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Great Australian Bight must be protected

17 July, 2019 - The government must rule out drilling in the Great Australian Bight rather than passing the buck to the regulator, Greens say.   “Pressure from ...

Greens call for urgent Australian Government action in the face of cultural genocide of Uighur people

16 July, 2019 - Following Four Corners last night, which showed families being torn apart by the Chinese Government’s mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Mu...

Greens call for urgent Australian Government action in the face of cultural genocide of Uighur people

16 July, 2019 - Following Four Corners last night, which showed families being torn apart by the Chinese Government’s mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Mu...

Government must work with residents as they undertake cladding crisis rectification works

16 July, 2019 - Leader of the Victorian Greens, Samantha Ratnam MLC, and Greens Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt MP have welcomed news that the Government will f...

TAYLOR WILL TRY AND AVOID CLIMATE ACTION FOREVER: GREENS

11 July, 2019 - Greens climate change and energy spokesperson and Acting Leader, Adam Bandt MP, today said that Angus Taylor’s apparent refusal to convene the C...

Recycling plant closure another dire warning in Victoria’s waste crisis

11 July, 2019 - The Victorian Greens are urging the Victorian Labor Government to take serious action on the state’s waste crisis, following news that an SKM re...

Nuclear waste dump process must be independent

10 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for the process to select a nuclear waste site to be halted, and an independent, expert panel to take over, amid deep con...

Media Release: Minister Howarth’s Homelessness Gaffe Shows He Is Completely Out of Touch

10 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Housing Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and...

Money for Murray-Darling must be frozen

9 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for an immediate freeze on money for Murray-Darling water projects until the Auditor-General can review payments and water...

Yet another recycling plant fire puts recycling at risk

9 July, 2019 - The Victorian Greens fear that yet another fire, this time at SKM overnight, will make the State’s recycling system even more vulnerable after it...

Students in Distress: New Reports Shows Majority of Students are Impacted by Housing and Food Insecurity

8 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to today’s release of the 2018 Higher Education Accomm...

Silence on Australia’s dirtiest power station is deafening

8 July, 2019 - The Victorian Greens have urged the State Labor Government to take action on Yallourn, following news that foreign-owned EnergyAustralia will fun...

SA leading the way on single-use plastics

6 July, 2019 - The Greens have praised the South Australian Liberal government for continuing the state's leadership on the environment with a ban on single-use...

Green Issue: Editorial June 2019

5 July, 2019 - By the Green Issue Editors Of course the main topic of interest for the past two months was the federal election – bad news and good news. Bad...

“It's the economy, stupid”

5 July, 2019 - By Chris Johansen, Green Issue Co-editor It looks like at least three more years of Federal Government policy and action to promote fossil fue...