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Pitt determined to see Beetaloo emissions bomb detonated in the dying days of the government

23 February, 2022 - Minister Keith Pitt has this morning recommitted the Government to fracking the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin through the funding stre...

Greens welcome offshore oil and gas exploration ban in NSW

23 February, 2022 - The NSW Government’s decision to ban offshore oil and gas exploration has been welcomed by the Greens, who have commended the coastal commun...

Liberals must scrap mandated logging target to save Swift Parrot from extinction

22 February, 2022 - The swift parrot is on the brink of extinction, and only hundreds of birds exist. The report released today by the Wilderness Society, BirdL...

Science funding for Antarctica yet again put on ice

22 February, 2022 - Today’s Antarctic announcement from the Morrison Government is a political ploy that provides no certainty for Tasmania’s globally significa...

Morrison can't see the forest for the trees

21 February, 2022 - Today’s recycled tree planting  plan from the Prime Minister has been slammed by the Greens as little more than a cynical electioneering stu...

Snowy reimagined as Greens go big on renewables

18 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has announced a bold plan to expand and repurpose Snowy Hydro, the Commonwealth owned corporation, to build over...

Biggest coal power plant closure means urgent national climate and energy plan needed: Greens

17 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP says the closure announcement of Australia’s largest coal fired plant shows why Australia urgently needs a credi...

Greens to save Great Barrier Reef with $2 billion plan

17 February, 2022 - Today in Cairns the Greens have announced a more than $2 billion plan to save the Great Barrier Reef and the workers who rely upon it for th...

Underfunded public schools a national disgrace

16 February, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the latest analysis released by Save Our Schools this morni...

Expansion into Commonwealth waters smells fishy

16 February, 2022 - A controversial project to expand salmon farming into Commonwealth waters has come under fire from the Greens for its lack of transparency a...

Coalition responds 2277 days late to Senate Inquiry report

15 February, 2022 - The Morrison Government has responded six years late to a critical Senate Inquiry report on the regulation of the fin-fish aquaculture indus...

Identity of Neo-Nazi Revealed to be Former Young Liberals Office Holder

12 February, 2022 - The Age has revealed that a man in a propaganda video depicting three masked Neo-Nazi’s is a former Young Liberals Office Holder. In the vid...

Koala recovery plan must include moratorium on habitat clearing

11 February, 2022 - Greens Spokesperson for the Environment, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: "Today's announcement that koalas are endangered is a national sha...

‘Akin to torture’: Greens call for urgent investigation into human rights violations at youth prison

10 February, 2022 - The Greens have called for an immediate investigation following alleged human rights violations in a children’s prison today, while again ca...

Greens call for cross-party commitment to end culture of sexual violence and harassment

9 February, 2022 - The Greens have called on all parties to pledge an end to Australia’s culture of sexual violence, harassment and predatory behavior by commit...