A new green economic future for Australia
The gap between Australia’s rich and poor is growing and our long-term prosperity is being undermined.
Add your name to the campaign for a new green economic future.
Senators Bob Brown and Christine Milne press conference - 17-5-2011
Discussing Current Climate Change Negotiations
Greens secure historic win in Canada
The Canadian Green Party has secured an historic win in the national election, with party leader Elizabeth May breaking through to win the party's first ever lower house seat.
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan
South Australia and the whole Murray-Darling Basin have been waiting for a long time for action to tackle our water crisis. We now have an opportunity for reform - but we have to take it now.
There's no doubt that the proposed changes will not be easy to implement, but that is no reason to avoid the challenge. Everyone knows we have taken far too much water for far too long, and the river system has suffered as a result.
Undecided voters flood pre-poll
An overwhelming number of voters have not made up their mind before they reach the polling booth door, workers at pre-poll booths in Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Byron Bay reported yesterday.
Canberra Turns Green
Over one in four Canberrans will vote Green this election, according to poll figures released today.
“Canberra has turned Green,” said ACT Greens Senate candidate Lin Hatfield Dodds. “If you don’t stand up for Canberra, Canberrans will turn to a candidate and a party who will, as this poll shows.”
Labor Adopts Greens High Speed Rail Proposal
ACT Greens Senate candidate Lin Hatfield Dodds is pleased that Labor has adopted the Greens' proposal on high speed rail.
"For years, the Greens have been saying that the major Eastern cities need a high-speed rail link" said Ms Hatfield Dodds. "Our call for a study into this has now been adopted by Labor.