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Inquiry Secured as Greens Fight for Stronger Gambling Reforms

1 July, 2026 - The Greens have forced the Senate to send the Albanese government’s undercooked proposed gambling legislation off to a Senate Inquiry.  T...

Defence waste $29 billion and Albanese announced a deck rearranging exercise for the Titanic

1 July, 2026 - The Albanese Labor Government hiding a $29 billion defence blowout behind cosmetic changes to defence procurement is the ultimate exercise in spi...

No more tinkering, Labor must act on Big 4

1 July, 2026 - In response to the recent fallout over KPMG’s multiple scandals which followed the PwC scandal, Labor has released a position paper int...

Media Release: Albanese Government lectures others on human rights but does nothing new at home

1 July, 2026 - The Albanese Government has rejected 204 of the 332 recommendations made in this year’s UN Universal Periodic Review, including calls to raise th...

'Social cohesion' is a fantasy when the Government imposes hierarchies of racism

30 June, 2026 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has responded to the Albanese Government’s laun...

Greens introduce bill for LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner

30 June, 2026 - The Australian Greens will today introduce legislation to create a dedicated LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner within the Australian Human Righ...

Labor doesn’t want teens to be paid super

30 June, 2026 - Labor’s Payday Super bill (Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025), which comes into effect tomorrow, comes with regulations ...

Greens win protections for workers in Workplaces Bill

29 June, 2026 - The Greens have secured amendments to the government’s Building Cooperative Workplaces Bill that will protect workers' pay and conditions, and e...

“Get your dirty hands off our kids”: Greens demand inquiry into fossil fuel industry influence on children

29 June, 2026 - The Australian Greens are demanding an inquiry into the fossil fuel industry's influence on children after a new report uncovered more than 260 ...

Unethical KPMG hired for ethics training

27 June, 2026 - The Labor Government continues to hire morally-bankrupt KPMG to run ethics and leadership training for senior public servants despite the ongoin...

No time to waste on plastic pollution

26 June, 2026 - YouGov research released today and conducted for the Australian Marine Conservation Society reveals a majority of Australians want the Federal G...

Greens response to bird flu detected in South Australia

24 June, 2026 - Quotes attributable to Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia and spokesperson for the environment: “It’s clear that bird flu...

Greens call for a moratorium on the building and approval of data centres in Australia

24 June, 2026 - Quotes attributable to Senator for SA and Chair of the parliamentary inquiry into artificial intelligence and data centres, Sarah Hanson-Young: ...

Reckless Labor risks lives as aged care reforms unravel

24 June, 2026 - A Greens-chaired Senate inquiry has slammed the government’s plan to terminate a critical feature of Australia’s aged care system, in yet anothe...

Woodside's Browse project linked to Great Barrier Reef coral deaths

23 June, 2026 - The Greens congratulate Environmental Justice Australia and Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), who have secured a historic legal interven...