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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...

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...

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...

Labor continues climate vandalism with Middlemount coal mine extension

13 February, 2026 - The Greens have called Labor’s extension of the Middlemount Coal Mine a continuation of their ‘climate vandalism’ with more coal, pollution ...

Greens urge Labor to show courage and leadership towards First Nations justice

12 February, 2026 - In the wake of the second consecutive Closing the Gap report which shows only four of 19 targets on track, the Australian Greens urge the La...

Bank profits spike amid housing crisis

12 February, 2026 - In the midst of a housing crisis, the big banks’ obscene profits have been taken directly out of the pockets of mortgagees and renters. T...

Aged care hardship claims have more than doubled under Labor’s Support at Home

12 February, 2026 - Hardship applications from Aged Care participants have more than doubled since the introduction of Labor’s new Aged Care Act, figures disclo...

Lending data shows the worst of Australia’s housing crisis is yet to come

11 February, 2026 - New Cotality data shows rental affordability is at a record low as rents rise 2.5 times faster than wages, while ABS data today shows invest...

CGT discount now a quarter trillion dollar rort

6 February, 2026 - New figures show the Capital Gains Tax discount will blow a quarter-trillion dollar hole in the budget over the next decade. Parliamentary...

First home buyers, latest casualties of a rotten revolving door

5 February, 2026 - In the same week Australian households were told their mortgage repayments will go up, they have also learnt who the real beneficiaries of go...