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ACT’s first Inspector of Correctional Services begins

14 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Mr Neil McAllister has been appointed the ACT’s first Inspector of Correctional Services. Mr McAllister began working in ...

Senate Inquiry hears Australia now in nationwide recycling crisis [with audio]

14 March, 2018 - Greens waste and recyling spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on the evidence heard at the Senate waste an...

Government must ensure that Aboriginal led decision making key to child protection

14 March, 2018 - Government should focus on implementing recommendations for real change on Aboriginal child health and safety rather than the old distraction o...

Greens signal an end to single use plastics

13 March, 2018 - Tuesday, 13th March 2018 The Greens (WA) environment spokesperson Robin Chapple will today table a petition with over 2000 signatures to parlia...

Time's up on battery cages

13 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The ACT Government says the national review of poultry standards is a chance to improve welfare for chickens and implemen...

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Guidelines support victims in phase 3 RJ program

13 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Ways to expand interagency collaboration and offer more flexible support for vulnerable groups were key themes in submiss...

Timber Processing Yard plan at odds with ALP’s election promise

12 March, 2018 - Greens Forests MLC Diane Evers says a plan by the Forest Products Commission to set up a low-value timber processing yard in the South-West and...

Bring Tamil family of four back to Biloela

12 March, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett is backing the people of Biloela and calling for Peter Dutton to return a family of four ripped from ...

Outstanding recycling results achieved at Multicultural Festival

10 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Recycling at this year’s Multicultural Festival saw more than 8.5 tonnes of mixed recycling diverted from landfill, Minis...

There needs to be truth-telling about January 26 when City of Cockburn consults further

9 March, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has urged the City of Cockburn to include important information about the true history of January 26 wh...

Cuts to support payment for people seeking asylum

9 March, 2018 - Peter Dutton’s cuts to support payments for people seeking asylum are cruel, punitive and unfair, Greens Immigration Spokesperson Nick McKim say...

Niall Blair must go to renew faith in Murray Darling Basin Plan compliance: Greens

9 March, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on NSW regional water minister Niall Blair to be sacked after revelations Water NSW grossly misled the Ombudsm...

Commonwealth urged to work as a matter of urgency to achieve redress in WA

9 March, 2018 - WA Greens Senator Rachel Siewert and Alison Xamon MLC welcome the Victorian and NSW Governments agreeing to sign up to a national redress scheme...

People power can defeat TPP

9 March, 2018 - The Greens stand with the Australian community in the fight to defeat the corporation-serving Trans Pacific Partnership. “The Greens will fight ...

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