Push for sweeping Aussie junk food ban
A fresh push is underway for a federal ban on advertisements for unhealthy food and drink, citing concerns for the welfare of children.
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A zingy tumble salad with plenty of greens, and extra garlic too
A zippy avocado tahini brings all the ingredients together, with an extra kick of as much garlic as you like and pepitas to finish.
Bob Brown’s Greens wouldn’t recognise their own party
Bob Brown was inclined to be passionate, but he seldom let his passions get the better of him. Anthony Albanese is unlikely to find Adam Bandt as accommodating if the 2025 election results in a hung parliament.
Don’t bet the rent on minority ALP government
The fact no first-term federal government has been defeated since 1931 is no guarantee the Albanese government will be returned with the support of the Greens. In politics, precedent means nothing.
State-sanctioned ‘truth’ is still a danger under the Greens and teals
Australia dodged a bullet when the federal government withdrew its legislation to regulate misinformation. But the spectre of misinformation laws could haunt parliamentary discourse in coming years.
Hogg: MCG hate, making kids cry and selling fake baggy greens
In one of the most prickly interviews of 2024, champion quick Rodney Hogg has opened up on his hatred of the MCG, awkward fan interactions – and why he sells fake, signed baggy greens.
Voters must heed warning on ‘dangerous’ Bandt
It is not too clear what sort of an Australia Bandt wants, but all of the signs suggest it is not what the majority of Australians want. Bandt, the politician, is a very dangerous person.
Woke frippery giving way to economic realities of life
Labor’s danger is that Middle Australia will conclude the government has lost control of the economy.
Bandt’s vacuous posturing on Middle East a disgrace
Adam Bandt’s misunderstanding of the causes of the Middle East conflict is vacuous. His policy position is little more than meaningless foreign policy dribble.
Greens mischief on Gaza a stern warning for election
Protest party promises to wreak havoc if given the balance of power.
‘Labor should join with Greens’
Adam Bandt urges Anthony Albanese to learn from the past and co-operate with the Greens if there’s no clear winner after the election.
ALP ‘slowly’ going Green over Israel
Greens leader Adam Bandt declares Labor is edging towards the minor party’s hard-left position on the conflict in the Middle East, insisting the Albanese government has been ‘forced to admit that we were right all along’.
Pragmatism on nuclear about energy affordability
Nuclear power will inevitably be used in Australia but only after considerable damage has been wrought on us from Labor’s obsession with renewable energy.
Nuclear energy a ‘health risk’: Labor scare video slammed by Coalition
The Coalition has condemned the Labor Party for a video on its Instagram account in which a former Greens candidate says there are health concerns from nuclear power | WATCH
Victorian Greens moved 52 motions on Israel
Not one of the Greens’ 52 anti-Israel motions was successful, but Liberals have criticised them for using the opportunity to spread ‘vile and hateful’ anti-Semitism.
Former Liberal MP to fight for old seat
Former Morrison government MP Trevor Evans believes the next election will be a test of whether voters regret supporting the Greens and teal independents at the 2022 federal election.
Albo’s pre-Christmas salmon party to be served with Green wedge
The Greens are devising an election strategy to wedge Labor on salmon in seats nationally, as Anthony Albanese flies to a small Tasmanian town in a ‘risky’ move to placate aquaculture workers.
Dutton ready for scare on nuclear
Peter Dutton will ‘stare down’ nuclear scare campaigns and seek an election mandate to compel sceptical premiers and business chiefs into fast-tracking his plan to build seven nuclear power plants.
Labor mulls Greens deal despite ‘false flag attack’ comments
Labor won’t rule out a preference deal with the Greens despite a candidate’s comments about Zionists, as a party staffer was counselled for suggesting Melbourne’s synagogue firebombing could be ‘false flag attack’.
Greens pick pro-Palestine poet for conflict-heavy campaign
The Greens have preselected poet Omar Sakr to contest Jason Clare’s seat of Blaxland in what will shape up as a tight campaign with the Israel-Hamas conflict at its core.
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