Greens
Greens seek to cap cost of essential grocery items
The price of basic essential items such as milk, bread, eggs and nappies would be tied and linked to January 2024 wages so wages match price growth, the party says.
- by Fraser Barton
Latest
Albanese shocked by ignorance of antisemitism
The prime minister has appointed eminent lawyer and businesswoman Jillian Segal as Australia’s first envoy to combat discrimination towards Jews.
- by Paul Sakkal
The six weeks that turned Fatima Payman’s rift with Labor into a chasm
Fatima Payman was a quiet backbencher for her first two years in the Senate. But for the past six weeks the former union official has become a household name.
- by James Massola and Paul Sakkal
Analysis
Political leadership
Payman v Albanese and the personal v the collective: Is Labor stuck in 1902?
The personal view of a young Muslim senator faces off with the oldest requirement of would-be ALP politicians, a written contract to observe the collective.
- by Tony Wright
Exclusive
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Albanese suspends Labor MP from caucus for crossing floor on Palestine vote
The Greens are planning another motion that will test Labor’s unity over the war in Gaza after Labor senator Fatima Payman’s decision to vote to recognise Palestinian statehood.
- by James Massola, Angus Thompson and Josefine Ganko
‘I walked for humanity’: Labor senator Fatima Payman crosses floor to recognise Palestine
Labor senator Fatima Payman has become the party’s first member to cross the floor in decades after she voted with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood in a vote on Tuesday.
- by Angus Thompson
City of Sydney backs boycott of Israel, in bid to add pressure for ceasefire
The state’s wealthiest council will now review any investments and contracts with companies that might be involved in “human rights abuses in Palestine”.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Opinion
Five reasons the Greens believe the next election could be their best
The balance-of-power party had a breakthrough at the 2022 election, but the next poll could be even more consequential.
- by James Massola
Attention-seeker or renters’ champion? The Greens MP driving pollies up the wall
Max Chandler-Mather is shaking up federal politics with his uncompromising take on the housing crisis.
- by Jane Cadzow
Magazine
Good Weekend
The June 15 Edition
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Adam Bandt blasts government at Palestine rally as police pepper-spray protesters
Greens leader Adam Bandt has continued calls for the Albanese government to take action against Israel at a rally that police said turned violent on Sunday.
- by Roy Ward