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Greens call for real time pill testing and information sharing

21 February, 2017 - In a WA first this election, the WA Greens are moving to establish a new Drugs Information and Monitoring System (DIMS) which would share vi...

Speaking up to protect women

21 February, 2017 - Caroline Le Couteur I often visit my daughter and granddaughter in Byron Bay, where Wicked Camper Vans are a regular sight. I have always be...

Lights out for South Australians to protect profits for big power companies

20 February, 2017 - SA Power Networks has admitted to staying quiet for a week and a half on a software glitch that saw an additional 60,000 South Australian ho...

What Did The Greens Get Up To In The First Two Weeks Of Parliament In 2017

20 February, 2017 - WAs the Australian Greens Whip I give a regular insight into what’s happening in Parliament with the top pieces of legislation, amendments, ...

$110 million Kwinana live export spend better used on northern abattoirs

20 February, 2017 - The Greens WA have today said the $110 million pledged by the Liberal Party to expand live exports to Kwinana would be better spent developi...

Lights out for South Australians to protect profits for big power companies

20 February, 2017 - SA Power Networks has admitted to staying quiet for a week and a half on a software glitch that saw an additional 60,000 South Australian ho...

Greens' response to overdoses at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl

19 February, 2017 - “The drug overdoses that occurred last night are another reminder that both state and federal governments are failing young Australians. We ...

Greens' response to overdoses at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl

19 February, 2017 - “The drug overdoses that occurred last night are another reminder that both state and federal governments are failing young Australians. We ...

Barwon Prison secrecy out of control

17 February, 2017 - Greens youth justice spokesperson Nina Springle says the Victorian Government need to stop blocking parliamentarians from visiting the Grevi...

Senate calls for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Myanmar

16 February, 2017 - Today, the Senate invited the Australian Government to consider calling for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Myanmar. ...

The two major parties miss the mark on renewables: Greens

16 February, 2017 - The Greens have condemned the recent announcement by Labor as they vowed to not introduce a state based RET in WA, today.  It comes the same...

More catastrophic coral bleaching looks likely as Labor and LNP keep barracking for Adani

16 February, 2017 - Queensland Greens candidate for Mount Coot-tha and state spokesperson Michael Berkman says all signs point to another disastrous coral bleac...

Senate orders snap inquiry into Roe 8 breaches

16 February, 2017 - The Senate will conduct a snap inquiry into the repeated, unforgivable breaches of environmental conditions at the Beeliar wetlands, after a...

The Australian, freedom of speech and 18C

16 February, 2017 - It's like Groundhog Day in this place, but instead of an adorable critter like a groundhog, the anti-18C campaign is actually more accuratel...

Violent, racist and homophobic comments have no place in a democracy

16 February, 2017 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren says today’s news report claiming a One Nation candidate for the Upper House seat of South Metropolitan once advoca...