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In response to news that the government will look to establish a national database of childcare staff, the Greens are continuing to urge the government to set up an independent watchdog to oversee ...
The second phase of the National Climate Risk Assessment was due to be completed in 2024 to inform Australia’s upcoming National Adaptation Plan, yet the government has failed to release the final ...
The Greens (WA) are calling for the WA Labor government to amend prescribed burning programs to exclude tingle forests, after a prescribed burn earlier this year felled almost 100 of the rare trees ...
The treatment of an Indigenous prisoner, who is reported to have been held in solitary confinement for more than 800 days in Adelaide’s Yatala jail, should be immediately investigated according to ...
Treasury has kyboshed Labor's targets and Pocock says all they are doing is helping wealthy investors to corner the market with the 50% discount on capital gains tax and lucrative negative gearing ...
Greens MP, spokesperson for justice and solicitor Sue Higginson has condemned the comments from Premier Chris Minns after he refused to meet with Kathleen Folbigg on Monday.
A NSW Government Koala Translocation project, claimed to promote genetic diversity in south-east NSW has gone horribly wrong with 13 koalas translocated and 7 dead, leading to calls to explain how the ...
The Greens welcome UNESCO including Murujuga on the World Heritage List and hope Labor will now ensure its survival by cancelling the draft approval for the North West Shelf.
Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Anti-Racism and Higher Education has responded to Anthony Albanese’s backing of the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat A ...
The Australian Greens urge the Australian and Queensland governments to act on UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee’s advice to protect the Great Barrier Reef, by ending their addiction to fossil fuels ...
Greens MP Sue Higginson has renewed calls for reform of NSW Police after two police officers pleaded guilty to assaulting, capsicum spraying and kicking a naked, mentally unwell 48-year-old woman in ...
This op-ed was published in the Canberra Times in July 2025. With parliament returning in just two weeks, we have a rare chance to work together across parliament on real and lasting childcare reform.