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The expulsion of co-founder Drew Hutton shows transgender rights and safety are not negotiable for the party.
While the lion’s share of Greens preferences went to Labor, 75% of One Nation put Coalition ahead.
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Here’s a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.
With the polls close to a dead heat, would the Greens push a potential minority Labor government even harder to pursue their agenda?
The government has stared down the Greens over its Help to Buy and Build to Rent housing legislation and will “wave through” the legislation in the Senate this week.
The climate emergency is accelerating with breathtaking speed.
The Greens and the teals are breathing down Labor’s neck. At this federal Labor conference, Albanese must go further on climate policy.
Her departure, while a blow for the Greens, is not all bad news for them
Environment groups are pushing the Greens to accept Labor’s emissions target. What do these tensions mean for climate action?
Amid predictions about a “youthquake” before May 21, what role did young voters play in this radical electoral shift?
The Greens and Labor have a mixed record of working together, but can learn from past experience.
Notwithstanding COVID, this political term has been framed by extreme events such as the Black Summer bushfires and floods – and it will show at the ballot box.
Although the political context is more amenable to the Greens’ message than ever before, it may not translate into a dramatically improved vote.
The plan to increase all income support payments to a minimum of $88 a day is the first major economic proposal of the federal election campaign.
Taxing super profits sounds like a a good idea, but it’s hard to get right and there might be better ways to get more company tax.
Back in February, the Greens were riding a fresh wave of momentum when they changed leaders. But COVID-19 has made it tough for the party to be seen and heard.
We asked 252 Australian Greens party supporters and 252 One Nation party supporters to do some simple maths. Their answers changed when we told them it was climate change data.
Analysis of tweets from the election campaign reveal two key trends: independents are organising, and embattled Liberal candidates are having to take the fight to their rivals.
After the backlash against the formal Labor-Greens alliance under the Gillard government, Shorten is anxious to keep maximum distance between the ALP and the minor party.
For all concerned, the imbroglio surrounding Lee Rhiannon and her Greens colleagues turns on a fundamental disagreement over process and principle.
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