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We need a Mining Super Profits Tax, not record dividends

16 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the announcement by BHP that it will pay a record dividend by calling for a...

Greens urge Labor to recommit opposition to PEP-11

15 August, 2022 - The Greens urge Labor to publicly recommit its opposition to PEP-11 after revelations of the former PM’s extraordinary intervention to kill th...

Family of man who died at Port Phillip Prison demand privacy and respect

12 August, 2022 - Following the death of a man at Port Phillip Prison on Wednesday, the family have asked the media to respect their privacy as they process the...

Still no credible plan to tackle teacher shortage crisis

12 August, 2022 - The Greens have called on the nation’s education ministers to tackle the root causes of the teacher shortage crisis, after today’s roundtable ...

Greens call for end to toxic parliamentary workplace culture

12 August, 2022 - The Australian Greens say today’s report into workplace culture in NSW Parliament shows that the toxic boys club of politics extends beyond Ca...

International offset accounting tricks won’t stop climate crisis, says Greens Leader

11 August, 2022 - On the Climate Change Authority Report into the international offsets market released today, attributable to Greens leader Adam Bandt MP: “The...

End under-resourcing and increase salaries to fix teacher shortage crisis

11 August, 2022 - Ahead of tomorrow’s Education Ministers meeting, the Greens have called on federal, state and territory governments to address teacher shortag...

Labor's plan will only meet 3% of social housing need

11 August, 2022 - Analysis provided by the Parliamentary Library predicts that Labor’s housing plan will deliver only 3% of the social housing Australia will ne...

Plibersek must choose: Rinehart or climate

11 August, 2022 - The Greens have urged the Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to consider the emissions and climate impact of billionaire miner Gina Rinehart...

Greens welcome ACTU’s call for Stage Three tax cuts to be repealed

10 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the ACTU’s paper to the Government Jobs Summit saying the pressure is growi...

Greens party room back Bandt & Thorpe to negotiate with government on Voice referendum

9 August, 2022 - The Greens party room has formally backed Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Senator Lidia Thorpe to negotiate with the Government over their propose...

Time to stop tax dodging millionaires and gas giants

9 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the release of the latest taxation statistics by the ATO. “The fact that 60 ...

Violence against women in mining must end now

9 August, 2022 - The Australian Greens today vowed to increase its push for the mining sector to undertake systemic reform to prevent violence against women in ...

Minister Rishworth must heed calls to axe mutual obligations from disability employment service

8 August, 2022 - The Australian Greens are calling on Minister Amanda Rishworth to listen to disability stakeholders and scrap mutual obligations from the new d...

Labor’s Social Housing Plan will abandon hundreds of thousands of people to housing stress and homelessness

8 August, 2022 - Greens spokesperson for housing Max Chandler-Mather has today responded to the Housing Minister's comments on social housing, calling Labor's p...