THE NT government is moving to sideline environmental criticism. Photo: DFAT The Northern Territory CLP Government is moving to cut green opposition to their resource projects. It is cutting $100,000 in funding for both the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) and Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) and follows an identical cut for the NT Environmental Defenders…
Labor’s housing bill has been rejected in the senate by both the coalition and the Greens. Source: Thennicke, Wikimedia Commons The federal government has experienced its first defeat in the Senate after both the coalition and the Greens have rejected Labor’s centrepiece housing policy. The government must now wait three months until it can bring…
On Tuesday, the Labor Government released plans for the 2023-24 Federal Budget, including their strategy to address the escalating rental crisis. Image credit: Pixabay On Tuesday, the Labor Government released plans for the 2023-24 Federal Budget, including their strategy to address the escalating rental crisis. The Greens have expressed vocal opposition to Labor’s plans, which…
Labor and the Greens have reached the safeguard mechanism climate change agreement. Image: Adam Bandt, Australian Greens leader. Source: Matt Hrkac, Wikimedia Commons After reaching a deal with the Greens, the federal government now has the support needed to implement the safeguard mechanism climate change agreement. The safeguard mechanism agreement comes after months of negotiations,…
Australian Parliament. Source : JJ Harrison The Labor Government’s emergency energy package has passed Parliament, which is intended to reduce power bills by $230. Despite previous criticism from the Greens around the possibility for the bill to provide compensation to coal companies, Labor secured their support, and that of key crossbenchers, to ensure their success.…
“Australians are entitled to believe the oversight processes that are there in the parliament will be maintained in a way that ensures integrity and ensures that any information given there is kept in a confidential basis,” Mr Albanese said on the news about Senator Thorpe. Source: The Greens. Greens deputy leader Lidia Thorpe has resigned…
The support of the Greens came despite Bandt saying he is “bitterly disappointed” over the government not banning new coal and gas projects. Source: Adam Bandt, Facebook. The Greens will support Labor’s climate change bill that legislates a 43 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030. Greens leader Adam Bandt said the party will give…
“For many Australians, this flag represents dispossession and the lingering pains of colonisation,” Bandt said. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Greens leader Adam Bandt has sparked controversy after he refused to stand in front of the Australian flag in a press conference on Monday. The flag was pushed off to the side by a member of the…
Close to 3 million Aussies would see their student debt abolished under The Greens. Source: Freepik. With just a day out from the federal election, things are heating up in the political world but an announcement back in March by The Greens that they would abolish student debt, has certainly posed a question as to…