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Minister Hunt’s sneaky attempt to co-opt Sir David’s Reef documentary to downplay impacts is offensive

7 April, 2016 - Environment Minister Hunt's attempt to use Sir David Attenborough's documentary to downplay threats to the Great Barrier Reef, including those i...

Response to Energy Minister Mike Nahan: ‘Electricity reforms ensure fairer system for all’

7 April, 2016 - Thursday, 7 April WA Greens Energy spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said cutting electricity costs by reducing Demand Side Management (DSM) was ul...

Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum

6 April, 2016 - Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum The Greens have pledged $3 million of federal funds to invest in the tourism potential ...

Don’t punish students for poor government decisions: Greens

6 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to drop its deregulation agenda that seeks to punish students by hiking up the cost of universit...

Anglo’s Foxleigh mine sale another reason to act on rehab, despite mining lobby’s squeals

6 April, 2016 - Reports that Anglo American is selling the Foxleigh coal mine at Middlemount to Sydney's Taurus Fund Management is more evidence of the need for...

Cyclists take budget ask to the streets

6 April, 2016 - Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay and Monnee Vally Cyclists are sending a message to state and local governments to invest in safer cycling in the upcomi...

Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum

6 April, 2016 - Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum The Greens have pledged $3 million of federal funds to invest in the tourism potential ...

Make the Moonee Ponds bike trail safe

6 April, 2016 - Greens call for safer diversions on Moonee Ponds Bike Trail during the CityLink Tulla widening. “This diversion is a disaster for cyclists and I...

Cashless welfare card forced on community that has no rehabilitation centre shows Government’s true colours

5 April, 2016 - It is unbelievable that a rehabilitation centre is seven hours away from a community forced onto the cashless welfare card which is supposed to ...

Gov must strip Wilson Security of contracts

5 April, 2016 - Wilson Security should be stripped of their contracts for the offshore detention camps on Manus Island and Nauru after its poor corporate govern...

The removal of children from homes should not be taken lightly

5 April, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has called for ‘cool heads’ in response to Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan’s comments that more children should be...

Governments must commit to securing survival of Whyalla steel industry

5 April, 2016 - Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms is in Whyalla today attending a public hearing for the Senate Inquiry into the Future of Austral...

Greens applaud Minister's support for bike safe passing distances

5 April, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has applauded the Road Safety Minister's suggestion today that the Barnett Government 'is strongly considering' introdu...

Greens to phase out capital gains discount by 2020

4 April, 2016 - The Greens will phase out the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount to ease pressure on Australia’s unaffordable housing market, generating sav...

SA Labor’s Dodgy Nukes Laws Unnecessary

4 April, 2016 - The Greens have today filed amendments to the Government’s Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) (Public Money) Amendment Bill.  The Gree...