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Greens call for ABC to be legislated as election debate host

8 January, 2025 - With the Prime Minister kicking off the unofficial campaign for the 2025 Federal Election this week, the Greens are calling for the ABC to be ...

Greens: fired up and ready to go as election year kicks off

6 January, 2025 - The Australian Greens have said they are “ready to go” whenever the Prime Minister decides to call the election. With the Prime Minister vi...

Greens urge federal junk food ad ban

6 January, 2025 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the South Australian Government’s move to ban junk food advertising on public buses, trains and trams, fol...

Interim Report on Study into Racism in Universities reveals the need for anti-racist campuses

19 December, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Anti-Racism and Higher Education, has reacted to the int...

Ministerial Direction 111 removes the worst of MD 107 but implements international student caps by stealth

19 December, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Higher Education, has reacted to Labor’s replacement of ...

Mid-year budget update a wasted opportunity to tackle the cost-of-living

18 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have called today’s mid-year budget update a wasted opportunity to tackle the skyrocketing cost of living at a time wh...

Albanese should use Tassie visit to end salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour

14 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have responded to Prime Minister Albanese cosying up to multinational salmon farming corporations on Tasmania’s west c...

LNP’s nuclear con job betrays regional Queensland

13 December, 2024 - The Greens say Dutton’s nuclear announcement is a con job for coal that will drive up costs for regional communities and set back action on ...

Export love of sport, not gambling losses to PNG: Greens

12 December, 2024 - The Albanese Government & NRL should rule out exporting and broadcasting Australian gambling ads into Papua New Guinea and the Pacific a...

Greens Respond: ADHD Inquiry Government Response Released

12 December, 2024 - The government has today finally responded to the Senate inquiry into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and support ...

Labor finally shifts towards Greens position after tens of thousands killed in Gaza

12 December, 2024 - The Greens have said Labor’s move towards the Greens’ consistently advocated position for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefir...

Parents left disappointed by Labor’s childcare half-measures: Greens

11 December, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s announcement on early childhood education and care falls short of providing genuine reform required to fix the childc...

LGBTIQA+ health action plan light on meaningful reform

11 December, 2024 - The Greens welcome the Albanese Labor Government’s release of the long-awaited National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGB...