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Janet Rice
Senator for Victoria

Greens urge Foreign Minister to act on Brunei’s new laws targeting LGBTQ+ people

4 April, 2019 - The Australian Greens have written to the Foreign Minister Marise Payne to express deep concern over Brunei’s new laws that punish homosexual se...

Joint committee of animal extinction inquiry recommends new environment laws and a new EPA

4 April, 2019 - The interim report from the Senate inquiry into Australia’s animal extinction crisis recommends new environment laws to limit the drivers of ext...

$245.7m for school chaplains puts LGBTIQ+ students in danger, say Greens

3 April, 2019 - The Morrison government putting $245.7 million into religious chaplains in secular, public schools over the next four years puts LGBTIQ+ student...

$400k in Budget for national EV strategy a joke, say Greens

3 April, 2019 - The Morrison government’s $400,000 allocation for a national electric vehicle strategy in the Budget is an absolute joke, especially when they h...

Budget infrastructure spending shows a complete lack of vision and porkbarrelling, say Greens

3 April, 2019 -  The Morrison’s government’s infrastructure spending demonstrates a complete lack of vision and pre-election porkbarrelling to save the skin of ...

Standing with the Muslim community following the Christchurch terrorist attack

2 April, 2019 - It's a humbling privilege to be able to stand here this afternoon to send my love, for my heart to go out, to everyone who is grieving from this...

Government delaying electric vehicle strategy to 2020 keeps Australia in the slow lane, say Greens

27 March, 2019 - The Morrison government delaying the electric vehicles strategy to mid-2020 leaves Australia stalled on the sidelines of the electric vehicle r...