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WA Greens ready for election 2016

8 May, 2016 - Climate change, refugees, housing affordability, inequality and threats to our environment have galvanised the largest grassroots campaign ever or...

IT’S ON: Greens offer courage & vision in face of double disappointment

8 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the election being called today, saying Australians deserve better than the double-disappointment they're gett...

'Sorry' the hardest word for Scott Morrison

8 May, 2016 - Today Scott Morrison, the former Immigration Minister, refused to apologise to Save the Children for the baseless and inaccurate accusations that ...

WA Greens ready for election 2016

8 May, 2016 - Climate change, refugees, housing affordability, inequality and threats to our environment have galvanised the largest grassroots campaign ever or...

How we win: one by one

8 May, 2016 - Joel Dignam One-on-one conversations are the most effective way of moving someone to vote Green. The more people who vote Green, the more seats we...

20 Questions with Christina Hobbs

8 May, 2016 - Emma Davidson Name: Christina Hobbs Age: 33 Role with the Greens: Senate Candidate for the ACT 1. What do you remember about your first election? ...

Government must stop stalling on marine protections in the West: Greens

7 May, 2016 - The Government must strengthen protection for Western Australian reefs and reinstate marine parks to help combat worsening coral bleaching, Austra...

Pontville secrecy must end

7 May, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Defence, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says the Defence department must stop insisting that the identity of the buyer of the ...

RFA Review Response Locks in Native Forest Destruction

7 May, 2016 - RFA Review Response Locks in Native Forest Destruction  The Tasmanian and Commonwealth governments’ response to the Review of the Tasmanian Region...

RFA Review Response Locks in Native Forest Destruction

7 May, 2016 - RFA Review Response Locks in Native Forest Destruction  The Tasmanian and Commonwealth governments’ response to the Review of the Tasmanian Region...

Government climate body feels pressure to withhold recommendation for carbon pricing until after the election

6 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for the release of a Climate Change Authority report recommending a carbon price, which the Authority decided to...

Greens submission calls for urgent action on land clearing laws

6 May, 2016 - 06/05/2016 Public submissions to the Queensland Parliamentary Committee inquiry into changes to land clearing laws have closed, with the Queenslan...

Cuts to mental health funding in the budget

6 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: I want to start with the overall portfolio budget statement for mental health. There appears to be a fall-off in mental health fundi...

Growth of housing, infrastructure and population

6 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: I am also interested in the level of growth. The statement says: As our economy transitions to broader‑based growth, near‑term econo...

Government climate body feels pressure to withhold recommendation for carbon pricing until after the election

6 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for the release of a Climate Change Authority report recommending a carbon price, which the Authority decided to...