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Arts and festivals sector in crisis requires budget package to thrive, not just survive

9 May, 2024 - Today a Senate inquiry interim report into Australia’s national cultural policy has called for greater support to the Australian festivals sector ...

Cost of Living Inquiry evidence is clear: Labor must raise the rate

9 May, 2024 - The Greens have urged Labor to lift all income support above the poverty line in the upcoming budget, with the weight of evidence given to a Senat...

Political parties work together to deliver Antarctic science outcomes

9 May, 2024 - Axed science programs, distressed scientists, a toxic culture, and plagued icebreaker are just some of the issues stemming from failures in the Au...

Victorians will be waiting thirty years for public and community homes because of Labor's privatisation

9 May, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have said the state’s public and community housing waitlist will continue to balloon while the State Labor Government demolis...

Greens successfully safeguard fair trial by Jury in NSW

8 May, 2024 - The Greens have successfully stopped the Minns Labor Government from removing safeguards from jury laws that would have damaged the critical right...

New report reveals biodiversity no better off under Labor Government

8 May, 2024 - A new report released today has revealed that declining biodiversity and increasing extinctions has continued despite pre-election commitment...

Labor offers nice words for active transport, but no real funding

7 May, 2024 - This morning Labor has announced a $100 million Active Transport Fund with a commencement date of 1 July 2025.  This falls far short of th...

Arden precinct a shemozzle following Labor's decision to ditch hospitals

7 May, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have called the Arden precinct redevelopment a shemozzle after today’s State Budget revealed two hospitals slated for the pre...

Zero support for Labor’s attack on people seeking asylum and diaspora communities

7 May, 2024 - In a historic failure, the Albanese government has been unable to get a single stakeholder to support their shambolic Migration Amendment (Removal...

Zero support for Labor’s attack on people seeking asylum and diaspora communities

7 May, 2024 - In a historic failure, the Albanese government has been unable to get a single stakeholder to support their shambolic Migration Amendment (Removal...

Senate inquiry calls for price gouging to be made illegal and for supermarket divestiture powers

7 May, 2024 - The Greens-led Senate Select Committee on Supermarket Prices has recommended making price gouging illegal, as well as introducing divestiture laws...

Healthy Canberra Grants focus on vaping cessation and reducing alcohol-related harm

7 May, 2024 - The ACT Government will provide more than $2 million over three years to fund community projects to reduce risky health behaviours among Canberran...

No new money for homes, nothing for renters in State Budget

7 May, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have said today’s State Budget will make the housing crisis worse by investing zero dollars in new homes and providing nothin...

Top down planning failing and putting pressure on councils

6 May, 2024 - Data released by the State Government on its key housing policy, the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) State Environment Planning Policy (SEPP)...

New data on firearm complaints and deaths as NSW Police applications fall

6 May, 2024 - New figures reveal that NSW Police firearms in the custody of off-duty police officers have been investigated 27 times since 2018 and that applica...