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Tehan Scrambles To Patch Up Uni Funding Disaster

30 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the Education Minister’s announcement the Commonwealth will fund 1...

DV Funding Leaves a Third of Women at Risk

29 September, 2020 - The long overdue announcement of the Safe Places Emergency Accommodation grants is welcome, but falls critically short of national demand a...

Invest to recover: manufacturing plan must capitalise on zero carbon goods boom

28 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt has seized on reports today that show demand for Australian goods will increasingly be put to an emissi...

JobKeeper retention, not tax cuts, as Greens to move in Senate to block JobKeeper reduction

27 September, 2020 - With JobKeeper payments set to drop from Monday 28 September, the Australian Greens have today released Parliamentary Budget Offi...

Lending changes are foie gras for banking

25 September, 2020 - Greens Economic Justice spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, responded to reports today that the government will loosen lending standards and ...

Uni Bill Report Flawed And Highly Partisan

25 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Mehreen Faruqi has said a report of the government-dominated Senate Education and Employment Legis...

Greens welcome Government commitment to COVAX  

24 September, 2020 - The Greens are pleased that the Government has finally announced that Australia has joined the COVAX facility.  Australia’s participation i...

Uni Rallies Essential To Fight Cuts And Autocracy

23 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said she was proud to speak at and attend heavily-policed student ralli...

NBN Upgrade

23 September, 2020 - The Government's NBN announcement is a small step in the right direction, but there are still significant issues that need to be addressed,...

Chinese government must allow access to Tibet, Greens say

23 September, 2020 - Following reports of a mass forced-labour program in Tibet, Greens Senator Janet Rice has called on the Chinese Government to allow access ...

1000 dnata workers are out of a job because of Scott Morrison

22 September, 2020 - Following dnata’s announcement today that 1000 workers will be made redundant, Greens Senator Janet Rice has condemned the Prime Minister f...

Western Sydney Airport Audit Report Reveals A Rotten Mess

22 September, 2020 - The Greens have said that a report of the Australian National Audit Office on a land purchase for Western Sydney Airport is damning and dem...

Energy roadmap steers us off a cliff

22 September, 2020 - Following reports of the government’s energy roadmap, Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has slammed the plan, declaring it as a...

Without green hydrogen and stronger 2030 targets, gov Energy Roadmap puts climate at risk

21 September, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, has warned that without meaningful short-term targets, a plan to phase out coal & gas and a...

Early Childhood Package Provides No Long-term Certainty

20 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the latest Child Care Recovery Package, announced today, is y...