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What's at stake ahead of the budget

25 April, 2024 - what's at stake ahead of the budget By Adam Bandt, Leader of the Australian Greens & MP for Melbourne    Right now, mill...

International students being scapegoated by the Labor Government, say Greens

24 April, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has reacted to recent revelations that universities are ...

Women must feel safe in all workplaces

24 April, 2024 - The Guardian reports today that the Australian Border Force’s marine unit is rife with “inappropriate workplace behaviours including sexual har...

Greens support Gaza solidarity encampment at Sydney University, call on universities to divest from Israel

24 April, 2024 - The Australian Greens are rallying behind the students and staff at Sydney Unviersity who have started an encampment on the quad lawns, protest...

CPI shows student debts to rise by 4.8% on June 1, as Greens demand indexation be scrapped in May budget

24 April, 2024 - Student debts will go up 4.8% this June adding an estimated $3.3billion to the debt burden of Australians unless the Labor Government urgently ...

Greens celebrate historic victory for junior doctors

24 April, 2024 - In a landmark decision, more than 20,000 doctors who served between 2014 and 2024 will finally receive compensation for years of unpaid overtim...

Program supports new mums with their mental, emotional and social wellbeing

23 April, 2024 - Following a successful pilot phase, a new Canberra Health Services therapy program helping new mothers who are struggling with complex social a...

Victorian Greens elect new leader, issue election challenge on housing

23 April, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have elected Ellen Sandell as their new leader and challenged Labor to fix the worsening housing crisis or risk losing mor...

Safe injecting room decision a 'spineless captain's call' that will cost lives

23 April, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s decision to reject a second medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) in the CBD a ‘spineless captain...

Government is “facilitating greenwashing” as consumers and citizens are fed up

22 April, 2024 - The Senate Inquiry into Greenwashing has today heard evidence that the Australian Government is "facilitating" corporate greenwashing by failin...

Elon Musk a ‘narcissistic cowboy’ who should front the Parliament, but doesn’t have the guts: Greens

22 April, 2024 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called for Elon Musk to front up to the Australian Parliament and be accountable for the damage his platform is ...

Roll up your sleeves to stay healthy this winter

22 April, 2024 - Canberrans can look after their health and wellbeing this winter by getting an influenza vaccination ahead of an expected increase in respirato...

Greens won’t let Labor pull a swifty on school funding

22 April, 2024 - Ahead of the Education Ministers Meeting this week the Greens say they will use their numbers in the Senate to push Labor to end systemic under...