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Big Win for Community, Big Problems at EPA

16 December, 2015 - The huge win for the community campaign to stop the Roe 8 destruction of the Beeliar wetlands has highlighted dangerous inadequacies with th...

Ad-hoc aged care cuts hurt older Australians

16 December, 2015 - The Coalition's latest cuts to aged care programs are large, ad-hoc cuts, like the earlier Abbott budget cuts to social services. Aged care ...

Company logos don’t belong on our Great Barrier Reef

16 December, 2015 - The Australian Greens condemn the Liberal Government's plan to allow companies to brand the Great Barrier Reef. Senator Larissa Waters, Aust...

Ad-hoc aged care cuts hurt older Australians

16 December, 2015 - The Coalition's latest cuts to aged care programs are large, ad-hoc cuts, like the earlier Abbott budget cuts to social services. Aged care ...

Most vulnerable still paying for budget repair

15 December, 2015 - It is very disappointing to see that the cruel and unfair budget measures are still on the Government's agenda.  Punitive measures that hurt...

Funding Support for the Australia Council

15 December, 2015 - Senator LUDLAM: Do you have a sense of the additional money that those companies are then able to generate throughout that investment? For e...

Environment, climate change and the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

15 December, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens climate change and environment spokesperson, comments on the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook:...

Imported prawn slavery scandal shows Australia needs mandatory seafood labelling

15 December, 2015 - “Reports of slave labour sourced prawns being sold in Australian supermarkets is deeply disturbing and reinforces the need for better seafoo...

Qld budget review ignores economic reality to predict increase in coal royalties

15 December, 2015 - 15/12/2015 The Palaszczuk Government’s budget review is deluded in predicting coal royalties will return to levels only seen at height ...

Further Delays in Gonski Disability Funding Not Good Enough

15 December, 2015 - More delays in disability support funding for schools are deeply disappointing, Greens Schools spokesperson Nick McKim says. “The Liberal Go...

Most vulnerable still paying for budget repair

15 December, 2015 - It is very disappointing to see that the cruel and unfair budget measures are still on the Government's agenda.  Punitive measures that hurt...

Australian Interactive Games – Funding Metrics

15 December, 2015 - Senator LUDLAM: What do you think the industry needs to recover from that funding loss? I will go to Senator Fifield when he comes back to t...

WA needs better planning to combat rise in fish kills

15 December, 2015 - Greens Member for South Metropolitan Lynn MacLaren MLC says that while the recent Cockburn Sound fish kill made the news, many are occurring...

Rhetoric about clean energy in Townsville needs to be backed up

15 December, 2015 - 15/12/2015 The Palaszczuk Government needs to back up its rhetoric about the merged Energex and Ergon business using clean energy techn...

Minister Meetings - Department of Communications and the Arts

15 December, 2015 - Senator LUDLAM: Senator Fifield; thank you. Who have you had time to meet with thus far since the portfolio changeover? Senator Fifield: I w...