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Immigration Department reveals gaping holes in US "Deal"

15 November, 2016 - The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has confirmed that the US is not obliged to accept a particular number of refugees, or i...

Government need to show leadership on out of home care

15 November, 2016 - The Government need to take last night’s harrowing Four Corners report seriously and act to address the flawed out of home care system that ...

Government improves restraining orders but there is more work to be done - Greens

15 November, 2016 - Proposed amendments to restraining orders legislation, which will be debated in the Upper House today, are a welcome modernisation toward br...

National Party fracking veto rights not extended to Traditional Owners

14 November, 2016 - Wednesday, 2 November WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple said new National Party policy giving fracking veto rights to farmers, announced at the st...

Nuclear dump referendum? Throwing good money after bad!

14 November, 2016 - “The remarkable announcement by the Premier today that he will push on with his Government’s plans to turn South Australia into the world’s ...

Oil and gas exploration tenements should not be allowed in the Kimberley National Parks

14 November, 2016 - WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple, a Kimberley resident, said he was astounded to learn oil and gas exploration could be allowed in several Nation...

Time for Turnbull to come clean on US deal

14 November, 2016 - The federal government's must end its secrecy over its "deal" with the United States to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru. "The ...

Future of James Price Point and Burrup Peninsula still hang in the balance

14 November, 2016 - Monday, 14 November Both James Price Point and Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula) will have their heritage status reassessed at next month’s Aborig...

Government admits offshore detention a dead-end

13 November, 2016 - The federal government's announcement of a deal with the United States is an admission that offshore detention has to end, but still leaves ...

Security Flaws in Melbourne's Train Network

11 November, 2016 - Greens transport spokesperson Samantha Dunn says there will be more train failures unless the Government gets serious about fixing the decre...

Greens warn Liberal deal could reinstate One Nation in WA

11 November, 2016 - The Western Australian Greens have warned against a Liberal preference deal that could reinstate Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party into the ...

Mr Turnbull, Bring Them Here

11 November, 2016 - The federal government should be resettling people detained in camps on Manus Island and Nauru in Australia. "Of course our hearts would lif...