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ACT Greens’ proposal to better support low-income Canberrans

27 November, 2018 - The ACT Greens have today proposed a raft of new measures to help make Canberra fairer. In a motion to be debated in the Assembly this w...

Guilty plea over water theft will do little to stop over extraction

27 November, 2018 - Greens NSW Water Spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has welcomed a guilty plea to water theft charges by a big irrigator but warned that le...

Greens motion for national anti-corruption commission passes both houses of parliament

26 November, 2018 - After ten years of pushing, the Greens are thrilled their motion calling on the Morrison Government to establish a national anti-corruption ...

Kids should defy PM’s school lecture: Bandt

26 November, 2018 - Kids should defy PM’s school lecture: Bandt Students planning to participate in a national school strike this Friday calling for emergency a...

Liberal Government inaction on climate is dooming our natural environment

26 November, 2018 - The Senate has backed  a Greens’ motion declaring climate change is the biggest threat to life on our planet, calling on the Liberal Governm...

Greens to bring Bight drilling ban debate to Senate

26 November, 2018 - Australian Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will bring her Private Member’s Bill to ban oil and gas drilling in th...

Education Minister Must Not Ditch University Sexual Assault Taskforce

23 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens have called on the Education Minister to not ditch a proposed university sexual assault taskforce . Fairfax Media has ...

WestConnex M4-M5 Tunneling depths a disaster for the Inner West

23 November, 2018 - According to the WestConnex M4-M5 Link map showing the proposed tunnel depths throughout the Inner West, many homes located above parts of t...

The arts are more than industries: stability needed in the sector

23 November, 2018 - In the lead up to the Victorian state election on 24 November, Greens MLC for the Southern Metropolitan Region and spokesperson for the Arts...

Ripping off the band-aid

23 November, 2018 - Incoming Co-Convenor Willisa Hogarth shares her hopes and ambitions for her term alongside fellow Co-Convenor Catherine Garner – one in whic...

The politics of peace and patience

23 November, 2018 - Dr Frank Habineza is the President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, and in September 2018 was elected as one of two Greens MPs in th...

20 Questions with Kate Da Costa

23 November, 2018 - This month we meet former Greens NSW State Secretary Kate Da Costa, who shares everything from her greatest hopes for the future to her favo...

Greens members should be union members too

23 November, 2018 - Unions and organised labour are the single most powerful and largest global movement of people to ever exist. Here‘s why you should join one...

The time has come for a jobs guarantee

23 November, 2018 - Ten years after the GFC, Australia is still experiencing economic stagnation, minimal wage growth and high un- and underemployment. In this ...