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Labor now has a clear choice on PRRT

20 November, 2023 - The Liberals’ list of demands to pass the government’s PRRT reforms makes Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ choice even more stark, the Greens say. ...

Statement on Optus CEO resignation

20 November, 2023 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is Chair of the Senate Inquiry into the Optus outage and Greens spokesperson for communications: "I’d like to ...

Greens call for greater ambition in closing public school funding gap

20 November, 2023 - The Greens have backed Australian Education Union calls for Commonwealth, states and territories to close the public school funding gap, but...

Midwives insurance leaves women in labour limbo

17 November, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the health minister to urgently fix the issue of insurance for midwives, who are currently unable to provide criti...

Student Safety Ombudsman Must Have Teeth

17 November, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Senator Larissa Waters welcome reports today that a national ombudsman on stude...

Albanese's Tampa Moment

16 November, 2023 - Labor’s panicked and craven decision to collude with Peter Dutton to jam through draconian, anti-refugee laws will be Anthony Albanese’s Tam...

Labor’s ridicule of student protesters a new low

15 November, 2023 - The Greens say Labor is hopelessly out of touch with Australia’s young people, after the government today mocked students preparing to walk ...

Wages data shows rent crisis is out of control

15 November, 2023 - The most recent data on wage growth and rent increases in Australia presents a stark picture of the escalating rental crisis, exacerbated by...

Memo Labor: Don’t let Peter Dutton write immigration detention laws again

15 November, 2023 - Labor must not let Peter Dutton dictate its response to the High Court ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unconstitutional, the...

Greens win changes to Respect at Work costs protection

15 November, 2023 - The Greens welcome the introduction of the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 today, which would impl...

Greens move minute's silence in Senate

15 November, 2023 - MOTION – I give notice that on the next day of sitting, I shall move—That, at the conclusion of formal motions today, the Senate observe a m...

Tasmania’s rental crisis continues to worsen

14 November, 2023 - The 2023 Rental Affordability Index shows Tasmania is in a deepening rental crisis, the Greens say. “This is the system acting exactly as...

Greens write to Education Minister urging him to retract comments on school strikes

14 November, 2023 - Greens Education (Primary and Secondary) spokesperson Senator Penny Allman-Payne, a 30-year public school teacher, today wrote to Education ...

Controversial military exports Bill must not be rushed

14 November, 2023 - Late last Friday night the Albanese Government snuck out an exposure draft for the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023 with submissio...