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Greens deliver for Tasmania when others fail

3 December, 2016 - Today Greens Senators for Tasmania Peter Whish-Wilson and Nick McKim were thanked by representatives of the Tasmanian agricultural community ...

Turnbull govt will condemn the Reef with billion dollar loan to Adani

3 December, 2016 - The Turnbull government has reportedly given "conditional approval" for a $1 billion loan of public money to build the railway for the Reef-d...

Foreign ownership of water on agricultural land

2 December, 2016 -  I rise today to speak to the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Amendment (Water) Bill 2016. The bill before us today would ...

Greens backpacker outcome provides security for Tasmania

2 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson is relieved to see the backpacker tax impasse finally resolved to provide certainty ...

Greater transparency needed in NDIS transition: Greens

2 December, 2016 - The Greens have called on the State Government to make public the draft legislation and results of the comparative evaluation in the transiti...

Fast track taskforce to prepare for smelter closure

2 December, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber has called for the State Government to fast track the establishment of a transition taskforce to prepare ...

MOTION: World AIDS Day 2016

2 December, 2016 - Senator SMITH (Liberal Party): I, and also on behalf of Senators Pratt and Rice, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:    (i) 1 December 201...

Finally, action on Wicked Campers?

2 December, 2016 - Wicked Campers exploit a loophole in the Advertising Standards to advertise using sexist, racist and homophobic slogans and on Monday, we mig...

Jobs Australia and ANU reports show CDP must be relegated to the policy dustbin

2 December, 2016 - The disastrous failings of the Community Development Programme (CDP) in remote Australia have been criticised by Jobs Australia and the ANU, ...

Greens backpacker tax deal is a win for farmers and the environment

2 December, 2016 - This political grandstanding from Labor tonight is sour grapes because we have been able to deliver an outcome that they are jealous of and t...

MOTION: Regional Forest Agreements

2 December, 2016 - Senator RICE: I move: (a) notes that:    (i) Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) have been in place as 20-year agreements, designed to manage t...

What Did The Greens Get Up To In final two weeks of Parliament in 2016?

2 December, 2016 - As the Australian Greens Whip I give a regular insight into what’s happening in Parliament with the top pieces of legislation, amendments, mo...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

Senate unites to support World AIDS Day

1 December, 2016 - In recognition that today is World AIDS Day, the Senate has passed a motion reaffirming Australia’s commitment to ending HIV transmission by ...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...