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Senate to Hold Inquiry on Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Fires

17 March, 2016 - The Senate will hold an inquiry into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area fires, after today agreeing to a motion moved by Senator Nick...

Old parties need to catch up to community and the world on global warming

17 March, 2016 - New polling shows how out-of-touch the old parities are with the community on global warming, coal and the Great Barrier Reef. It comes on the ...

Raise revenue from those who can most afford to pay

17 March, 2016 - Analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office shows the government could raise more than $4 billion over the forward estimates by making the temp...

Old parties need to catch up to community and the world on global warming

17 March, 2016 - 17/03/2016 New polling shows how out-of-touch the old parities are with the community on global warming, coal and the Great Barrier Reef.  It c...

Time for Turnbull to stand for something and protect LGBTI youth

16 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to stand up to the conservative backbenchers trying to derail and discred...

Greens support domestic violence services’ call for funding to help women instead of turning them away

16 March, 2016 - 16/03/2016 The Australian Greens welcome the domestic violence service representatives visiting Parliament House today and support their call f...

Turnbull refuses to back Chief Scientist on climate

16 March, 2016 - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today refused to back his own Chief Scientist on climate change when asked by Greens MP Adam Bandt in Question ...

The Government must ignore conservative tantrums on Safe Schools: Greens

16 March, 2016 - The backbench MPs opposed to the Safe Schools Coalition must drop their attack on the program following the Government's review and move on, sa...

Turnbull/Shorten Data Retention Scheme an Expensive Failure

16 March, 2016 - Today the Labor Party again supported the Abbott/Turnbull Liberal government's Mandatory Data Retention Scheme, despite the spiralling cost and...

Time for Turnbull to stand for something and protect LGBTI youth

16 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to stand up to the conservative backbenchers trying to derail and discred...

Senator Waters on Govt's possible job offer to Ian Macfarlane as Resources Commissioner

16 March, 2016 - 16/03/2016 Senator Waters, Australian Greens mining spokesperson, comments on the Queensland Government’s reported job offer to Ian Macfarlane ...

Minister breaks promise on important heritage sites

16 March, 2016 - Wednesday, 16 March Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier acknowledged yesterday in Parliament that 14 culturally significant sites near Po...

Greens support domestic violence services’ call for funding to help women instead of turning them away

16 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens welcome the domestic violence service representatives visiting Parliament House today and support their call for funding ...

Coalition and Labor knock back Greens call to ditch income management

16 March, 2016 - The Coalition and Labor party have knocked back a Greens motion calling on the Government to ditch paternalistic income management that doesn’t...