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John Church’s treatment is emblematic of CSIRO fiasco

15 May, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, and Chair of recent Senate Inquiry into CSIRO budget cuts, offers the following comments on redundancy notice issued...

Rachel's page

14 May, 2016 - Senator Rachel Siewert That last week in Parliament debating the Senate Reform legislation now seems so long ago when reality it was really only ...

Scott's page

14 May, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam It might have been a bit of fun to see 'Gary lose his lustre but the reason behind The Worlds Greatest Shave was not lost on...

Robin's page

14 May, 2016 - On Thursday 17 March, National Close the Gap Day, Rachel Siewert and I launched Home is Heritage, our campaign to prevent the forced closure of r...

Book Review: The Australian Greens – From Activism to Australia’s Third Party

14 May, 2016 - Giz Watson The Australian Greens – From Activism to Australias Third Party interested me from a number of angles. First, being a long running Gre...

Lynn's page

14 May, 2016 - Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC The first sitting week in February got off to an energetic start as my Protect Peaceful Protest forum triggered a 1000-stro...

Greens: Complicated Nauru pregnancy should have been brought to Australia

14 May, 2016 - The young mother who was sent from Nauru and is now fighting for her life in a Brisbane Hospital, along with her newborn baby, had a complicated ...

Landmark report shows need to modernise logging industry

13 May, 2016 - Landmark report shows need to modernise logging industry In light of a landmark report by the NSW National Parks Association on the failure of th...

Landmark report shows need to modernise logging industry

13 May, 2016 - Landmark report shows need to modernise logging industry In light of a landmark report by the NSW National Parks Association on the failure of th...

Nauru mother and baby critical

13 May, 2016 - Following an emergency medical evacuation after a caesarean birth, all families including women and children on Nauru need to be brought back to ...

Greens will reverse cuts to Australia Council & the arts

13 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens will reverse the Liberals’ devastating cuts to the Australia Council following repor...

Chocolate money in the pork barrel leaves a bad taste for Tasmania

13 May, 2016 - The cynical rebranding of old money is a transparent electoral ploy by a government desperate to hang on to its marginal Tasmanian seats, Greens ...

The case for Casey

13 May, 2016 - Lexi Freeman A brooding Labor Party is demanding why the Greens, a progressive party, are out to steal poor old Albo's seat. Steal is the key wor...

QLD families to be slugged $287m by childcare delay

12 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed concern for the thousands of Queensland families who will be disadvantaged by the government's decision to d...