The Latest Breaking News from Greens

SNP MP hits out at Brexit during rally marking three years since UK left EU

Alyn Smith spoke at a rally in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, marking the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Greens head to a retreat to thrash out Voice to Parliament stance

Lidia Thorpe wants a Treaty first and has dismissed the Voice as a powerless advisory body which she is threatening to oppose unless she is satisfied that "First Nations sovereignty is not ceded".

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023

Rise in 'dark money' as 10 dominate political donations

Political parties' and donors' financial returns for 2021/22 have been made public, with Clive Palmer giving his United Australia Party a record $117 million.

AAP · Jan 31, 2023

Lidia Thorpe welcomes sovereignty assurances over voice but remains undecided

Assistant minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, tells ABC’s Q+A that position of Greens senator is a ‘misnomer’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2023

Lidia Thorpe calls for treaty, not the Voice as Indigenous Australians share their concerns on Q+A

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is championed by a Q+A audience member as she calls for treaty and not the Voice but faces a challenge from Labor minister Malarndirri McCarthy.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

Why the Peter Dutton approach to the Voice to Parliament won’t work

For the Voice to Parliament, there is a high-powered campaign rallying against the view held by the likes of Peter Dutton.

The New Daily · Jan 30, 2023

Alan Kohler: Australia’s new emissions trading scheme is a carbon tax. That’s fine

It won’t be the companies that swallow the cost of emissions reduction, it’ll be the customers who pay, writes Alan Kohler.

The New Daily · Jan 29, 2023

Adam Bandt accuses Albanese government of ‘greenwashing’ for allowing new coal and gas mines

Greens leader’s criticism suggests party will rekindle demands to add climate trigger in safeguards scheme or limit use of carbon offsets

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2023

Instant noodles and extra jobs: PhD candidates ‘barely scraping by’ on stipends below minimum wage

Students are pleading for reforms amid rising rent and cost of living, as experts warn research could suffer if people are put off higher study

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2023

Inflation-driven higher education debt increases to hit millions of Australians

Even under the most conservative scenario, modelling suggests average Help debt will increase by at least $1700 when indexed on 1 June

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2023