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LTTE Yeelirrie EPA WA ALP

8 September, 2016 - Dear Editor, Well done to the Environmental Protection Authority for a sensible science-based recommendation against Cameco’s proposed urani...

Business backing and ARENA grants increase pressure on Bill Shorten

8 September, 2016 - Greens Energy & Climate spokesperson Adam Bandt today said the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's awarding of federal grants to 12 large-s...

Renewed debate needed on voluntary euthanasia

8 September, 2016 - Wednesday, 24 August WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple said the actions of Dr Alida Lancee should be seen as a legislative catalyst and cause for ...

Australia’s First Peoples are talking about Constitutional Recognition AND Sovereignty and Treaties: Greens

8 September, 2016 - Tony Abbott opposing the movement to achieve sovereignty and treaty with First Australians indicates he is out of touch when it comes to rec...

One mistake too many for Aboriginal Affairs Minister

8 September, 2016 - Thursday, 8 September WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC has labelled comments today on the concept of a treaty, or...

Payment offer to community should be investigated

8 September, 2016 - Thursday, 21 July WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said recent revelations that Cheeditha community was offered m...

When Direct Action met Electoral Politics

8 September, 2016 - Jonathan Sri Within a fortnight of being sworn in as a city councillor, I was on the front page of Queensland's Courier Mail alongside the h...

25 years of economic growth is not everything

7 September, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of ABS data showing that Austra...

Greens call on Liberals to support stop to 17 year olds in adult jails

7 September, 2016 - The Queensland Greens have welcomed today's announcement by the state Premier that the government is finally moving to end the practice of p...

Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit

7 September, 2016 - Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit The Greens have attacked moves by the NSW government to remove the Gayby Baby School Action Toolkit from stat...

Greens welcome WA coroner reopening application for the release of Ms Dhu CCTV footage

7 September, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the Western Australia coroner reopening an application to release CCTV footage of Ms D...

It's threatened species day and the Premier still has no plan for Victoria's forests

7 September, 2016 - The government established Forest Industry Taskforce announced over six weeks ago that it was finalising a Statement of Intent but there hav...

Dan must get it right on Frankston line, urges local Greens MP

7 September, 2016 - Local Greens MP Nina Springle has urged the Victorian Government to take seriously communities’ concerns about the Frankston line, ahead of ...

Greens call for report card on conservation efforts on National Threatened Species Day

7 September, 2016 - The State Government isn’t doing its homework when it comes to protecting WA’s biodiversity making it difficult to measure the effectiveness...

Greens support for R U OK? Day

7 September, 2016 - In the lead up to tomorrow's R U OK Day Australian Greens Mental Health spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert is urging the community to ask t...