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Greens backpacker outcome provides security for Tasmania

2 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson is relieved to see the backpacker tax impasse finally resolved to provide certainty ...

Fast track taskforce to prepare for smelter closure

2 December, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber has called for the State Government to fast track the establishment of a transition taskforce to prepare ...

MOTION: World AIDS Day 2016

2 December, 2016 - Senator SMITH (Liberal Party): I, and also on behalf of Senators Pratt and Rice, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:    (i) 1 December 201...

We can have a true sustainable wood products industry for the future

1 December, 2016 - As we head into summer, many people are sitting at work or at home, picturing what exciting things they might get up to in their holidays. If...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

Governments risking In Danger listing of Reef with shoddy UNESCO Reef homework

1 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Australian and Queensland government’s inaction and capitulation to big coal will tempt UNESCO to put the Great...

Labor lets offshore dumping of sludge continue on Reef

1 December, 2016 - The state Labor government’s Maintenance Dredging Strategy for Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Ports lets one million cubic metres of ...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

Senate unites to support World AIDS Day

1 December, 2016 - In recognition that today is World AIDS Day, the Senate has passed a motion reaffirming Australia’s commitment to ending HIV transmission by ...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

Government must heed think tank’s calls for more public transport: Greens

30 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Transport Lynn MacLaren MLC has today welcomed the City of Perth’s Get a Move On report, which calls for greater inv...

Parliamentary Inquiry dissenting report rejects TPP

30 November, 2016 - The Australian Greens’ dissenting report to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (T...

A plan to save the Reef that ignores global warming is meaningless

30 November, 2016 - The Australian Greens say any plan to save the Great Barrier Reef that ignores global warming is meaningless “The government’s draft respons...

Dutton's push for White Australia Policy Mark II

30 November, 2016 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's proposed visa changes are deeply xenophobic and a continuation of his attack on multiculturalism in Aust...

People are sick, time to put patients first - Senate committee offers recommendations for next steps

30 November, 2016 - The Community Affairs References Committee has completed its national senate inquiry into Lyme-like illness in Australia, and has tabled rec...