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Update regarding Greens processes and membership

10 February, 2018 - As members of the Victorian Greens, you have made an important commitment to be part of a movement for political change that delivers on our...

Disappointing that Senate voted down disallowance to stop cashless welfare card trials: Greens

9 February, 2018 - It is disappointing that the Senate has voted down the Greens disallowance motion to immediately stop the cashless welfare card trials in the...

Don’t go to water over threats from greedy upstream states

9 February, 2018 - Australian Greens Murray-Darling Basin spokesperson and Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young is urging her SA colleagues to hold fi...

Harrowing report into abuse of people with disability in prison should be the final straw, we need a Royal Commission: Greens

9 February, 2018 - The Human Rights Watch report that details harrowing systemic abuse of people with disability in prisons should trigger a Royal Commission in...

Commonwealth must take more responsibility if we are going to address youth detention

9 February, 2018 - The Commonwealth must take more responsibility for justice issues in Australia if we are going to genuinely fix our youth justice system and ...

Australian Greens condemn alleged ‘victory day’ party that used Nazi flags

9 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens condemn an alleged white supremacist themed Australia Day party in Kalgoorlie WA that purportedly used Nazi flags whils...

Damning report on Close the Gap progress should drive rethink on refresh process: Greens

9 February, 2018 - The ten year review for the Closing the Gap strategy should prompt an urgent reset by the Government, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewer...

Media Release: Frydenberg proved wrong by world’s first shark population survey and still calls for culls

9 February, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that the Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg has been proven wrong ...

Australian Greens welcome ALP & NXT opposition to cashless welfare card expansions

9 February, 2018 - "I welcome the ALP and NXT in opposing the cashless welfare card legislation in the House of Representatives and look forward to the vote bei...