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Janet Rice
Senator for Victoria

Greens introduce bill to finally end native forest logging in Australia

12 September, 2023 - Today Senator Janet Rice, Greens spokesperson for forests, will introduce the Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023 into the Parliament. T...

Transphobia has no place in our Parliament

11 September, 2023 - Greens MPs today joined the trans community and their allies on Parliament’s lawn condemning growing transphobia, homophobia and misogyny. ...

Another integrity test for Labor as Greens debate Antipoverty Bill

7 September, 2023 - This morning Senator Janet Rice, Greens spokesperson for government services and social services, will debate the Greens’ Antipoverty Commis...

Labor’s Safety Net Bill is a parachute with holes

2 August, 2023 - Greens’ Social Services spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has slammed Labor’s paltry increase to Centrelink payments that will leave millions o...

Greens to introduce suite of amendments to improve Safety Net Bill, including raising Jobseeker to $88 a day

31 July, 2023 - Greens’ Social Services spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has slammed Peter Dutton’s policy of ripping money from the poorest Australians, and L...

Greens-initiated committee forces government to listen to voices of renters

19 July, 2023 - A Greens-initiated inquiry into the country’s escalating housing crisis will seek the views of the millions of Australians who rent, building pr...

Government must commit to gambling ad reforms immediately

28 June, 2023 - In response to the gambling inquiry report out today, Greens spokesperson for Gambling Reform, Senator Janet Rice said: “Today’s gambli...

Conservatives team up to reintroduce Cashless Debit Card 2.0

22 June, 2023 - The Greens have condemned the Labor party for betraying people on income support, most of whom are First Nations people, by reversing their elec...

New environment laws must ban native forest logging

22 May, 2023 - Only a total ban on native forest logging will help conserve the environment and save the wildlife that call our forests home, the Greens say, fo...

Senate inquiry exposes Labor’s plan to expand compulsory income management

15 May, 2023 - Today, the Community Affairs Legislative Committee held a hearing into Labor’s proposed Income Management Reform Bill, which essentially reintrod...