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West Australia left to foot the bill for fossil fuels

27 October, 2022 - West Australian energy prices are rising and everyday people are paying the price.  Fossil fuel companies are making windfall profits but ins...

Greens call on Government to uphold Human Rights in Iran

27 October, 2022 - The Australian Greens remain deeply concerned about the ongoing situation in Iran and are in solidarity with the protestors in Iran...

Greens flag student debt bill as inflation soars

27 October, 2022 - Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi will today give notice of a private senator’s bill that abolishes inde...

Industrial Relations bill must put workers and carers first

27 October, 2022 - New industrial relations laws must work for women and carers and lift the wages of the low paid, the Greens say, as the government introduces...

Minister must do his job on invasive species control

27 October, 2022 - The Minister must do his job on invasive species control. The Greens are joining calls from farmers for an immediate resumption of invasiv...

Jordon Steele-John’s October update

27 October, 2022 - A budget to further entrench inequality, inquiries into reproductive health, the NDIS and work and care, and meeting an actual Greens Ministe...

Circular Economy progress welcome

27 October, 2022 - “Endless consumption on a finite planet does not work,” said Jo Clay MLA, ACT Greens spokesperson for the Circular Economy. “I welcome Minist...

The Making of an Anti-monarchist

27 October, 2022 - Why cling to an institution that has been responsible for so much human misery in the past and remains a threat to the evolution of democracy...

Whitlam in China 1971

27 October, 2022 - Whitlam’s daring visit opened up new ways for Australia to embrace the opportunities and benefits of engaging with Asia and we can learn from...

Labor’s 1 million home claim is a complete con job

26 October, 2022 - Lines attributable to Max Chandler-Mather MP, Greens spokesperson for housing and homelessness: Over the last five years the private sector b...

No buck for the bang in ‘women-centred’ budget

26 October, 2022 - Labor’s Women’s Budget Statement outlines the problems women face, but offers very little when it comes to delivering the solutions women nee...

Labor’s private school cash splash a Morrison throwback

26 October, 2022 - Labor’s budget has failed the public schools test, committing even more to private schools than the Morrison Government pledged in its March ...

Paid FDV Leave passes the Senate, finally!

26 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome passage of the Bill to give employees access to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave. It is a long overdue refo...

Budget provides $9000 a year for the wealthy and does nothing to raise the rate of income support.

26 October, 2022 - Australian Greens Social Services spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has condemned Labor’s decision to give tax cuts to the wealthy while one th...