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Want clever Year Ones? Start with addressing early education funding shortfalls

30 January, 2017 - The Liberal Government’s plan to test Year One students is merely a distraction from their unwillingness to adequately fund and resource earl...

Greens to introduce Bill to protect Australia from dodgy trade deals

25 January, 2017 - Trade deals should not be able to include clauses that allow foreign companies to sue the Australian Government for legislative changes, know...

Time to leave the TPP, not Australian community, in the dust

23 January, 2017 - Future trade deals need to hold every day Australians at their centre, not just corporations, Australian Greens Trade spokesperson Senator Sa...

Statement on non-violent protest

19 January, 2017 - As an individual and a proud Australian Greens member, I am deeply committed to the principle of non-violence. It is a founding and core pill...

Turnbull missed the boat with reshuffle

18 January, 2017 - Rewarding Greg Hunt with the health portfolio after his disastrous turn as Environment Minister shows just how out of touch Malcolm Turnbull ...

Greens call for Border Force to investigate Japanese Whaling

17 January, 2017 - The Greens have written to the Australian Border Force and asked them to immediately send a vessel to the Australian Whale Sanctuary to inves...

The automated debt recovery system doesn’t need a facelift, it needs scrapping: Greens

17 January, 2017 - The Government giving a ‘facelift’ to the broken automated debt recovery system is just an attempt to quell political backlash and should be ...

Labor must end the games on TPP

17 January, 2017 - Labor must end the cat and mouse game over the TTP, the Australian Greens have said today, calling on the Opposition to clarify how they will...

Australia must protect territorial waters from illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Prime Minister Turnbull needs to take far stronger action to protect Australia’s territorial waters from illegal whaling, Greens Senator for ...

Minister, get out of your ivory tower and speak to people actually struggling on Centrelink

11 January, 2017 - Minister Alan Tudge refusing to suspend or scrap the automated debt recovery system demonstrates a huge failing to comprehend the struggles a...

Government automated debt recovery system must be scrapped and should be referred to Senate inquiry: Greens

10 January, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling for the Government’s automated debt recovery system to be scrapped and investigated through a senate inquir...