Preference power to the people

3rd August 2010 11:29 am

The Greens in the Ballarat electorate will be reinforcing the message that people control where their preferences go and strongly encouraging voters to make up their own mind.

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Lee visits Nambucca Valley

3rd August 2010 9:06 am

Lead NSW Greens Senate Candidate, Lee Rhiannon, will join Lower House Candidate, Dominic King, on the campaign trail on Wednesday August 11th.

“It will be great to have Lee here and we are giving her a whirlwind tour of Cowper and including areas that we feel often miss out.” Said Dominic King.

Larissa on ABC TV's Q&A - Monday August 2

3rd August 2010 8:30 am

Larissa joined politicians and commentators to talk politics on ABC TV's Q&A, Monday August 2.

Panellists were:

Greens defend Marine Parks

3rd August 2010 12:00 am

The Greens have come out in defence of Marine Parks following what they are calling the dangerously short-sighted attack on them by the Liberal candidate for Eden-Monaro.

Greens candidate for Eden-Monaro Catherine Moore said today that the benefits of marine parks and no-take sanctuary zones are enormous, as repeatedly demonstrated in scientific studies from Australia and overseas.

Greens education vision starts with early learning

2nd August 2010 8:44 pm

Ahead of presenting the Greens vision for early childhood and pre-school education to a meeting of grassroots early education advocates in Alstonville tomorrow, the Greens candidate for Page, Jeff Johnson said that every political party needs to commit to strengthening pre-school education.

Public transport in Townsville

2nd August 2010 7:33 pm

Pollution, climate change and decades of neglect by successive governments mean major upgrades are urgently required to our transport infrastructure according to Mike Rubenach, Greens candidate for Herbert.

Greens NSW - vision for population, immigration and multiculturalism

2nd August 2010 2:49 pm

Greens candidate in Ryan a strong voice on climate change

2nd August 2010 2:31 pm

2 August 2010: The Australian Greens today launch their campaign in Ryan with lead Senate candidate Larissa Waters visiting the electorate to support Ryan candidate Dr Sandra Bayley.

A recent WWF poll put the Green vote at 17% in Ryan.

TAFE integral to lifting Liverpool out of Unemployment

2nd August 2010 1:28 pm

Since 1997 governments have been cutting funding to TAFEs and increasing funding to Non-TAFE training providers. These colleges are expensive and out of reach of the disadvantaged, the unemployed, those with literacy problems  or those on low incomes.

Greens Want Australia To Live Up To Its Obligations On Asylum-Seekers

2nd August 2010 11:22 am

The Australian Greens will continue to push for the Federal Government to live up to its international obligations to vulnerable asylum-seekers, according to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.

Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson on Immigration and Human Rights, said that the Greens were concerned that because the Labor Government had never amended the Migration Act to remove the Howard government clauses that had allowed the original Pacific Solution, there was nothing stopping the Government from extending offshore processing to anywhere in the region.