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Government abandons Banking Royal Commission recommendations

19 January, 2021 - The government’s delay or abandonment of most of the recommendations from the Banking Royal Commission is a commitment to the hands off appro...

Failure of Chevron's Gorgon Project shows carbon capture is an expensive myth

16 January, 2021 - The failure of Chevron’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage project is a symbol of the total failure of the CCS industry, the Greens have said...

Auditor-General asked to investigate dodgy Yeelirrie uranium mine approval

15 January, 2021 - The Greens have asked the Auditor-General to investigate the approval of the Yeelirrie uranium mine in Western Australia by former federal en...

Coalition and Labor light the fuse on Beetaloo gas bomb

14 January, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Liberals and Labor for today throwing $217 million in road funding to enable the Beetaloo Basin gas project, sayi...

Decades of manufacturing decline limits vaccine options, publicly-owned vaccine manufacturer could save lives

13 January, 2021 - The Greens say that decades of decline in Australian manufacturing puts the nation at risk of having fewer options when it comes to Covid-19 ...

Craig Kelly should be booted off his cushy $23k committee role

13 January, 2021 - The Greens have called upon the Prime Minister to boot Craig Kelly from his role chairing a parliamentary committee, following weeks of disin...

Statement on Michael McCormack

12 January, 2021 - “McCormack's actions over the last two days are an attempt to take Australia down the dangerous path of post-truth politics.  “The facts are ...

Grave fears for Julian Assange's wellbeing. Morrison must act: Greens

7 January, 2021 - With the news overnight that Julian Assange has been denied bail, Greens Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has called on Prime M...

Assange must be given safe passage home

6 January, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says there is no excuse for the Morrison government to do anything other than provide an Australian citizen safe pa...

Greens call for JobKeeper & JobSeeker extension after NSW COVID outbreak

21 December, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has today called on the government to defer the looming cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker in lig...

Conservative thinktank planning for the end of coal shows urgency for transition planning

21 December, 2020 -   The release of a report planning for the end of coal by the right-leaning Blueprint Institute shows that all sides of politics were now c...

Federal Court decision welcomed as fight to protect sacred DjubWurrung trees continues

18 December, 2020 - In a stark rebuke to Minister for Environment Sussan Ley, the Australian Greens today welcomed the Federal Court decision to uphold an appea...

Tudge Shouldn’t Be A Minister, Let Alone Education Minister

18 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Alan Tudge’s appointment as Education Minister is a disturbing...

Greens support findings and recommendations of majority report into Tobacco Harm Reduction

18 December, 2020 -  The Greens recognise the potential role of e-cigarettes in tobacco harm reduction but support a precautionary approach in the regulation of...

MYEFO

17 December, 2020 - MYEFO shows yet again that the Liberals are locking in inequality and damage from climate change, the Greens say. “The economy continues to ...