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Omicron spurs urgency of TRIPS waiver and vaccine equity

29 November, 2021 - Australian Greens International Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the emergence of the Omicron variant has put f...

Federal standard essential on First Nations cultural heritage

29 November, 2021 - The Greens have called on the Western Australian Government to delay the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill until the national standard is ag...

Greens to move for senate inquiry into new online trolling laws

28 November, 2021 - Greens Spokesperson for Media and Communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the Morrison Government’s announcement today it wil...

Morrison gas plan proves even Net Zero 2050 is a lie

26 November, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government’s 2021 national gas infrastructure plan as exposing its Net Zero 2050 pledge as a short term...

Huge RMIT wage theft bill vindicates casual staff

25 November, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that RMIT will pay back up to $10 million to casual...

Greens reject Morrison discrimination bill

25 November, 2021 - The Greens have vowed to block Scott Morrison’s religious discrimination bill, saying it was a Trojan horse for hate that went well beyond a...

More action needed to eliminate violence against women

25 November, 2021 - On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women the Greens have called for the Morrison Government to commit serious fund...

Government’s DV Commission is more about optics than women’s safety

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission is an inadequate response to the women’s safety crisis that ...

Greens call for increase in WGEA’s powers

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) must be given more powers to tackle gender inequality in the workplace, including...

Greens launch plan to strengthen renters' rights

24 November, 2021 - The Greens have today launched a plan to strengthen renters’ rights and fund tenancy advocacy services. Nearly a third of all Australian hou...

Greens launch plan to strengthen renters' rights

24 November, 2021 - Media release  The Greens have today launched a plan to strengthen renters’ rights and fund tenancy advocacy services. Nearly a thir...

The Greens announce First Nations Health Initiative to combat Coalition incompetence

23 November, 2021 - Decisions made by successive governments have resulted in health inequality. Whether you’ve been here for 5 years, 5 generations or 5 000 ge...

Senate saves ABC from partisan political interference

23 November, 2021 - The Senate has today voted to suspend the senate inquiry initiated by the Morrison Government through a backdoor process to attack and under...

New laws at odds with Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

23 November, 2021 - After passing over 70 counter-terrorism laws in the past two decades, the Government passed the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Hig...

Shameful and traumatic family law inquiry comes to a welcome end

23 November, 2021 - The Greens say today’s tabling of the Final Report of Pauline Hanson’s toxic family law inquiry marks the welcome end of more than two years...