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Trucks Off all Local Streets, Premier

3 February, 2016 - The Inner West community has launched its list of demands of the Andrews Government, in response to the Western Distributor Business Case rel...

Greens urge Government to drop its planned attack on TAFE system

3 February, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms is calling on the Government to drop its outrageous idea to force TAFE i...

Senate agrees 150 days without a Sex Discrimination Commissioner in unacceptable

3 February, 2016 - The Senate has passed an Australian Greens motion calling on the Turnbull Liberal Government to hurry up and appoint a Sex Discrimination Com...

Speech: Senator Robert Simms calls out Tony Abbott for speaking at ADF event in the US

3 February, 2016 - Mr Acting Deputy President, I rise tonight to talk about a matter that will be of importance to all Australians who value equality and divers...

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...

TWWHA fires adjournment speech

3 February, 2016 - Tasmania has so many beautiful places but one of its most breathtakingly spectacular places is the Walls of Jerusalem inside the Tasmanian Wi...

QLD Greens affirm the necessity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consent on Constitutional recognition

2 February, 2016 - 02/02/2016 The Queensland Greens have responded to media reports regarding a motion on Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Austral...

Secure and Appropriate housing for women and children escaping domestic violence

2 February, 2016 - The findings of the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Housing Affordability tabled May 2015 contained 40 recommendations. The governmen...

Greens seek senate support for Auditor-General investigation into WestConnex and Perth Freight Link

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens will move for the Senate to formally request an Auditor-General's investigation of proposed federal funding for the Per...

Babies should not be sent to Nauru

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on Malcolm Turnbull to guarantee that no children will be sent back to Nauru, regardless of the outcome of ...

Greens Senate Inquiry into the exposure of Australians’ investments to the carbon bubble

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today established a Senate Inquiry into how transparently companies report their investments in fossil fuels and t...

Turnbull Government repeats Abbott’s trick in gutting the board of the Renewable Energy Agency

2 February, 2016 - The Liberal Government is trying to stifle the independence of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by neglecting to appoint new board memb...

Auditor General report into DSP eligibility must be taken seriously: Greens

2 February, 2016 -  A report by the Auditor General that raises concerns about sharpening the eligibility for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) should be tak...

Turnbull Govt repeats Abbott’s trick in gutting the board of the Renewable Energy Agency‏

2 February, 2016 - 02/02/2016 The Liberal Government is trying to stifle the independence of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by neglecting to appoin...