This Month
Greens seek profit from human misery: Labor MP
The Greens say they will keep trying to destabilise the government over the war in Gaza.
- Phillip Coorey
‘I’ve been exiled’: Payman threatens to quit Labor
The WA senator has hinted she may quit the Labor Party after claiming to have been “exiled” in a bid to force her resignation from parliament.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
The deep, deep cynicism of the new anti-Greens pitch
Campaign material from right-wing group Advance tries to reframe the Greens in the mind of the mainstream voter.
- Mark Di Stefano
June
How the Greens went from tree huggers to angry culture warriors
With polls showing Labor could be on track to lose its lower house majority at next year’s federal election, the Greens have a chance at gaining real influence.
- Tom McIlroy
Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses the floor over Palestine
The first-term Labor senator has avoided expulsion from the ALP after voting with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Renewables
Why Dutton is hitting Labor on climate targets
Peter Dutton is taking aim at Labor’s 2030 emissions reductions targets as unrealistic to try to reset the debate on nuclear power.
- Jennifer Hewett
Greens metamorphosis goes well beyond normal politicking
The party these days bears only a passing resemblance to the political conservation movement started by Bob Brown that fought nobly against habitat destruction.
- Phillip Coorey
Unpicking the war of words on weapons exports to Israel
The opaqueness of Australia’s arms control regime means what the country is actually sending to Israel is largely unknown.
- Andrew Tillett
Greens ‘fanning flames of division’, says besieged Labor MP
Federal Labor MP Peter Khalil has accused the Greens of spreading disinformation and speaking at protests that resulted in hate speech and physical harassment.
- Gus McCubbing
Albanese shoots down Greens arms-to-Israel claim
The government has rebutted accusations by the Greens it was selling arms to Israel and was therefore ‘complicit in genocide’.
- Phillip Coorey
Greens accused of using Gaza to ‘harvest votes’
The government and the opposition have jointly accused the Greens of using the Israel invasion of Gaza to harvest votes and fan violence, at the expense of social cohesion.
- Phillip Coorey
May
Greens will demand Palestinian statehood if there’s a hung parliament
As political skirmishing over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continued, immigration officials revealed more than 60 per cent of visa applications by Gazans are being rejected.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Labor faces minority government threat, poll shows
A year out from the next federal election, a huge new poll on Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s prospects shows that at least 10 seats are too close to call.
- Tom McIlroy
Bandt lashed for failing to back two-state solution to end Gaza war
Jewish leaders say the Greens are the “friends of terrorists, foe of democracy” over pro-Palestinian Middle East stance.
- Andrew Tillett
- Updated
- Gas
Labor slammed for offshore gas approval backdown
A deal with the Greens means Labor is close to passing Petroleum Resources Rent Tax changes and vehicle emissions standards, but it has shelved fast-tracked gas approvals.
- Tom McIlroy
New gas projects receive support amid Labor unease
Resources Minister Madeleine King has backed the development of the Narrabri gas field in NSW, and the Queensland Labor government has given the green light to four new projects in the Bowen Basin.
- Phillip Coorey
April
- Opinion
- Housing crisis
Labor must fix housing crisis or share the House with Greens
Drastic action is necessary or the Greens’ moral outrage over the cost of homes for young voters will keep Labor on the path to minority government.
- Ed Cavanough
March
Labor pulls gas bill after Greens threaten car emission reforms
Labor halted an offshore gas regulation bill the Coalition said it would support after the Greens threatened to retaliate by scuttling Labor’s car policy.
- Jacob Greber
‘Get on with it’: Car makers accept Labor fuel policy – over to Greens
Citing strong support from climate groups, Labor pressed Adam Bandt to drop a threat to scuttle the government’s signature transport pollution reduction plan.
- Jacob Greber and Simon Evans
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Bowen, King water down fuel standards to avoid ute backlash
Manufacturers of utes will be given softer emission reduction targets in return for the adoption of environmentally beneficial technology.
- Phillip Coorey and Jacob Greber