Victorian News

Victorian Labor's refusal to sign on to Murray-Darling Basin plan will leave regional communities high and dry

30 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have urged the Victorian Labor Government to sign on to the new Murray-Darling Basin plan, citing concerns that local c...

Consultant spend in Victoria must be slashed not increased: Greens

29 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Victorian Labor Government to slash spending on consultancies, following the release of a new VAGO r...

State inquiry to investigate food affordability and supermarket price gouging

29 November, 2023 - A Victorian Greens’ motion calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the rising cost of groceries and dodgy supermarket price gouging has pas...

Gambling report supports getting dodgy money out of politics

28 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have renewed their call on the Victorian Labor Government to ban political donations from the gambling industry, follow...

Greens secure relief for renters: Stronger tax on empty homes means up to 5,000 could be made available as rentals

28 November, 2023 - Thousands of extra empty homes across Melbourne could soon be made available as long-term rentals under changes to Victoria’s vacancy tax se...

Inquiry finds rent freeze appropriate during 'extreme times', Greens say that time is now

28 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have said Labor is fast running out of excuses to shun a rent freeze, after an inquiry found it was appropriate during ...

The Victorian Greens mourn the loss of Cr Dr David Zyngier z"l

27 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens mourn the loss of Cr Dr David Zyngier z”l.  A lifelong activist and fighter for social justice, David will be g...

Dental care wait times in Victoria not improving, committee hears

24 November, 2023 - The Victorian Labor Government has revealed wait times for general dental care have remained stubbornly high, as the Greens call for longer-...

Victorian Government considering penalties for consultants like PwC who misuse information

24 November, 2023 - The Victorian Government has revealed for the first time that it is considering penalties for consultants who engage in dodgy behaviour, aft...

Victorian Government still has no plan for survival of 1,500 threatened species

21 November, 2023 - Victoria’s environment department has revealed that 1,500 threatened species are still waiting on action plans being developed, after the de...

Rural kids being left behind in dental health deserts

16 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Victorian Labor Government to urgently address the dental health care deserts across regional Victor...

Greens MP suspended from Parliament over pro-climate selfie

15 November, 2023 - Both Labor and the Liberals have today voted to suspend Greens MP Gabrielle de Vietri from the chamber for refusing to apologise for taking ...

Labor forced to come clean on plan to demolish public housing towers

15 November, 2023 - The Victorian Labor Government has been asked to come clean on its plan to demolish 44 public housing towers and privatise the majority of t...

Labor must take up offer for free pill testing trial in Victoria this summer

15 November, 2023 - The Greens have urged the Victorian Labor Government to take up an offer being made by public health experts to establish a free pill testin...

Petition triggers special parliament debate on Labor's disastrous coal-to-hydrogen project

15 November, 2023 - A community petition against Labor’s new coal-to-hydrogen project will trigger a debate in Parliament this afternoon, forcing the Labor stat...