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Family Violence Royal Commission

30 March, 2016 - The Greens have welcomed the findings of the Royal Commission as a major step towards reducing the harm caused by family violence.   ​“Today is...

Turnbull’s new tax plan is terrible for Tasmania

30 March, 2016 - Greens Finance spokesperson and Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Prime Minister’s latest though...

Greens announce health funding proposal

30 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader and public health specialist, Dr Richard Di Natale, has today announced the Greens plan to phase out the private healt...

Income tax proposal a cop out

30 March, 2016 - The Liberals are proving they're not up to the task of tax reform, again dumping their budget problems on state and territory governments, the ...

Turnbull must ditch Abbott’s hardline public sector bargaining policy: Greens

30 March, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ditch Tony Abbott’s hardline bargaini...

Defending Community Legal Centres

30 March, 2016 - Senator Nick McKim Comunity Legal Centres (CLCs) are often on the frontline of family violence and family law cases, providing much needed supp...

20 Questions for Dr Amanda Cohn

30 March, 2016 - Emma Davidson Name: Dr Amanda Cohn Age: 26 Role with the Greens: Candidate for Farrer. 1. What do you remember about your first election? Turni...

Behind the Lines: 2015 in review

30 March, 2016 - Emma Davidson The annual Behind The Lines exhibition of the best political cartoons of 2015 is on again, with more than 80 cartoons on display....

Lowering HELP repayment threshold not needed to fix budget: Greens

29 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to abandon the idea of lowering the HELP repayment threshold to fix the budget bottom line ...

How to weather an election campaign

29 March, 2016 - Jim Buckell Elections pose many challenges for a party such as the Greens.  Campaigns can be a bit like the wet season in the Top End. The atmo...

Greens statement on Lahore bombing

28 March, 2016 - Our hearts go out to those impacted by the devastating attack on families celebrating Easter at a public park in Lahore this weekend. The killi...

Broome: Contaminated plant needs urgent intervention

24 March, 2016 - 24 March, 2016 Water Minister Mia Davies has refused to acknowledge Broome South Wastewater Treatment Plant is leaking excessive nutrients into...

CEIF: Turnbull’s climate con

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have criticised Malcolm Turnbull's new Clean Energy Innovation Fund for trying to make a cut in clean energy funding look...

West Bank land grabs a violation of international law, Australian Government stays silent

23 March, 2016 - Recent land grabs in the West Bank, the largest since August 2014, are a violation of international law and seriously undermine efforts to achi...

Liberals must rule out HECS grab from the dead

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Government must rule out collecting HECS from the dead and hiking up university fees in order to make up its bud...