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Report should spell the end of compulsory income management

3 September, 2024 - The report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights into compulsory income management has recommended the complete a...

Plibersek fails to use Water Trigger power as gas fracking begins in NT

3 September, 2024 - The Greens have slammed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s failure to call in Tamboran’s gas fracking project in the Beetaloo Basin in t...

MEDIA RELEASE: UK starts the ban on weapons sales to Israel - so why won't Australia?

3 September, 2024 - The UK has suspended 30 arms export licences to the State of Israel including the direct transfer of parts of the F-35 fighter jet. The UK d...

Minister puts child protection profiteers on notice

3 September, 2024 - Reforms announced by Minister for Families and Communities Kate Washington represent bold first steps toward a child protection system that ...

Dental in Medicare would save Adelaide families thousands as minority Parliament likely

3 September, 2024 - New data reveals making dental part of Medicare would save SA families thousands of dollars a year as soon as 2025, with all polling pointin...

Greens Senator says childcare and housing at crisis point

2 September, 2024 - Greens Senator Steph Hodgins-May will visit Mount Alexander Shire on Wednesday to listen to community concerns about the lack of access to e...

Green Issue Editorial August 2024

2 September, 2024 - Increasing numbers of Independents are being elected to parliaments, mainly the Federal Parliament. In this issue we explore the pros and co...

Jordon Steele-John’s August Update

2 September, 2024 - Disappointment for the NDIS community but grappling with anti-union issues and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. And continuing electioneering o...

Brad Pettitt’s August Update

2 September, 2024 - Environment issues predominate – waiting to debate the Climate Change Bill, addressing adverse changes to the Environmental Protection Act a...

Labor caves again on environment, breaking election promise: Greens

2 September, 2024 - The Greens have slammed the Albanese Government for flagging they will cave in and do a deal with Peter Dutton to gut their already weak env...

Tiny Houses for Western Australians

2 September, 2024 - Tiny houses represent a small but significant part of a solution to the Australian housing crisis. They offer an affordable path for those w...

Nukes, No Worries

2 September, 2024 - Lack of public awareness of the hazards of nuclear power, and nuclear weapons for that matter, has allowed politicians to step in and exploi...

Greens and Independents

2 September, 2024 - While The Greens welcome the greater variety of voices brought by the Teal Independents as a win for democracy, we argue they aren’t breakin...

Greens, Independents and Protest

2 September, 2024 - Are the Teals a signal that the public views the Greens as extremists, and are we?  By Mark McDonald, Fremantle-Tangney Greens On...