PwC walks back report used to claim Australia’s nature repair market could be worth $137bn Report cited by environment minister in support of offset bill criticised for inflated figures The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2023
Greens and Coalition put Labor’s housing fund in a deep freeze sparking threats of double dissolution election Labor’s Don Farrell warns the government will regard the delay until October as a ‘failure to pass’ the bill The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023
Greens reject Lidia Thorpe’s racism claim The Greens have rejected an accusation levelled by former member Senator Lidia Thorpe that there is racism within the party. The New Daily · May 29, 2023
Greens rebel Lidia Thorpe filing ‘racism’ claim against her old party with Human Rights Commission Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has accused the Greens of racism, and will lodge a case with the Australian Human Rights Commission The New Daily · May 28, 2023
Senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Lidia Thorpe clash over 'black money' funding NT police initiatives Labor frontbencher Malarndirri McCarthy calls a fellow Indigenous senator a "disgrace to your people" in a fiery exchange about funding for First Nations initiatives at Senate estimates. ABC News · May 24, 2023
Minister nixed Palmer coal mine, dept approved another The environment minister personally killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine but trusted a delegate to decide on another Queensland mine that got the green light. AAP · May 23, 2023
Beetaloo Basin Senate inquiry report recommends further scrutiny of Middle Arm industrial hub proposal A long-awaited Senate inquiry's final report into fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin has made 14 recommendations. ABC News · Apr 19, 2023
Greens politicians targeted by alleged email threats Two senior Greens politicians were sent emails by a Sydney man allegedly threatening death or serious harm, court documents say. AAP · Mar 29, 2023
Major defeat for $10 billion housing fund in Senate The government had its first major legislative defeat since taking power as the Senate crossbench dashed its hopes of passing the affordable housing fund. The New Daily · Mar 28, 2023
Coalition and Greens team up to force Labor to release emissions modelling Government must produce forecasts under safeguard mechanism as treasurer adds pressure to stalled cross-party talks on limits to new gas and coal projects The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023
Greens in fresh push for Murdoch media inquiry Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will introduce legislation to establish a federal commission of inquiry into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The New Daily · Mar 3, 2023
Labor rounds on Greens ‘sabotage’ of emissions reduction plan Frontbenchers unleash on party for signalling it might vote with Coalition to stymie reform of safeguard mechanism The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2023
Massive NBN bonuses under scrutiny as government admits Australians expect better NBN executives face having their massive bonuses slashed as the federal government reins in largesse at the taxpayer-owned company. The New Daily · Feb 14, 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
The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2023 South Australian Greens back yes vote on voice amid Lidia Thorpe criticism of referendum State support for the Uluru statement is expected to be seen as a shot across the bows to the federal First Nations spokeswoman
The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2022 Afternoon Update: glorious Christmas weather ahead; dingo attacks child in Queensland; and Australia’s first offshore windfarm Forecasts for the major capitals show summery weather across Australia
The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2022 Greens lambast Labor for failing to offer extra funding for global nature deal at Cop15 While other countries have made additional pledges, Australia criticised for failing to offer more than its budget commitments
The Guardian - AU · Dec 18, 2022 Wong urged to raise human rights concerns on Beijing trip – as it happened This blog is now closed
ABC News · Nov 11, 2022 Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says farmers are ready to sell water licences as bureaucrats confirm 50 gigalitres worth of buybacks The federal water minister says she's received approaches from farmers keen to sell their water licences back to the government.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2022 Streaming services outspend free-to-air TV on making Australian drama for first time The $446m budget for dramas on subscription services is now more than double the $208m spent on free to air programs
The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022 Sarah Hanson-Young declares support for Indigenous voice campaign and expects Greens to do likewise Hanson-Young says Lidia Thorpe has also been very clear she will not back the no campaign
The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2022 Beetaloo Basin holds ‘Australia’s greatest emissions reduction opportunity’, inquiry hears In remarks dismissed by environmentalists, gas company boss Joel Riddle said reserves were ‘critical’ to lowering greenhouse gas emissions
ABC News · Oct 8, 2022 'Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech Much has been said about the speech in the decade since Julia Gillard rose to her feet to deliver it, but what does it mean to those now inside the building? To those who've watched the political world change around them, and those just entering it for the first time?
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Australian lawmakers pay tribute to queen, discuss republic Australian lawmakers paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, with some also weighing in on the republic debate, after they returned to parliament from a break taken to observe the queen’s death
Pedestrian.tv · Sep 8, 2022 Adam Bandt’s Wife And Sarah Hanson-Young Slayed Last Night’s Midwinter Ball W/ Anti-Coal Dresses The Greens slayed the Midwinter Ball returned with best dressed no-doubt going to leader Adam Bandt and wife Claudia Perkins.