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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

World Refugee Day: Greens push for Royal Commission into children in detention

20 June, 2016 - On World Refugee Day, the Australian Greens have announced that they will push for a Royal Commission into the history of children in immigratio...

Young Australians need jobs, not just training

17 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the Labor and Liberal Parties to properly invest in renewable energy and infrastructure projects to make su...

Dutton does Turnbull’s dirty work with TPV tirade

16 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have reaffirmed their commitment to scrapping Temporary Protection Visas, which leave people living in an interminable lim...

Childcare overhaul with ‘Universal Access’ model proposed by Greens

9 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will take a policy of 'Universal Access' childcare, with a guaranteed minimum of 24 hours of subsi...

Labor and Liberal childcare policies fall short

6 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed their disappointment at the inability of either Labor or the Liberals to adequately address the current cris...

Greens push for 10,000 more family reunion visa places

3 June, 2016 - With the family reunion visa system struggling due to limited places, long waiting lists and excessive fees, the Australian Greens have outlined ...

Greens push to extend Frome Street Bikeway and boost SA public transport

3 June, 2016 - Adelaide's Frome Street Bikeway would finally be extended to the River Torrens, under a Greens plan to invest more than half a billion dollars in...

Greens make election pledge for Solar Thermal in SA

1 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have said that they will push for the $100m Federal grant required to make a solar thermal plant in Port Augusta a reality ...

Cambodia: one refugee left as situation deteriorates

28 May, 2016 - The government's deal with Cambodia has failed, with just one refugee remaining in the country, and should be ended immediately the Australian Gr...

SA families hit by $90m childcare delay

27 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed concern for the thousands of South Australian families who will be disadvantaged by the government's decisio...

Manus and Nauru torturous by design: Greens

22 May, 2016 - The Manus Island and Nauru detention camps are not only torturous, but are intentionally design to be so, the Australian Greens have said. "Tim C...

Greens: Complicated Nauru pregnancy should have been brought to Australia

14 May, 2016 - The young mother who was sent from Nauru and is now fighting for her life in a Brisbane Hospital, along with her newborn baby, had a complicated ...