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NDIS Minister escalates desexualisation of disabled people to 'new low'

18 May, 2020 - Monday, 18 May 2020 Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called on Government Services Minister Stuart...

All States & Territories Put Commonwealth To Shame Over International Students

16 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that all states and territories have put the federal government to shame...

Greens Back Global Call For Debt Forgiveness

14 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens have joined an international delegation signing onto a letter calling for extensive debt forgiveness from international fin...

Prohibited Items Bill

14 May, 2020 - The Government’s latest attempt to prohibit items in immigration detention centres is a massive overreach, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick M...

A lost generation looming as youth bear brunt of corona crisis

14 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens have responded to today's jobs figures showing nearly 4 in 10 young people without a job or enough hours of work, warning t...

Greens introduce Level Playing Field Bill to correct sports rorts injustice

14 May, 2020 - Today the Greens will introduce a bill to empower Sport Australia to fund the sports clubs whose applications they recommended under the Communit...

Greens call for Federal Parliament to sit in June

13 May, 2020 - The Greens will introduce a motion in the Senate calling for Federal Parliament to sit in June to strengthen democracy and address ongoing issues...

Greens extend workers compensation to essential workers for COVID-19

13 May, 2020 - The NSW Greens have successfully amended emergency government legislation in NSW parliament to extend workers compensation benefits to cover COVI...

Expansion of ASIO powers unjustified

13 May, 2020 - The Government’s latest attempt to expand ASIO’s powers is cynical and unjustified, the Greens say. “Yet again, Peter Dutton is trying to increas...

Lower Lakes Independent Review a dire warning

12 May, 2020 -     Responding to the Independent Review into the Lower Lakes, Greens Spokesperson for Water and Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young s...

Greens Move To Allow Universities Access To JobKeeper

12 May, 2020 - The Greens have lodged a motion in the Senate to disallow parts of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Ru...

Greens introduce sick leave bill to prevent second wave

12 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens will today introduce a Bill into the Senate to provide Australian workers with fourteen days of paid sick leave to protect ...

Govt’s money for wildlife disingenuous

12 May, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for the Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the Federal Government’s announcement of $150million for Bushfire...

Greens Party Room locks in fight against cuts to JobSeeker and Youth Allowance

12 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens Party Room has today resolved to campaign to keep the raised rate of JobSeeker after the coronavirus pandemic, urging other...

Banking royal commission legislation: at risk of no vote

11 May, 2020 - Greens treasury spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson calls for the banking royal commission’s legislation to go before Parliament, warning pus...