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Dutton’s “papers please” plans must be resisted

15 May, 2018 - Peter Dutton’s plans to demand documents from people at airports without justification must be resisted, Greens Justice spokesperson Nick McKim s...

ACT Government welcomes ‘dodgy discounts’ ban

15 May, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The ACT Government today welcomed news that the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) will make a new rule to prohibit...

Greens condemn Palestinian deaths at Gaza Border

15 May, 2018 - Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale today condemned the Israeli military’s killing of more than 50 Palestinians upon the opening...

No green light for Greenpatch

15 May, 2018 - Greens (WA) MLC for the South West, Diane Evers, has called on the State Government to protect the land earmarked for housing development in Daly...

Greens call for stronger protections for LGBTIQ people in their schools and workplaces

14 May, 2018 - The Greens have noted today’s poll showing nearly 80% of Australians oppose religious schools having a free pass to discriminate against LGBTIQ p...

Greens call for stronger protections for LGBTIQ people in their schools and workplaces

14 May, 2018 - The Greens have noted today’s poll showing nearly 80% of Australians oppose religious schools having a free pass to discriminate against LGBTIQ p...

Pain in State Budget future planning

11 May, 2018 - Greens (WA) Treasury and Finance spokesman Diane Evers has expressed concern at the slug on public households in this year’s State Budget.  Treas...

A solution for Victorians living with unsafe cladding

11 May, 2018 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the Andrews Government to take responsibility for the safety of Victorians living in danger from unsafe build...

Community views to be ignored in new $34m supermarket / retail complex

11 May, 2018 - A new $34 million supermarket complex planned for the former Le Cornu site on Anzac Highway, Forestville, SA, will be assessed without public con...

Australian Greens will reintroduce bill to increase Newstart and Youth Allowance

10 May, 2018 -   The Australian Greens will reintroduce legislation to increase the single rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $75 a week in the second half...

The Greens are the last line of defence for a healthy river system

10 May, 2018 - Following yesterday’s disallowance vote in the Senate, where Labor and Liberal teamed up to cut 605 billion litres of water from the environment,...

Australian Greens dissent from committee report into Government plans to drug test income support recipients

10 May, 2018 - The Australian Greens have dissented from the Community Affairs Legislation Committee report into the Government’s bill that would drug test Aust...

Government makes broken CDP worse despite promising overhaul

10 May, 2018 -  Changes by the Turnbull Government to the Community Development Program (CDP) in remote and regional Australia are tinkering around the edges, d...

Government and Labor vote down Greens push to reduce truck pollution, greenhouse gases and fuel consumption

10 May, 2018 - The Coalition and Labor have voted against a Greens amendment to a heavy vehicle regulation bill in the senate today that would have lead to redu...