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Taylor tries dodgy ARENA move again, Greens table disallowance again

3 August, 2021 - The Government’s latest attempt to turn the Australian Renewable Energy Agency into a fossil fuel bank will be met once again by the Greens who...

Prime Minister must release Doherty vaccine target modelling: Greens

3 August, 2021 - The Australian Greens have joined calls for the Prime Minister to release Doherty Institute modelling used to justify national vaccine targets ...

Senate Inquiry to call Sky, YouTube, ACMA

2 August, 2021 - Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will move for YouTube’s seven-day ban on Sky News to be investigate...

The Greens label ADF deployment to Western Sydney as absurd

2 August, 2021 - “Mobilising the police and Australian Defence Force to treat a public health crisis is absurd,” said The Greens spokesperson for Justice and Fi...

Housing policy failure sets up intergenerational theft

30 July, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the latest data on median property prices in this week’s Domain H...

How to compound the gender pay gap: Women get half as much as men from stage 3 tax cuts

28 July, 2021 - Costings by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office reveal an incredible gender and income bias in the benefit of proposed stage 3 tax cuts....

Greens call for Government to mandate vaccines for home care workers 

28 July, 2021 -  The Greens say that older Australians are at significant risk without mandatory COVID -19 vaccines for all aged care workers, including those w...

Income support recipients continue to be an afterthought

28 July, 2021 - The Greens say that the additional $200 for people on income support who have lost 8 hours of work a week is a step in the right direction but o...

New PBO costing reveals extreme inequality of tax cuts for the rich

27 July, 2021 - New costings by the Parliamentary Budget Office reveal the extreme inequality of stage 3 tax cuts, which give as much to the top 1% of income ea...

Why wait? The Green's anti-corruption bill could be voted on next week

27 July, 2021 - The Greens say Australia can have a robust and effective federal anti-corruption framework in place within weeks if the government brings the Gr...

Labor's negative gearing betrayal

26 July, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to Labor’s move to dump its commitment to winding back negative gear...

Labor’s complete capitulation on tax cuts for billionaires a betrayal

26 July, 2021 - The Greens have slammed Labor's reported capitulation on Stage 3 Tax Cuts, saying the resolution to back the Liberals and not repeal the unfair ...

Greens urge Arts Minister to stop talking and start spending

26 July, 2021 - The Morrison Government must urgently deliver targeted and adequate funding support to the the Arts and Entertainment Industry, the Greens say. ...

Research shows 260,000 Australians at risk of slipping below the poverty line

26 July, 2021 - The Greens have released new research showing up to 260,000 single parents, students and jobseekers in locked-down states of NSW, Victoria and S...