Greens
Greens leader Adam Bandt distances party from Burnside tweet
The post by former high-profile Greens candidate Julian Burnside likening Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to Nazi Germany drew a fierce backlash from the Jewish community.
- by Rob Harris
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Income tax
Stage 3 tax cuts to cost $184 billion as decade of deficits looms
A new analysis of the government’s upcoming tax cuts, now supported by Labor, shows they will cost the budget more than $184 billion by 2031.
- by Shane Wright
Labor hopeful withdraws candidacy after party’s tax change
Per Capita executive director Emma Dawson announced her decision in a series of tweets on Tuesday evening that she would not contest the seat of Melbourne.
- by Rob Harris
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Australian economy
Workers hundreds of dollars a week out of pocket during lockdown
State lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus will leave workers hundreds of dollars out of pocket even after government payments, with those in Sydney’s south-west and retail staff across Melbourne among the worst affected.
- by Jennifer Duke
Greens defend embattled councillor – and their majority
Greens member Anab Mohamud will return to Yarra City Council on Tuesday for the first time since she was involved in a fight outside a gay nightclub in April.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘Disrespectful’: MPs on Juukan Gorge inquiry rebuke Lidia Thorpe comments
Coalition and Labor MPs have accused Greens senator Lidia Thorpe of being disrespectful to members of the Juukan Gorge inquiry after publicly claiming she was silenced by committee members during this week’s hearings.
- by David Estcourt
Greens councillor charged with assault, drunkenness and offensive behaviour
A Yarra City councillor and member of the Australian Greens has been charged over her alleged part in an altercation with another woman outside a South Yarra club in April.
- by Cameron Houston
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Melbourne
‘You are in my meeting’: Greens senator accused of verbal abuse of Indigenous elder
Labor’s Penny Wong reported the alleged actions of Senator Lidia Thorpe to the leadership of the Greens.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Australia votes
Greens eyeing Macnamara amid proposed boundary changes
The party argues a win in Macnamara will help it push Australia to act faster on climate change.
- by Nick Bonyhady and James Massola
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi: ‘Since moving here I’ve started swearing a lot’
The first Muslim woman in the NSW Parliament discusses receiving death threats, her three-decade arranged marriage, and why politics made her develop self-doubt and swearing habits.
- by Benjamin Law
Labor, Greens veto coal move in shock Senate blow to Morrison government
The two parties took advantage of Pauline Hanson’s surprise absence to strike down plans to invest taxpayer funds in new fossil fuel technologies.
- by David Crowe and Mike Foley