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Labor finally shifts towards Greens position after tens of thousands killed in Gaza

12 December, 2024 - The Greens have said Labor’s move towards the Greens’ consistently advocated position for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefir...

Greens launch legislation to enshrine housing as a human right

12 December, 2024 - Today the ACT Greens have launched draft legislation to enshrine housing as a human right, alongside a discussion paper seeking community fe...

Parents left disappointed by Labor’s childcare half-measures: Greens

11 December, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s announcement on early childhood education and care falls short of providing genuine reform required to fix the childc...

LGBTIQA+ health action plan light on meaningful reform

11 December, 2024 - The Greens welcome the Albanese Labor Government’s release of the long-awaited National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGB...

Environment Minister chooses to do nothing again on regulating big businesses who pollute

11 December, 2024 - Yesterday was the last meeting of federal and state environment ministers before the federal election and there was very high expe...

Homes not hotels: WA Greens announce plan to cap AirBnBs

10 December, 2024 - In a balance of power situation, the Greens (WA) will push for a 90-day cap on entire homes listed on short-term rental sites like AirBnB, f...

Greens push for big banks to offer low-rate discount mortgages could save North Queenslanders thousands

10 December, 2024 - While in Cairns and Townsville Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters demonstrated how the Greens plan to require the big banks to off...

RBA stubbornness hurting Australians

10 December, 2024 - The Reserve Bank’s decision not to reduce interest rates will needlessly hurt mortgage holders and put more Australians out of work, the Gre...

Greens preselect award-winning poet Omar Sakr in Blaxland

10 December, 2024 - Dr Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Senator for New South Wales, is excited to announce the preselection of Omar Sakr as the Greens ...

New Report: Connectivity of habitat critical for Koalas

10 December, 2024 - A new report from Canines for Wildlife has revealed the critical importance of maintaining habitat connectivity for Koala populations. The r...

Greens launch action plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef

9 December, 2024 - The Greens’ election plan to protect our iconic Great Barrier Reef would dedicate over $4 billion in new funding to protect this World Herita...

HomeKeeper: Greens Election Plan Would Require Banks To Offer Discount Low Rate Mortgages

7 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have today launched a plan to require the big banks to offer a discount mortgage called HomeKeeper to all homeowners, i...

Greens bid to end the culture war on sharks

7 December, 2024 - Loopholes in federal legislation used by the states to deploy lethal shark nets would be closed and non-lethal shark control measures superch...

Senate Committee report fails to tackle the racism and white supremacy at the core of far-right extremism

6 December, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, sat on the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committ...

Albanese must not sell out the environment to big salmon corporations

6 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have demanded Prime Minister Albanese rule out the use of national interest exemptions to sidestep environment laws for...