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Greens call for Senate inquiry on rehabilitation to secure jobs as Peabody crumbles and majors exit

11 March, 2016 - 11/03/2016 The Australian Greens are calling for a Senate inquiry on mining and resources rehabilitation to secure jobs in affected communities...

Greens call for blue-green algae plan

11 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce to take action following an outbreak of blue-green algae in the River ...

University students need extra support, not higher fees

11 March, 2016 - The Greens say the government must abandon its plans to increase university student fees and instead focus on building a sector that provides q...

Greens call for Obama-Trudeau-style audit as fracking climate pollution grows

11 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for a Australia to follow US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau who have agreed to better mo...

Forestry Managed Investment Schemes: $4 Billion more reasons for a Royal Commission

11 March, 2016 - The Senate Economics Committee has today released its report into the collapse of forestry MIS in Australia, detailing the rise and fall of a $...

Govt’s rhetoric means nothing to domestic violence victims if they can’t get leave from work to escape

11 March, 2016 - 11/03/2016 Reports today that the Turnbull Liberal Government is presiding over the slashing of domestic violence leave for public servants put...

Public funding to non-government schools not transparent or accountable- Greens

10 March, 2016 - A new Auditor-General report shows that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars is being handed to non-government schools every year, but nobo...

Why Shave?

10 March, 2016 - On Saturday 12 March Scott will face the clippers at the Worl'd's Greatest Shave event in Perth. Here he talks to Serina Dosen, a Perth woman w...

Gambling industry needs greater transparency

10 March, 2016 - A new gambling report highlights that Casino gamblers are three times more likely to be problem gamblers and moderate risk gamblers than other ...

NDIS too important to undermine: Greens

9 March, 2016 - Recent speculation about aspects of the NDIS are understandably making people nervous about the future of the scheme, Australian Greens Senator ...

Greens slam homophobic slurs by Liberal MP Bernie Finn

9 March, 2016 - Greens slam Liberal MP Bernie Finn’s comments regarding the Safe School Program as homophobic and transphobic, and call on the Liberals to clari...

Youth suicide prevention must be community based

9 March, 2016 - 9 March, 2016 WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said a new approach for Aboriginal people, by Aboriginal people, must...

Government’s rhetoric means nothing to domestic violence victims if they can’t get leave from work to escape

9 March, 2016 - Reports today that the Turnbull Liberal Government is presiding over the slashing of domestic violence leave for public servants put a lie to th...

More funding, security needed for universities: Greens

9 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on Education Minister Simon Birmingham to commit to providing universities with adequate funding following a p...

Greens welcome plans to upgrade the number 96 tram stop and create a pedestrian mall in St Kilda

9 March, 2016 - The Greens support plans by the City of Port Phillip to upgrade the Number 96 tram terminus in Acland St to improve disability access and to rem...