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Senate must reject plan to plunge Murray-Darling into further crisis

23 November, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the New South Wales and Federal Governments and the Murray Darling Basin Authority for turning a blind ey...

Dutton's escalation of Manus Island crisis

23 November, 2017 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has again escalated the Manus Island humanitarian emergency by ordering the use of force against innocent ...

Coal unreliable and Alinta spending a billion on a ‘stranded asset’

23 November, 2017 - Coal unreliable and Alinta spending a billion on a ‘stranded asset’ Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said t...

The Adani mine continues to be a Fake Jobs Con

22 November, 2017 - Greens Mining & Resources spokesperson Senator Andrew Bartlett visited Townsville today to discuss Chinese Government money financing the Ad...

Modelling confirms NEG sabotages renewables

22 November, 2017 - Modelling confirms NEG sabotages renewables Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the latest modelling...

Young struggling parents being pushed off supports is not a win: Greens

21 November, 2017 - The claim by Government of success in reducing the number of young parents relying on income support has been immediately questioned by the ...

Turnbull should fund Newstart increase, not his tax cut fantasy

21 November, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says the Turnbull Government has no plan to address inequality but continues to fl...

Extreme weather report predicts massive damage, even without climate change

21 November, 2017 - Extreme weather report predicts massive damage, even without climate change Greens climate change spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today commented...

New Finkel report shows government renewables war is built on lies

20 November, 2017 - New Finkel report shows government renewables war is built on lies Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP says the new Finkel ...

Greens welcome the ‘yes’ result and look forward to passing the cross-party legislation

15 November, 2017 - The Australian Greens welcome today’s ‘yes’ result and look forward to passing cross-party legislation in parliament as soon as possible. “I...

Greens pleased to be part of cross-party marriage bill if Australia says ‘yes’

14 November, 2017 - The Greens are pleased to be a part of this cross-party marriage bill along with Senator Dean Smith, who proposed a draft of this bill some ...

Threats of force against Manus prisoners

9 November, 2017 - Threats of using force against detainees at the Manus Island detention centre are unprecedented and potentially highly dangerous, Greens Immi...

Greens release plan to protect Australian multiculturalism in law

9 November, 2017 - Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale today released draft laws aimed at protecting multiculturalism in Australia. Speaking at...