisis that "We are not worried, or I’m certainly not worried, about wh...

South Africa's AstraZeneca suspension underlines urgency of local vaccine manufacture

8 February, 2021 - The Greens say the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out in South Africa shows the need for the government to establish a publicly-o...

Greens welcome Labor’s rejection of PEP11

5 February, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed Labor’s confirmation today that the party opposes the renewal of the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP...

EV strategy runs flat

5 February, 2021 - Today’s release of the Future Fuels Strategy Discussion Paper confirms that the government has no plan whatsoever to drive the uptake of elec...

Greens call for Government to diversify vaccines contracts and strategise for herd immunity 

4 February, 2021 - The Greens say that the Government must continue to expand and diversify Australia’s vaccine portfolio immediately in light of the varying ra...

Racism in Australia not going away: Scanlon report

4 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Scanlon Foundation’s Mapping Social Cohesion report for 2...

Publicly owned mRNA vaccine manufacturer needed

4 February, 2021 - The Greens have called for the government to establish a publicly-owned mRNA vaccine manufacturer in Australia, so that Australia can be guar...

Uni Job Carnage Devastating But Predictable

3 February, 2021 - New figures released by Universities Australia today that more than 17,000 university jobs have been lost in the past year are devastating bu...

Minister Roberts' comments a smokescreen for NDIS 'power grab'

3 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Disability spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has labelled comments made this morning by Minister Robert about the NDI...

Greens call for Government to investigate establishing publicly owned search engine

3 February, 2021 - Following threats from Google to withdraw services from Australia, the Greens have called on the Morrison Government to investigate the estab...

Greens and Labor together can defeat IR Bill

3 February, 2021 - The Greens’ moves to outlaw insecure work and protect gig economy workers have received a boost, with the Labor party backing those positions...

Liberal and Labor's Net Zero by 2050 is not enough to stop the climate emergency

2 February, 2021 - The Australian Greens say that the recent Climate Targets Panel report shows talk of ‘net zero by 2050’ is grossly insufficient to arrest the...

New early childhood data reveal costs, quality concerns

2 February, 2021 - The median cost of childcare is the highest it’s ever been and there are worrying signs for service quality, according to new figures from th...