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Support grows for a tax on gas exports

18 February, 2026 - New polling shows support across party lines for a tax on gas exports, a policy proposed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions...

Greens challenge Labor to support their follow the dollar laws and strengthen IBAC by the end of the week 

18 February, 2026 - The Victorian Greens are challenging Jacinta Allan’s Labor Government to support their laws, saying that there is no reason we can’t strengt...

Victorian Greens move to establish an inquiry into LGBTQIA+ hate crimes

18 February, 2026 - The Victorian Greens will today move to establish a powerful parliamentary inquiry into the scale and scope of anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes acr...

No gem for locals - just another win for developers

18 February, 2026 - Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP says the approval of the GemLife development on flood-prone land in West Ballina highlights a deeper and ...

Greens demand ‘follow the dollar’ laws to fix IBAC and root out corruption on Labor’s ‘Big Build’

18 February, 2026 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Victorian Labor Government, and the Liberal Opposition, to support the Green’s proposed ‘follow the ...

Wages lag behind soaring costs of housing and healthcare

18 February, 2026 - New quarterly ABS data released today show wages are not keeping up with inflation, as yet another bank, NAB, announces a quarterly profit o...

Bananas in Pyjamas back on screens thanks to the Greens

18 February, 2026 - The Greens have welcomed today’s announcement that the $50 million secured for the ABC to invest in Australian children and drama content la...

Police pursuit continued after Commissioner said it was terminated

17 February, 2026 - Allegations have been raised that the Police pursuit of a stolen car continued even though the Commissioner for Police has said it was termi...

Protest penalties lifted from Sydney CBD and Eastern Suburbs

17 February, 2026 - The Public Assembly Restriction Declaration (PARD) has been lifted by NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon today, eight days after it was used...

Albanese must adopt systemic Racism@Unis plan, scrap one-sided Anti-Semitism Envoy ‘report cards’

17 February, 2026 - The Race Discrimination Commissioner today released the final report of the Racism@Uni study, Respect at Uni: Study into Antisemitism, ...

ACCC case against Coles

16 February, 2026 - The Greens have welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Federal Court action against Coles over alleged mislead...

ACCC case against Coles

16 February, 2026 - The Greens have welcomed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Federal Court action against Coles over alleged mislead...

Labor’s made-up $30 billion AUKUS ‘announceable’ for the SA election 

15 February, 2026 - The Federal Labor Government today delivered a made-up $30 billion AUKUS ‘announceable’ for South Australia, that is not backed up by any bu...

Greens statement on Maugean skate listing

13 February, 2026 - The Environment Minister’s refusal to up-list the conservation status of the endangered Maugean skate does not hide the species' fatal futur...