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They'll outspend us — again

28 April, 2015 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems In the next couple of weeks we will launch our End of Financial Year fundraising appeal. Featuring Christine Milne, the...

Happy mother's day

27 April, 2015 - Senator Christine Milne   Christine is sitting with sons Thomas and James at the opening of the Douglas Apsley National Park in Tasmania, which...

A fresh approach

27 April, 2015 - Ben Moroney and Eliza June (Australian Young Greens Co-Convenors) New South Wales has agreed that its next meeting of the State Delegates Counc...

Limiting environmental philanthropy would leave our democracy poorer

27 April, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters It's amazing that one in five Australians donate to environment organisations. That incredible generosity should be cele...

Refreshing members and boundaries

24 April, 2015 - Grahame Bowland (WA Co-Convenor) Most people join the Greens with a purpose — perhaps to campaign in elections, or to realise a policy idea, or...

Finding our voice

24 April, 2015 - Debbie Gibson In 2012 the Greens NSW Women's Group decided to survey female members to try and get a picture of their involvement in the party ...

Other centenaries to celebrate

24 April, 2015 - Anne Picot It has been impossible to avoid the wall-to-wall coverage of the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli by Australian troops on 25 Ap...

Congratulations, Dr Giz

14 April, 2015 - Chilla Bulbeck On 16 February Associate Dean at Murdoch University, Dr Janice Dudley, presented Giz Watson to the Chancellor of Murdoch Univers...

Harmony in the UK

14 April, 2015 - Natalie Bennett Did you know that all Australian adults currently in the UK are eligible to vote in British elections? It's true. So are most B...

NAPLAN? New plan please.

13 April, 2015 - Senator Penny Wright The annual NAPLAN tests will be held next month, with more than a million Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to be...

Stop the three-word slogans

13 April, 2015 - Rachel Poole A favourite government mantra of late is “we've stopped the boats”. This catchy phrase, if repeated enough without context, sugges...

Next stop: 2016

13 April, 2015 - Giz Watson and Penny Allman-Payne (Australian Greens Co-Convenors) Congratulations to our NSW colleagues on yet another fantastic election resu...

The Australian government can't safeguard Putin's data. That means yours isn't safe, either

31 March, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam One of the questions I've been asked most in recent months is whether members of parliament will have their metadata store...

We must return funding to family violence services

30 March, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters Women are living with men who they fear will kill them because those women have been turned away from overrun refuges an...