Federal Greens MPs News

Media Releases

Wong must strongly condemn and sanction Israel after shocking UNRWA bill

29 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Deputy Leader and International Aid Spokesperson, has condemned new Israeli legislation labelling UNRWA a terr...

Labor’s international student caps policy is wreaking havoc with potential for more than 1,000 uni job cuts

28 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, has reacted to reports that over 1,000 jobs could be at r...

Minister now has nowhere to hide on the Maugean skate

24 October, 2024 - An extraordinary warning from some of the nation’s foremost marine scientists about the plight of the endangered Maugean skate has ...

Wholesale digital reform needed to tackle & tax big tech corporations

21 October, 2024 - Big tech and social media corporations should pay their fair share back to the communities they profit from, including for public interest jo...

Universities need public funding and governance overhaul, not more job cuts

21 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, has commented on the slashing of hundreds of jobs in the ...

Royals visit a stark reminder to break the shackles of colonial legacy

21 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for the Republic, has commented on the arrival of the British monarchy to Austr...

Greens calls on Labor to fully fund the implementation of a national anti-racism strategy

17 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, calls on the Albanese Labor Government to fully fund the imple...

Greens plan to overhaul vicious cycle of waste

15 October, 2024 - The Greens have today announced a plan for a National Repairability Star Rating label system to overhaul the vicious cycle of production and ...

Big tech can’t be let off the hook for harvesting kids data, targeting young people: Greens

11 October, 2024 - The Greens say the Government’s shifting position on young people and social media should not let the big tech corporations off the hook for ...

Greens continue commitment to women’s health. A comprehensive package for perimenopause and menopause.

11 October, 2024 - Today, at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Women’s Mental Health Senator Larissa Waters will launch the Greens election policy on perimenopause...

Albanese and Dutton team up on toxic AUKUS nuclear waste deal

11 October, 2024 - The Albanese Government today teamed up with Peter Dutton’s Coalition to push through a controversial AUKUS Bill that will allow the dumping ...

Labor & Liberal weak on Murdoch as media reform stalled

10 October, 2024 - The Greens have criticised Labor and Liberal for failing to back a Royal Commission into Australian Media labelling them “Murdoch cowards.” T...

Labor Misses Opportunity on Corporate Divestiture

10 October, 2024 - Labor’s proposed merger law reform is a missed opportunity to take on the market dominance of supermarket and airline corporations, and far f...

Faruqi calls on Labor to abandon politically-motivated international student caps

10 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, has condemned the Labor Government’s decision to charge a...

Greens would establish Commission to define and eliminate poverty

10 October, 2024 - With evidence pointing to an increase in child poverty under Labor, and a Productivity Commission report showing that people currently living...