Public Service Job Devastation
LABOR WOULDN’T HAVE TO CUT PUBLIC SERVICES IF THEY REVIEWED REVENUE AND TAXED THE BIG BANKS. The Victorian Greens say that Labor would not need to cut public service that people rely on if the Government properly taxed the big banks and corporations. It comes as the Allan government announces that up to 3,000 public […]
Make The Big Banks Pay Their Fair Share
GREENS CALL ON NEW TREASURER TO BACK BIG BANK LEVY BILL AS RECORD PROFITS RECORDED The Victorian Greens will first read a new Bill that would introduce a 0.05% levy on the big banks to generate $16.5 billion in revenue over the next decade which the Greens say could be invested into direct cost of […]
North East Link Pollution Cause for Compensation
Month on month residents of the North East Metropolitan Region have raised their concerns about the impact the behemoth North East Link construction project will have on our local air quality, wetlands and mature trees. Community concerns have included the loss of thousands of mature trees, the decimation of wetlands and the reduced air quality […]
Let Doggies be Doggies
PINGERS SQUAD WANT “DOGGIES TO JUST BE DOGGIES” The Victorian Greens, the Animal Justice Party and Legalise Cannabis Victoria have called on the Victorian government to end the use of police sniffer dogs as the summer festival season approaches, raising the issue via procedural questioning during Question Time in the Victorian Upper House. Greens MP […]
Pill Testing And Sniffer Dogs Don’t Mix
PREMIER MUST CALL OFF THE DOGS AS FIRST FESTIVAL WITH PILL TESTING ANNOUNCED The Victorian Greens have called on the Premier to ensure that police sniffer dog squads are not present during the summer festival season, as it’s announced that Beyond the Valley will be the first festival with life-saving pill testing services. The Police […]
Duopoly Sized Hole In Food Security Report.
Food security report calls for reforms but supermarket accountability intentionally blocked by Labor & Liberals. The report from the inquiry into food security in Victoria has been tabled today but the Greens say there is a duopoly sized hole in the report’s recommendations. Labor and the Liberals have teamed up to omit recommendations to address […]
We made pill testing law!
This bill accepts the reality that people use drugs, and that young people will experiment with them.
Hydromorphone Trial Can’t Replace Second Injecting Room
Hydromorphone trial a smokescreen to distract from Labor’s outrageous decision to axe second injecting room. The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s recently announced hydromorphone trial a dangerous smokescreen, distracting from their decision to reject expert health advice and axe a second safe injecting room. Earlier this week Labor announced it wouldn’t establish a second safe […]
Rejecting a Safe Injecting Room Will Cost Lives.
Labor’s safe injecting room decision a ‘spineless captain’s call that will cost lives. The Victorian Greens have called Labor’s decision to reject a second medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) in the CBD a ‘spineless captain’s call’ that will cost countless lives. The Greens say it will leave people who are struggling with heroin addiction to […]
Report Advises Second Safe Injecting Room Needed.
Labor must heed report advice and establish second safe injecting room in Melbourne. The Victorian Greens have said people using injectable drugs will continue to die while Labor refuses to act on a report into a second safe injecting room in the CBD. While Labor has been sitting on Ken Lay’s report into a second […]
