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Looking for hope on Manus

14 June, 2017 - What was the mood like amongst the detainees you spoke to on Manus Island? They are scared and uncertain of their future. Some have lost all hop...

Time to welcome Chechen refugees

14 June, 2017 - Adam Pulford Earlier this year, shocking reports started emerging that authorities in the northern Russian republic Chechnya were capturing, tor...

Senate backs Whyalla steelworks future

13 June, 2017 - The Senate has supported an Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Federal Government to use Whyalla steel in local infrastructure projects an...

Greens respond to Christian Group lobbying for freedom to discriminate against people with mental illness

13 June, 2017 - “It is unbelievable to think that anyone would want more opportunity to discriminate against people with mental ill health, but that’s apparentl...

Colleen Hartland announces she won't recontest her seat at 2018 election

13 June, 2017 - Statement from Colleen Hartland:  I feel exhausted just thinking about the amount of work that’s gone into the last eleven years since I was ele...

This Budget is just more of the same in the face of growing inequality in QLD

13 June, 2017 - "The top 10% in Queensland earn 8 times more than 90% of Queenslanders. There are 29,000 Queenslanders in need of a home." “This budget is just ...

Greens respond to Christian Group lobbying for freedom to discriminate against people with mental illness

13 June, 2017 - “It is unbelievable to think that anyone would want more opportunity to discriminate against people with mental ill health, but that’s apparentl...

Game on: more than playing around

13 June, 2017 - To move — That the Senate (a) notes: (i) the unanimous findings of the Environment and Communications References Committee report, Game on: more...

Senator Rice on Native Title amendment and Adani

13 June, 2017 - I rise to speak on this important piece of legislation, the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017. This parliament, ...

Qld Labor’s $15 million to "tackle climate change" is laughable

13 June, 2017 - What a joke that Qld Labor’s budget includes a measly $15 million to tackle climate change in Queensland, says Australian Greens Deputy Leader a...

The senate inquiry into the procurement of the F-35

13 June, 2017 - I thank the minister. I also want to acknowledge Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, who made the reference on the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Le...

Victorian Greens MPs announce they won’t re-contest their seats at 2018 election

13 June, 2017 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber and Western Metro MP Colleen Hartland have announced that they won’t re-contest their seats in the Legislati...

Senator Rice on Native Title amendment and Adani

13 June, 2017 - I rise to speak on this important piece of legislation, the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017. This parliament, ...

Senate backs Whyalla steelworks future

13 June, 2017 - The Senate has supported an Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Federal Government to use Whyalla steel in local infrastructure projects an...

Dutton's citizenship changes a test for Labor

12 June, 2017 - Peter Dutton's proposed citizenship changes are xenophobic, unfair and must be rejected by Labor, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim say...