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Greens to Turnbull: End this plebiscite farce

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to abandon his predecessor's costly marriage equality plebiscite and gra...

Greens reject government’s ridiculous TURC secret volume offer

2 February, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens Party Room has rejected the government’s last minute offer for o...

Data Breach Legislation - where is it George?

2 February, 2016 - In the midst of the shambolic mandatory data retention debate, the government assured everyone that they would legislate a mandatory data bre...

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 ...

Donations reveal Labor-Liberal debts to property, energy and gambling

1 February, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says it’s a disgrace that it’s taken 19 months to find out who were bankrolling Labor and Liberal with do...

Turnbull must have the courage to take on Liberal Party base on tax reform: Greens

1 February, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to have the courage to stand up to the Liberal Par...

#estimates - the Clean Energy Finance Corporation

1 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM: I have some questions in a similar vein. I might throw the first one to you, Senator Ruston, here in your representative capa...

Liberal Government’s global warming policy ineffective and unfunded

1 February, 2016 - Reports today confirm the Liberal Government's global warming policy is a sham and that there's no long-term funding budgeted for the expensi...

Greens back Fund Our Future campaign for outer suburbs

1 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have thrown support behind a plan that ensures people living in the expanding outer suburbs of Australia’s capital citi...

Greens: Fix donations this election year

1 February, 2016 - Today's release of last years' political donations data shows disclosure is too slow and corporate donations too influential, say the Austral...

Greens back Fund Our Future campaign for outer suburbs

1 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have thrown support behind a plan that ensures people living in the expanding outer suburbs of Australia’s capital citi...

Turnbull’s first priority to attack people’s rights at work: Greens

1 February, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said Malcolm Turnbull’s first priority is attacking people’s rights at work afte...