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Introducing Senator Robert Simms

4 February, 2016 - Meet Senator Robert Simms, Australian Greens senator for South Australia. At 31, Robert is the youngest senator in the Australian Parliament,...

Strong local opposition at all 6 proposed nuclear waste dump sites

4 February, 2016 - There is strong local opposition exists at all six sites currently under consideration for a nuclear waste dump in Australia. The communities...

Additional Estimates

4 February, 2016 - Mon, 2016-02-08 (All day) - Thu, 2016-02-11 (All day) Parliament House, Canberra Senate Commi...

Time to act on recognising overseas same-sex marriages

4 February, 2016 - Overseas marriage recognition laws must be standardised across the country to avoid the heartache and humiliation experienced by a British ma...

Decision imminent: UN determination on arbitrary detention of Julian Assange

4 February, 2016 - Friday morning Australian time, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) will make a determ...

Standing up for students and higher education

4 February, 2016 - Higher education The Greens believe that universities are more than just degree factories - they are places where...

Turnbull ‘mum’ on fate of refugee babies & children

4 February, 2016 - In response to his first question since yesterday’s High Court decision concerning the fate of the 37 babies and 90 children living in Austra...

Gutting CSIRO climate science is the enemy of innovation

4 February, 2016 - News that the Turnbull Liberal Government is sacking more CSIRO scientists, gutting climate science in Australia, shows what a climate-denial...

Federal Government refuses to back independent inquiry on TWWHA bushfires

4 February, 2016 - Despite being asked in Senate Question Time today, the federal government has refused to commit to an independent inquiry into the Tasmanian ...

Strong local opposition at all 6 proposed nuclear waste dump sites

4 February, 2016 - There is strong local opposition exists at all six sites currently under consideration for a nuclear waste dump in Australia. The communities...

Senate backs Greens efforts to shed some light on Perth Freight Link

3 February, 2016 - On the same day the Senate voted to request the Auditor-General investigate the Perth Freight Link, the clock ran out on yet another delaying...

Government must order archaeological dig for artefacts in Beeliar Wetlands

3 February, 2016 - Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren MLC says the Government should use the opportunity of delay arising from the court decision to in...

Greens push for 21st century vision for Australia's native forests

3 February, 2016 - Greens push for 21st century vision for Australia's native forests A year to the day that the first Regional Forest Agreement is due to expir...

Hodgman Bushfire “Review” Thought Bubble Not Good Enough

3 February, 2016 - Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman’s vague commitment to a review of his government’s response to the fires still burning in Tasmania is a totall...

Senate rebukes broken Centrelink with motion support

3 February, 2016 - The Senate has today rebuked the Government and supported a Greens initiated motion, calling on them to address mounting frustrations over ac...