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Greens to test Labor MPs on Israel sanctions with Senate motion

4 July, 2024 - Today the Australian Greens have entered into the Senate a motion that calls on the Australian Government to sanction members of the extremist Ne...

Labor now isolated on supermarket divestiture

2 July, 2024 - Labor is now isolated as the only party allowing the big supermarket corporations to continue to misuse their market power and price-gouge Austra...

New schools deal must deliver capital funding for public system

1 July, 2024 - The Greens say a new report from the Australian Education Union showing a growing number of public schools with insufficient space to m...

Greens to introduce Bill for Truth and Justice Commission

1 July, 2024 - Following the failure of the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum, the Greens will introduce a Bill to establish a Truth and Justice Commission in...

Meta costing Australian media jobs, threatening Parliament amid Nine cuts: Greens

28 June, 2024 - Responding to today’s job cuts at Nine and evidence from Meta executives at the Parliamentary hearing into social media, the Greens ha...

Greens Prevent Cuts To NDIS Plans and Participants in the Senate

28 June, 2024 - Today the Australian Greens have helped prevent millions of dollars in cuts to the NDIS and ensured that the government amendments to the NDIS B...

Greens split buy-to-rent from consumer protection changes

27 June, 2024 - The Greens have split a Government bill to ensure greater scrutiny of Labor’s plan for Build to Rent tax breaks and regulation of Buy Now, Pay L...

Greens say staggering uni wage theft figures must spark immediate Government action

26 June, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Higher Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to new analysis by the National Tert...

Political duopoly votes to protect supermarket duopoly

26 June, 2024 - Labor and the Liberals voting down the Greens’ Divestiture Bill shows they are siding with the supermarket corporations over the interests of ev...

TRANSCRIPT: Bandt and Faruqi respond to Palestine vote and Senator Payman

25 June, 2024 - Attributable to Greens Leader Adam Bandt: Despicably, Labor and Liberal joined together to vote against recognising the state of Palestine. Thi...

Greens secure amendments to corporate climate disclosures

25 June, 2024 - After securing amendments to the government’s Financial Market Infrastructure Bill to require large Australian companies to report against both ...

Media release: Julian Assange to return home after plea deal

25 June, 2024 - In breaking news this morning, Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department of Justice which means he can walk from h...

Great Barrier Reef decision a triumph of spin over science

25 June, 2024 - A Unesco recommendation not to declare the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a list of World Heritage sites “in danger” is a triumph of lobbying a...

Greens secure amendments to vaping legislation and will support passage through Senate

24 June, 2024 - The Greens have negotiated amendments to the Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 and will support the l...

Labor’s supermarket response leaves shoppers high and dry

24 June, 2024 - Labor’s code of conduct will do nothing to bring down food and grocery prices, and if the Prime Minister truly wants to help Australian shoppers...