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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...

RBA alumni exposes the Government’s negligence on infrastructure

12 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens finance spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today welcomed the call by former Reserve Bank Governor, Warwick McKibbin...

Return to Don’s Party is bad news for progressive politics

12 May, 2016 - Former ALP Senator Don Farrell's return to politics shows now, more than ever, why South Australians needs strong progressive representation in t...

$4-an-hour intern scheme is unfair and would struggle in a future senate: Greens

12 May, 2016 - The Government should rethink their proposed intern scheme that pays below minimum wage with news the scheme could be illegal. “The $4-per-hour ...

State Budget bad news for vulnerable people, environment and climate change

12 May, 2016 - Today’s State Budget sees a further skimming of relief for vulnerable people and is bad news for the State’s biodiversity and the climate, the WA...

Aboriginal heritage management clearly not a priority

12 May, 2016 - Thursday, 12 May 2016 More than $1.3 million has been spent over the last two years upgrading online Aboriginal heritage lodgements yet Tradition...

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...