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Greens will leave no stone unturned to block government spending money on coal: Bandt

13 December, 2018 - Greens will leave no stone unturned to block government spending money on coal: Bandt Referring to Energy Minister Angus Taylor's call for p...

Exporting rare Australian birds must be halted and investigated: Greens

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an immediate halt to the export of native animals, and an independent inquiry into how hundreds of end...

Australian Greens deeply concerned by deterioration of human rights in Bangladesh

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are deeply worried by the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh, in particular the ongoing crackdown on f...

Fee Free University and TAFE: Greens Launch Transformational 5 Point Plan for Higher Education

11 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens will be taking a transformational higher education package to the Federal Election aimed at breaking successive Labor ...

Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice

11 December, 2018 - Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Morrison government was s...

Sanjeev Gupta shows up Coalition Government on energy leadership

10 December, 2018 - GFG’s announcement to transform Whyalla into a renewable energy super power shows the Coalition Government’s lack of leadership is letting A...

Another tragic drug death shows hard-line approach failing to save lives

10 December, 2018 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale has called for governments across Australia to urgently adopt pill testing, following another ...

Greens table Senate’s largest ever petition to protect takayna/Tarkine

6 December, 2018 - Tasmanian Greens Senators Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson have tabled the Senate’s largest ever petition, calling for takayna/Tarkine to be...

Rolling over logging laws is a death warrant for threatened species

6 December, 2018 - Last week’s rollover of the New South Wales native forest logging laws for another 20 years is nothing short of criminal. “This disastrous ro...

Govt misses opportunity to protect women from epidemic of DV

6 December, 2018 - Australian Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters, on the Morrison Government legislating for 5 days’ unpaid domestic and fami...

Senate passes motion marking one year since marriage equality passed the parliament

6 December, 2018 -  The Senate has passed a motion celebrating the first anniversary of marriage equality being passed in the parliament. The motion also noted ...

Senate calls on Environment Minister to call in Lake Malbena development

6 December, 2018 - The Senate has today called on federal Environment Minister Melissa Price to conduct a full assessment of the Lake Malbena development, inclu...

Senate calls on Government to admit Paris failings

5 December, 2018 - The Senate has backed the Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Government to make a clear statement about its inaction on climate change....

Major parties ignore climate change impacts on the Murray

5 December, 2018 - The Labor and Liberal parties have refused to support including the impacts of climate change in the flawed Murray Darling Basin Plan in the ...

PM’s bill a Trojan horse that will expand discrimination, not remove it: Greens

5 December, 2018 -  Scott Morrison’s bill does not remove discrimination against LGBTQ+ kids, it opens the door to even more discrimination, say the Australian ...