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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...

Save the Children compensation exposes government’s refugee advocates lies

6 May, 2016 - The government's attempts to blame advocates and support workers for the horrendous situation on Nauru has backfired, with the Immigration Departm...

Thinly veiled rhetoric to close Aboriginal communities

5 May, 2016 - Thursday, 5 May Premier Colin Barnett hadn’t ruled out remote Aboriginal community closures and continued to offer no solutions in a statement yes...

Nuclear Waste

5 May, 2016 - A process not a postcode There are no long‐term storage solutions for nuclear waste, which is why the Australian Greens believe that nuclear indus...

Perth Freight Link: going nowhere fast

5 May, 2016 - Estimates confirms no tunnel design exists and no transfer of funding of PFL until full project proposal documents completed. In dramatically shor...

Watering down work for the dole but no changes in remote communities a huge cause for concern: Greens

5 May, 2016 - Changing arrangements for work for the dole measures but keeping in place tougher requirements for Aboriginal communities shows discrimination is ...

Call for jump racing to banned after two horse deaths at Warrnambool

5 May, 2016 - Bridget Judd, ABC The World Today ELEANOR HALL: The future of jumps racing in Victoria is under the microscope, after the deaths of two horses in ...

Local paper should not involved destruction of native forests

5 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens support the use of Australian paper if it is paper produced from plantation stock and from recycled stock, so it does not in...

Candidate for Solomon hails the closure of Wickham Point detention Centre

5 May, 2016 - Todd Williams, the Greens candidate for the seat of Solomon in the upcoming federal election, has welcomed the imminent closure of the Wickham Poi...

Government must apologise for Bulmer-Rizzi treatment

5 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to apologise to Mr Marco Bulmer-Rizzi following revelations of more poor treatment by a govern...

Question without notice: The Budget

5 May, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last night, the budget did not mention global w...

Labor's parkland hypocrisy

5 May, 2016 - Greens accuse Labor of hypocrisy when it comes to parkland protection on major infrastrucutre projects. While Labor prioritised protection of Roya...