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'Climate Trigger' laws introduced to Senate to stop making climate crisis worse

13 February, 2020 - New laws that would require climate impacts and carbon emissions to be assessed before large-scale projects are given environmental approval...

NSW moratorium on floodplain harvesting must be reinstated

12 February, 2020 - The NSW Government is again putting the Murray-Darling river system in jeopardy by lifting the moratorium on floodplain harvesting before wa...

Bandt: Greens pitch Green New Deal to business leaders

12 February, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt, MP has reached out to the CEOs of Australia’s leading peak business and industry bodies to discu...

High Court ruling

11 February, 2020 - The Greens welcome the High Court’s decision regarding the government’s ability to deport First Nations peoples. “Trying to deport First Nat...

Government avoids vote on Greens ICAC bill

11 February, 2020 - The Government has today used its numbers in the lower house to narrowly avoid voting on a motion to pass the Greens’ bill for a national co...

With QLD Gov Support, Greens renew calls for National Horse Register

11 February, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the Queensland Government’s support for a National Horse Regist...

Greens to flag West Papuan human rights abuses during Indonesian President’s visit

10 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will join former Greens Leader Richard Di Natale in wearing a West Papuan lapel flag during the address of Indonesi...

Senate pressures Govt to bring on vote for Greens Federal ICAC

10 February, 2020 - The Australian Senate has sent a message to the Morrison Government that it wants a federal corruption watchdog with teeth, voting for the G...

We Don’t Need No Hanson Education Bill: Faruqi

10 February, 2020 - Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Senator Pauline Hanson’s announcement of “The Prohibiting the Indoct...

First QT Question by a Greens Leader Used To Highlight Climate Crisis

10 February, 2020 - Adam Bandt MP has today used his first question to the Prime Minister as Leader of the Australian Greens to highlight the government’s inact...

Labor joining the Liberals in hugging coal: Bandt

9 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has slammed Labor Deputy Leader Richard Marles comments on ABC's Insiders program and called on Anthony Albanese ...

Greens ask Auditor General to investigate new sports rorts

7 February, 2020 - The Greens have today written to the Auditor General asking for a full investigation of $150 million in sports funding channelled to Liberal-...

Greens slam cabinet of climate criminals

6 February, 2020 - The Australian Greens have slammed Scott Morrison's cabinet reshuffle, which further cements the climate denialism of this government. Austra...

Cancel Adani's approval after criminal conviction: Greens

6 February, 2020 - The Federal Government must revoke Adani’s coal mine approval after the company was today expected to be criminally convicted of false and mi...

Greens compel Prime Minister to release Gaetjens Report into sports rorts scandal and emails to Mackenzie

5 February, 2020 - The Senate today passed the Greens’ Order for the Production of Documents compelling the Prime Minister to release the Gaetjens Report and th...