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Racing Victoria Plan Fails Horses: Greens

28 October, 2019 - Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Racing Victoria’s announcement of a $25m “equine welfare” plan. ...

Greens will fight tooth and nail against any increase to the GST: Bandt

28 October, 2019 - Acting Greens leader Adam Bandt MP has responded to moves within the government to lift the rate of the goods and services tax (GST), warning...

New Data Confirms Liberals’ Damage To Unis: Greens

28 October, 2019 - Greens spokesperson for education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said the release of new data today shows the harm the Liberal Government’s neg...

Greens back scientists’ call for stronger enviro laws, restate call for climate trigger

28 October, 2019 - The Greens have backed today’s call by more than 240 conservation scientists for stronger environment laws and for the broken system which is...

Australian Greens Support Kashmiris on Black Day

26 October, 2019 - The Australian Greens support the Kashmiri community on 27 October as they commemorate Black Day.  Kashmir is a disputed territory and it is ...

Horse Register Must be led by Federal Government Greens Warn

25 October, 2019 - Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator for NSW Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to reports the federal Agriculture Minister has aske...

More than three quarters of all drug dog searches and two thirds of strip searches find nothing

25 October, 2019 - The NSW police’s personal search program is fundamentally failing - with fresh data provided by the Police Minister to the Greens in the NSW ...

Coombs Peninsula development

25 October, 2019 - The Coombs Peninsula (Map available at ACTmapi) is currently on the land release program, with plans to build 30 houses, but the Greens ...

Don’t wait, participate: give young people the chance to vote, say ACT Greens

25 October, 2019 - In recent months, we’ve seen millions of young people getting involved in our political process. All over the world, the ‘School Strikers for...

What's next? Declaring a climate emergency

25 October, 2019 - Right now we are witnessing a genuine grassroots movement calling for climate justice that is building with unstoppable momentum – and it’s b...

Medicare matters

25 October, 2019 - The Greens have long championed the Medicare system – and this week we learnt firsthand the power of robust public healthcare when our very o...

Slow learning white woman

25 October, 2019 - Decolonisation is everyone’s work – especially those of us least affected by it. Former national co-convenor Rebecca Galdies examines what sh...

Our greening planet

25 October, 2019 - It’s been a huge year for global climate events, with mass mobilisation movements and other community-powered groups responding in a big way....

Sitting on a gas bomb

25 October, 2019 - It’s time to scrutinise the increasing pollution coming from WA’s burgeoning gas industry, and do something about it. By Chris Johansen ...

Inside the Greens: a book review

25 October, 2019 - Journalist Paddy Manning’s new book Inside the Greens investigates the personalities, policies and turning points that formed the party. Our ...