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Free prescriptions important step forward
The Green Party is today welcoming free prescriptions.
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Long-term commitment needed on public housing
Budget 2023’s investment in public housing falls short of what’s needed.
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ECE extension Green win nearly 10 years in the making
The Green Party is today celebrating Budget 2023 funding extending free ECE to two year olds.
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Green initiative addresses both climate and inequality
A long standing Green Party policy has been extended yet again in this year’s Budget. This will deliver warmer homes for thousands of people, lower power bills, and cut climate pollution.
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Greens on board with more affordable buses and trains
The Green Party is fully on board with free bus and train travel for under 12s and half price travel for under 25s - next stop, free travel for all under 18s, students, and apprentices.
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Budget 2023 falls short of what’s needed
Today’s Budget makes good progress on climate and inequality, but falls short of what’s needed to fix both.
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Forestry sector must compensate for slash damage
The Green Party welcomes today’s release of the report of the Ministerial Inquiry into slash and sediment, and are clear that the forestry industry must foot more of the bill.
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Govt must break up supermarkets
The Government needs to do much more to address supermarket profiteering, which is driving high food prices.
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Action to support people to put food on the table more urgent than ever
Yet another increase in food prices shows the urgent need for the Government to tax wealth and use the money to help people put food on the table.
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Labour left floundering on seabed health
Labour has once again avoided taking decisions to protect ocean health and shown exactly why we need more Green MPs.