The Latest Breaking News from Greens

Sinn Féin and Greens clash over where to place experimental recycling bins in Belfast

Parties clash over whether to concentrate pilot in city centre or spread city wide

Belfast Live · Mar 3, 2023

Labour holds Byker in Newcastle by-election as Greens optimistic after doubling vote share

Hayder Qureshi polled almost half of the vote to hold a vacant Byker ward seat for Labour on Thursday

Chronicle Live · Mar 3, 2023

Labor accused of ‘fiddling at the margins’ on super as Greens urge greater crackdown on tax concessions

Nick McKim says Albanese government proceeding with stage-three tax cuts means a ‘money-go-round scheme for the rich’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2023

Superannuation on paid parental leave still ‘on the table’ for May budget, Katy Gallagher says

Minister for finance says she would ‘like to do it now’ but concedes pressures on the budget are intensifying

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2023

Greens to push Labor to fast-track 26 weeks of paid parental leave and pay superannuation on it

Party joins chorus of super funds and crossbenchers who want to use government’s tax concessions bill to call for broader changes

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2023

'Prohibition has failed': Push to legalise weed in NSW

The Greens want to legalise and regulate cannabis in the next term of NSW parliament in a move they say could help end the war on drugs.

AAP · Mar 1, 2023

Richard Denniss: Climate action undermined by ineffective legislation

Passing climate legislation that does nothing to stop new gas and coal mines will make it harder for Australia to reduce its emissions in the future.

The New Daily · Mar 1, 2023

Super reforms a ‘good start’ but Labor under pressure on stage-three cuts and parental leave

Crossbenchers welcome changes but some say government should revisit other tax concessions that have become ‘taboo’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2023

Scottish Greens members call for special meeting to debate Bute House deal with SNP

Greens members have petitioned the party to hold a special meeting to debate the future Bute House agreement amid the SNP leadership contest.

The National (Scotland) · Feb 28, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens leader Adam Bandt on trying to force Labor's hand on reform

Adam Bandt aspired to power-sharing with a Labor government. That was never going to happen but, possessing the major slice of the balance of power in the Senate, the Greens have considerable potential muscle – at least in theory.

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2023