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ACT FULFILS WATER RECOVERY COMMITMENTS UNDER MURRAY-DARLING BASIN PLAN

3 April, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government and the Australian Capital Territory Government have reached an agreement to fulfill the ACT’s water recovery obli...

Greens say no nukes, no waste, no AUKUS ahead of Rockingham public hearing

3 April, 2024 - The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing in Rockingham to discuss the Government’s proposed legislation for the Australian Nucl...

Alice Springs Youth Curfew

3 April, 2024 - Lines attributable to Asta Hill: “We have a youth homelessness crisis in Alice Springs, and our government is shutting young people out of pu...

Greens to support SEC after securing key wins to increase renewables, lower power bills

3 April, 2024 - The Victorian Greens confirmed today that they will support the passage of legislation to establish the State Electricity Commission (SEC) in th...

Greens will apply Senate spotlight to Government's secret environment law reform

2 April, 2024 - The Greens will use a Senate inquiry into Australia’s extinction crisis to probe the Federal Government’s environmental law refor...

Temporary solution to Reconstruction Authority leadership

2 April, 2024 - The NSW Reconstruction Authority is set to have a new Chief Executive Officer following the appointment of NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner ...

Greens support vaping bill going to inquiry

29 March, 2024 - The Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 has proceeded to a Senate Inquiry.  The Australian Gre...

Labor 'taking out the trash' with massive gas approval on Easter eve

28 March, 2024 - The Greens have accused Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of taking out the trash after she approved yet another massive fossil fuel project...

Push to increase registration fees for dangerous, polluting truckzillas

28 March, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Victorian Labor Government to increase registration fees for large American-style utes and SUVs in metr...

Tax breaks for hollywood can’t be rubber stamped while local content rules remain stalled

27 March, 2024 - The Greens won’t rubber-stamp new tax breaks for large Hollywood film studios through the Senate while local, Australian content rules for stre...

Spendour in the Grass cancellation shows need for urgent festival funding

27 March, 2024 - “Today’s shock cancellation of the beloved Splendour in the Grass Festival is yet another reminder that we need urgent funding to support festi...

Splendour cancellation biggest warning yet that more support is needed or music festivals will die: Greens

27 March, 2024 - Reports that massively popular Byron music festival Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled just weeks after tickets went on sale is a d...

Playgroup for parents in custody keeps families connected

27 March, 2024 - ACT Corrective Services (ACTCS), together with SHINE for Kids, have launched a playgroup for family members in custody at the Alexander Maconoc...

Tamara Smith MP secures funding for rehabilitation of coastal estuaries

27 March, 2024 - Tamara Smith MP, Greens Member for Ballina, has today announced funding from the NSW government for the rehabilitation of three key coastal est...

Emissions bill facing roadblock following Labor’s gas fast-track

26 March, 2024 - The Greens say that Labor’s continued attempts to weaken First Nations voices and fast-track new gas projects is a “roadblock” to the governmen...