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Greens respond to new NSW Rental laws: key reforms missing

17 October, 2018 - Jenny Leong MP, Greens NSW Housing spokesperson has responded to the passing of the Residential Tenancies Act in Parliament today, praising s...

Greens call for abortion to be legalised in NSW following historic Queensland vote

17 October, 2018 - Greens NSW MP and spokesperson on the status of Women Cate Faehrmann has called on the NSW Government to introduce laws to legalise abor...

NSW Parliament set to vote on new Gardens of Stone conservation areas

17 October, 2018 - The NSW Parliament is set to vote today on new Gardens of Stone conservations areas, when the Greens introduce amendments to the Government’s...

Emergency funding for asylum seekers

17 October, 2018 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the Andrews Government to support a plan to cover asylum seeker support funding until the end of this fin...

Greens support APVMA inquiry, call for independent review of glyphosate

16 October, 2018 - As the Greens voted to support the establishment of a Senate inquiry into the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Green...

Greens' bill is PM's chance to 'act right now' on ending discrimination for LGBT+ students

16 October, 2018 - Greens LGBTIQ+ spokesperson Senator Janet Rice today said that voting for the Greens’ bill to end exemptions to anti-discrimination laws that...

Greens meet with intersex community representatives at Parliament House before Intersex Awareness Day

16 October, 2018 - The Australian Greens met today with intersex community representatives at Parliament House as part of recognition of celebrations for Inters...

Senate Condemns NSW Government for Treating the Opera House as a Billboard

16 October, 2018 - The Australian Senate has today condemned the NSW Government for treating the Opera House as a Billboard. The motion, put forward by Australi...

238,000 Signature Petition Against Live Export tabled in Australian Senate

16 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has today tabled more than 238,000 signatures from a petition in the A...

Cross-party Bill to get kids off Nauru

16 October, 2018 - The Greens will co-sponsor a Bill to get children and their families off Nauru to receive medical treatment in Australia. “This Bill is a dir...

ABC political interference will be investigated

16 October, 2018 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the Senate’s support in establishing an inquiry into the ABC, which will investigate recent instances of ...

The cruelty must end, let’s get #KidsOffNauru

16 October, 2018 - Children and their families languishing on Nauru must be brought to Australia to receive the care they need, Greens Senator for South Austral...

It’s not too late to defeat the TPP, Labor

15 October, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Labor Party to dump its support of the dodgy TPP ahead of the debate in the Senate today.   “The do...

Governments must do more to end harmful LGBT+ conversion attempts: Greens

15 October, 2018 - Following the release of the report into LGBT+ conversion attempts by La Trobe University, the Human Rights Law Centre and Gay and Lesbian He...