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Government must not use our most vulnerable to plug up the budget: Greens

5 September, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said there is a moral obligation not to use the proposed investment approach to income support to p...

Denial of medical care allegations demand urgent action

5 September, 2016 - Allegations that the Government has denied medical care to a family of asylum seekers, including a 12-year-old with a badly broken arm, are ...

Restoring Territory Rights (Dying with Dignity) Bill 2016

2 September, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I move: (1) That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect. (2) That the Rest...

NSW Government assurances re WestConnex asbestos concerns ring hollow

2 September, 2016 - NSW Government assurances re WestConnex asbestos concerns ring hollow The Greens say recent revelations from a whistleblower regarding asbe...

Greens welcome Mao concerts cancellation

2 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have congratulated activists in Sydney and Melbourne for their successful campaign to cancel concerts celebrating the ...

Debate on the Omnicuts Bill

2 September, 2016 - I think it is really important to understand what is going on here. What is going on here is that we have a piece of legislation that is goi...

Greens push to cut $2+ ATM fees now excessive credit card surcharges dead

2 September, 2016 - Following the death of excessive credit card surcharges from today onwards, Greens MP Adam Bandt today said the Greens will push to cut exce...

Media Release: Wilson’s Evacuation Shows Offshore Detention Untenable

2 September, 2016 - Wilson Security’s decision to withdraw from Australian offshore detention centres shows that the Government’s mandatory detention regime is ...

Motion - Mining and Adani

2 September, 2016 - Senator WATERS I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 19 standing in my name for today, relating to the Adani coalmine....

Climate authority tells government to get its act together on clean transport

2 September, 2016 - MEDIA RELEASEClimate authority tells government to get its act together on clean transport The Greens have called on the government to liste...

Answers sought on nuclear waste delay

2 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have branded the Liberal-National Government's 18 month delay in identifying a nuclear waste storage site in Australia...

Address-in-Reply – Nick McKim

2 September, 2016 - Senator McKIM Before I concluded my previous contribution on this, I was speaking about the fact that the government's so-called border prot...

Order for Production of documents related to Perth Freight Link

1 September, 2016 - NOTICE OF MOTION                                                                          31 August 2016                                    ...

Perth Freight Link contract cancellation costs to be revealed

1 September, 2016 - The Turnbull Government has been ordered to reveal the financial penalties the Barnett Government has exposed WA taxpayers to, should the co...

Speech in Reply on Immigration and Section 18C

1 September, 2016 - Before I concluded my previous contribution on this, I was speaking about the fact that the government's so-called border protection regime ...