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Labor’s MIA in Perth on Mental Health Supports

26 April, 2024 - The Chair of Mental Health Australia has resigned because the Labor government has failed to take sufficient action on mental health policy. ...

Government can take action on men’s violence without waiting Royal Commission

26 April, 2024 - A Royal Commission could draw further attention to this epidemic, but we already know what needs to be done to reduce and eliminate violence ag...

Australia exported $1.5 million worth of weapons to Israel in February 2024, fresh DFAT data shows

26 April, 2024 - Just published data from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows that in February 2024 alone Australia directly exported over $1.5 mi...

Labor is MIA on Mental Health

26 April, 2024 - The Chair of Mental Health Australia has resigned because the labor government has failed to take sufficient action on mental health policy.&nb...

Women must feel safe in all workplaces

24 April, 2024 - The Guardian reports today that the Australian Border Force’s marine unit is rife with “inappropriate workplace behaviours including sexual har...

Greens won’t let Labor pull a swifty on school funding

22 April, 2024 - Ahead of the Education Ministers Meeting this week the Greens say they will use their numbers in the Senate to push Labor to end systemic under...

Community win: Walker Corp withdraws application for Toondah Harbour!

18 April, 2024 - Lines attributable to Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters “What an incredible community win. After almost a decade of campaigning b...

Labor’s Defence strategy, more words, more billions but no change to the broken fundamentals

17 April, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government has launched another lengthy report concerning Australia’s military, which changes almost nothing but manages to ...

Political action only saviour for Great Barrier Reef

16 April, 2024 - Today’s declaration of a fourth global coral bleaching event reaffirms only the strongest political action on climate change and environmental ...

Lehrmann defamation case shows criminal justice system is inadequate in responding to sexual violence

15 April, 2024 - In response to Justice Lee’s dismissal of Mr Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Lines attributable to Greens...

Labor’s coal and gas addiction is holding CQ back

12 April, 2024 - The Greens say that Labor must stop approving new coal and gas projects that divert critical skilled workers away from new industries, if regio...

Labor refuses action on school refusal

12 April, 2024 - The Greens have called on the Education Ministers Meeting to put action on school refusal at the top of its agenda, after Labor squibbed its re...

Labor’s smokescreen strategy to avoid action won’t fool voters: Greens

11 April, 2024 - The Greens have responded to Labor’s kite-flying on the subject of recognition of Palestinian statehood - which Labor almost immediately began ...

Labor’s merger reforms weak and inadequate

10 April, 2024 - Labor’s proposed merger reforms are weak and inadequate, and show how much the party is in the thrall of big business, the Greens say. “This...