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Overcrowded, unreliable V/line trains are here to stay

20 April, 2017 - Regional train travellers should prepare to stand for long periods, with V/line CEO James Pinder today conceding there is no plan to cut overcr...

A double bind

20 April, 2017 - Derek Hamilton Understanding the terminology Gender dysphoria is a developmental disorder, essentially a neurological mis-wiring, locked deep ...

The long, steep drop from Rio

20 April, 2017 - Michael Berkman The Rio Declaration, the Convention on Biological Diversity and Agenda 21 that flowed from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 seem to...

Lest we forget

20 April, 2017 - Senator Scott Ludlam “Let silent contemplation be your offering.” Those are the words etched before the flame of remembrance under the shadow o...

Government to put university out of reach for low income students

19 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Government’s plans to hit university students with higher fees and force graduates to pay their HELP/HEC...

Victoria alone in opposing safe cycling laws

19 April, 2017 - The Victorian government is now alone in opposing minimum bicycle overtaking distance laws following the Western Australian Labor government's ...

Mental illness "one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century"

19 April, 2017 - "The findings of the Mission Australia and Black Dog Five Year Mental Health Youth Report that almost one in four young people are likely to ha...

Government to put university out of reach for low income students

19 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Government’s plans to hit university students with higher fees and force graduates to pay their HELP/HEC...

Making light work of political cartoons

19 April, 2017 - Emma Davidson One of the many benefits of living in Canberra is easy access to our national institutions, especially when they run special work...

Janet speaks on Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

18 April, 2017 - I have only had the privilege of visiting the Great Barrier Reef once. It was just over a decade ago. I was there with my family, with my kids....

Millions of lives in Korea depend on Trump responding rationally: Greens

18 April, 2017 - Millions of lives on the Korean Peninsula now depend on United States President Donald Trump acting in an informed, considered and rational man...

Janet speaks in Parliament on Victoria's forests

18 April, 2017 - Minister Canavan and the government in general are living in a fantasy land when it comes to the impacts of native forest logging, where, just ...

Janet stands up for Australia's anti-discrimination laws

18 April, 2017 - This debate [on weakening Australia's anti-discrimination laws] is not happening in a vacuum. It is not something confined to the chambers of t...

Global Greens Congress 2017

17 April, 2017 - Vivienne Glance What an inspiration! The Fourth Global Greens Congress was an exciting and informative experience that I will remember for a lo...

Follow the Leader

16 April, 2017 - Jean Ibbotson Australias foreign policy decisions havent proven the current Coalition government to be the best source of leadership as we head...