Policy
Health
The Australian Greens believe that: Access to quality health care is a basic human right. Individual and population health outcomes are strongly influenced by the social, economic and environmental conditions in which people live and work. Human health has a direct relationship with the quality of the environment, and a healthy natural environment underpins a...
Policy
Powering up battery storage
Many households and businesses already attach battery storage to their clean energy systems. Now is the time to grow the industry, encourage the take-up of storage and help make Australia a renewable energy leader. With public interest high, now is the time for a targeted, five-year support package to drive down costs and put battery...
Policy
Housing: a plan to address the housing affordability crisis
The Australian dream of home ownership has become a nightmare. The Greens are the only party with the courage to take action on negative gearing and other measures to make housing more affordable. Australia is a great place to live but the cost of buying or renting is too high. It’s has become too hard...
Policy
A new approach to drug policy
Australia has one of the highest rates of illicit drug use in the world, despite our no tolerance policy. The current approach is clearly not working. We have got young people overdosing and dying, because they're taking substances of unknown quality and purity. WIth the political will, there are measures we can put in place...
Policy
Ending live animal exports
Live exports were banned for a short time in 2011 following the ABC's Four Corners exposure of the cruel trade that brutally exploits animals. The Labor Government was forced to stop the trade and set up an inquiry as public outrage and concern was so strong. However the live export trade has since resumed, and...