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18C retention a great win for multicultural Australia

31 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens congratulate multicultural Australia for uniting and standing strong to defend 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. "It ...

Xenophon's big biz tax cuts

31 March, 2017 - Statement on the Nick Xenophon Political Party’s big business tax cuts;   "Billions of dollars that should have gone to our schools and hospita...

Greens welcome report that shows the importance of Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas

30 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the finding from the Country Needs People report - Protecting Nature For All Of Us, which...

Greens welcome report that shows the importance of Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas

30 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the finding from the Country Needs People report - Protecting Nature For All Of Us, which...

International Transgender Day of Visibility 2017

30 March, 2017 - Each year on 31 March, the International Transgender Day of Visibility brings the trans and gender-diverse community and their friends, advocat...

SA strides ahead into renewable energy future

30 March, 2017 - The announcement of a billion-dollar solar farm and energy storage facility in South Australia shows that the state is leading the way into a c...

"You only call it class warfare when we fight back"

30 March, 2017 - The Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill 2017 prevents the Fair Work Commission decision from coming into effect. I want to be v...

Global Greens Live Blog

30 March, 2017 - Rosanne Bersten, Bethamie Woodstone & Sophie Trevitt Sunday, 2 April  8:00am: Good morning home viewers! Sophie here. It's the last day of cong...

Abuse of people with disability is not going to stop, we need a Royal Commission

29 March, 2017 - Following the Four Corners report that showed more harrowing footage of people with disability living in group care, both the Coalition and the...

Coalition and Labor push on with cashless welfare card

29 March, 2017 - The Coalition and the Labor party have voted down a Greens disallowance motion that would have stopped the cashless welfare card trial extensio...

WA Labor's uranium problem

29 March, 2017 - On 11 March 2017 we marked the sixth anniversary of the great Tohoku earthquake off Japan's Pacific coast. Nearly 20,000 people died as a wall ...

Abuse of people with disability is not going to stop, we need a Royal Commission

29 March, 2017 - Following the Four Corners report that showed more harrowing footage of people with disability living in group care, both the Coalition and the...

Minister Pyne's visit to Saudi Arabia

29 March, 2017 - I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that The Senate –    a). Notes :       i) the Australia Defence Department has appro...

Senate unites to compel Pyne to come clean on Saudi arms deals

29 March, 2017 - A Greens motion demanding transparency on Minister Christopher Pyne’s arms-dealing tour of Saudi Arabia has sparked a rare moment of unity with...

Senate demands answers on Navy ships needed in Debbie response

29 March, 2017 - To move—That the Senate—    a) notes with concern reports that the Royal Australian Navy’s two largest ships, the Canberra Class Amphibious Ass...