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Greens back Early Childhood Educators Walk Off for Fair Pay

4 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has backed fair pay for early childhood educators and the ‘Big Steps’ camp...

Greens will fight Leigh Creek UCG project

4 September, 2018 - Leigh Creek is facing an environmental and public health disaster following an irresponsible State Liberal Government decision to allow dang...

State Liberal Budget is anti-SA

4 September, 2018 - Greens Senator for SA Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed the State Liberal Party’s anti-South Australian budget.   “Steven Marshall and Rob Luca...

Greens welcome Port Lincoln Council’s opposition to drilling in the Bight

4 September, 2018 - Port Lincoln Council’s decision is a pivotal moment in the campaign to protect the Great Australian Bight, the Greens say.   “Port Lincoln h...

Europe sends dysfunctional Morrison Government a wake-up call on climate and trade

3 September, 2018 - The Australian Greens have urged the Morrison Government to heed the warnings of the EU over walking away from our Paris commitments.    “Th...

Australia’s Pacific climate cop out a new low: Bandt

3 September, 2018 - Australia’s Pacific climate cop out a new low: Bandt The Prime Minister’s latest round of climate denial is a new low and is rightly being q...

PM Scott Morrison must come out and support ban on LGBTIQ conversion therapy

3 September, 2018 - The new Prime Minister Scott Morrison must come out and commit to stamping out harmful conversion therapy, say the Greens. The Greens’ call ...

Government must come clean on $7 billion transport election war chest, say Greens

3 September, 2018 - Leaked documents showing the Turnbull government hid $7 billion in hidden transport funding in the May budget to allow for election announce...

PC draft report shows Murray Darling Basin Plan is doomed

30 August, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the National Party to lose the Water Ministry following the release of the Productivity Commission’s damning draft r...

Steele-John: Australia's transport systems are discriminatory against disabled people

30 August, 2018 -   Thursday, 30 August Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today Australia’s inaccessible public...

Words will do nothing for bank competition, only a People’s Bank will

30 August, 2018 - Greens Finance Spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, says there is no point in Scott Morrison repeating the exact phrase said ad nauseum b...

Stand aside, Littleproud

28 August, 2018 - REISSUED   The Australian Greens are calling on Water Minister David Littleproud to stand aside after fraud charges were laid against his wife...

Greens call on federal government to pressure Malaysia over LGBTIQ crackdown

28 August, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the federal government to immediately raise the strongest of concerns with the Malaysian government about oppression...

Giving Robert financial regulation responsibility shows contempt for Royal Commission

28 August, 2018 - Greens Treasury Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, comments on the new Prime Minister's appointment of Stuart Robert MP as Assistant Tr...

Barnaby Joyce should look to Cubbie Station for water

28 August, 2018 - Barnaby Joyce’s first act as drought envoy is to attempt to tear apart the basis of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, the Greens say.   “Barnaby...