The Greens today are launching an election commitment to end the offshore detention of people seeking asylum by sea and establish a Royal Commission into Australia’s immigration detention regime.

Anthony Albanese should redirect federal funding for the Macquarie Point stadium into building homes for Tasmanians, while Premier Jeremy Rockliff has created his own pulp mill moment, the Greens say.

Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP will be campaigning in the party’s target seat of Perth in WA today alongside Perth candidate and Local Councillor Sophie Greer and WA Senator Jordon Steele-John.

Greens Leader Adam Bandt today said renters and people in housing stress are a powerful voting bloc who will determine who wins the competitive seat of Wills.

The Greens have slammed Peter Dutton’s plan to withhold public school funding and cut ‘thousands’ of jobs in the Commonwealth Department of Education.