2026-10-19
by Jason Kennedy
Australian Greens Policy Co-coordinator
AGPCC is pleased to report the 2025-2027national policy review in preparation for the 2028 election cycle is well underway. The first of three policy groups has progressed through member feedback to consideration and back out to member bodies for consensus position, with all submitted policies passed at our mid-year conference.
The committee has submitted our banking and employment relations amendments for consideration at this conference. We transferred any remaining policy areas to the next tranche to give the next committee a clean start and continue this work.
The committee would like to thank everyone who tirelessly committed to the consensus process. Grassroots, member-driven, participatory democracy requires a significant amount of work to ensure every member has the opportunity and their opinions are valued through the consensus process, leading to a policy platform that is robust and resilient.
A note from the AGPCC Co-Coordinator
Members of the AGPCC commit a very large amount of time to delivering policy to the party. We have a very tight window in which to seek feedback from member bodies and process these suggestions, reaching a consensus position that honours our grassroots ideology and consensus decision-making processes.
Those member bodies that are always present and undertake consultations with their members are the true heroes of the policy process. I struggle to express my admiration for their hard work meeting fortnightly to bring together policies that honour our values and offer the electorate a message of hope in these troubling times. It has been an honour to lead the Australian Greens policy coordinating committee for the last few years, a job only possible by the incredible commitment and diligence of the committee members.
I have often remarked that the members of the AGPCC are the best, hardest-working and most committed working group in the Greens, and I thank them all for their commitment to the task of creating a policy foundation every Greens member can be proud of.
I regularly ask delegates to conferences to publicly acknowledge your policy delegates within your member bodies for the incredible time, commitment, and dedication they bring year on year to ensure our policy platform is the best it can be for all of us.
AGPCC Meeting processes
The AGPCC works collaboratively to achieve consensus wording; the group is incredibly high functioning and deserves as many accolades as can be levelled at them. The way the team goes about reaching consensus on technically difficult outcomes is the epitome of our pillar. Our committee, rightfully, has a high quorum expectation requiring 5 member bodies and two party room delegates.
So while it is important to acknowledge the work of your delegates who are here week in week out, it is also incumbent upon us to identify member bodies who are not being represented and make sure we select delegates who have the capacity to participate and honour our pillar of grassroots democracy. Each member body brings something unique to the table; it is therefore incumbent on member bodies to be represented on the policy coordinating committee.
AGPCC next steps
The 2025-2027 policy work is ongoing, with the committee already transacting member suggestions to keep to the schedule and be ready for when the federal election is called.
Opportunities
Artificial Intelligence and Innovation is an area that will increasingly become a priority of campaigns. Our policy suite is intermingled with beliefs and actions around the introduction, feasibility, and implications of the increasing popularity of these technologies; consideration of the effect and impact of broad-scale Artificial Intelligence requires attention. Be it the impact on the environment or planning and development over data centre locations and usage, all the way to the use of AI in health appointments for practitioners.
While AI creeps into every facet of our interconnected lives, adding to and worsening the climate crisis, the repeated inaction of governments globally has not seen the necessary reduction in fossil fuel exploration, extraction, and use. So, while we are still hopeful that calls for net negative will suddenly be heard, we need to start looking towards Climate Adaptation Resilience.
Overview
- AGPCC completed full reviews of our 50 policies ahead of the May 2025 election.
- There are several new policy areas being considered in the 2025-2027 cycle:
- Climate Adaptation Resilience
- Artificial Intelligence and Innovation
- Space
- Gambling Harm
- The committee, through the election review process, has identified Superannuation, banking and finance and retirement incomes as other broad areas for policy work to be undertaken.
- Genetically Modified Organisms remains a rapidly changing field that requires ongoing work to maintain relevance as the science changes.
- And we must never neglect or forget that the environment, ecosystems, and water & Air are fundamental to living a good life.
I'd ask every member to consider giving time to policy by reviewing and providing feedback to your member body's policy team, submission timeline and forms. As this is my last report as the Australian Greens policy coordinator i would like to thank all of the committee members who have represented your member bodies on this valuable committee during my tenure. The role of coordinator is hard and time-consuming, and it would not be possible without the support of the tremendous committee, so thank you deeply for all the support.
Contact Details
We welcome queries and process questions from all Greens members – don’t hesitate to contact us as policies in the Greens are member-driven; our mission is to make it as accessible as possible. Official coordinator correspondence: policy@greens.org.au