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Janet Rice
Senator for Victoria

Labor must halt logging of Strathbogie forest home of Greater Glider, say Greens

13 February, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the Victorian Labor government to step in to halt logging by its commercial logging arm VicForests, which has move...

Labor must halt logging of Strathbogie forest home of Greater Glider, say Greens

13 February, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the Victorian Labor government to step in to halt logging by its commercial logging arm VicForests, which has move...

Bill to repeal the destructive Regional Forest Agreements

8 February, 2018 - I rise today to speak to the bill which I introduced into this place, the Regional Forest Agreements Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2017. This bil...

Bill to repeal the destructive Regional Forest Agreements

8 February, 2018 - I rise today to speak to the bill which I introduced into this place, the Regional Forest Agreements Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2017. This bil...

Illegal logging disallowance - passed by the senate

8 February, 2018 - I rise to speak on this disallowance motion moved by me and by Senators Brown and Hinch. The Greens do not see amending these regulations of ...

Illegal logging disallowance - passed by the senate

8 February, 2018 - I rise to speak on this disallowance motion moved by me and by Senators Brown and Hinch. The Greens do not see amending these regulations of ...

Greens motion calling for Turnbull Government action on abortion passes Senate

7 February, 2018 - The Senate has today passed a Greens motion calling on the government to ensure safe, surgical abortions are available in public hospitals ac...

Greens motion calling for Turnbull Government action on abortion passes Senate

7 February, 2018 - The Senate has today passed a Greens motion calling on the government to ensure safe, surgical abortions are available in public hospitals ac...

Janet on land clearing in NSW and QLD

6 February, 2018 - This is a response to a resolution of the Senate of 16 August 2017. The motion, moved by my colleague Lee Rhiannon, was about land clearing i...

Janet on nuclear weapons, ICAN and meeting a Nagasaki bombing survivor

6 February, 2018 - I had a rare privilege last week. I met someone who survived the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a hibakusha, Mr Terumi Tanaka. M...

Janet on nuclear weapons, ICAN and meeting a Nagasaki bombing survivor

6 February, 2018 - I had a rare privilege last week. I met someone who survived the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a hibakusha, Mr Terumi Tanaka. M...

Labor's refugee policy

6 February, 2018 - I am continually astounded by the depth of the depravity and inhumanity of this government in its treatment of the most vulnerable people, re...