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Homophobic ‘gay panic’ defence needs to be abolished in all states: Greens

31 March, 2016 - South Australia and Queensland need to abolish the homophobic ‘gay panic' defence, Australian Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simm...

New free range egg guidelines disastrous for animal welfare and consumer rights

31 March, 2016 - A national agreement which allows eggs from farms with up to 10,000 hens per hectare to be labelled free range represents not only a breach of ...

Turnbull puts education in too-hard basket, with health

31 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Prime Minister Turnbull has now put public school funding in the too-hard-basket, along with health "Instead of havin...

Polling shows Australians want solutions, not refugee cruelty

31 March, 2016 - Polling released today has shown that the majority (58.1%) of South Australian's want to see people seeking asylum, who are in need of protecti...

Ditch the plebiscite to save pain and money

31 March, 2016 - The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) support for marriage equality is further evidence of the need for the go...

A good idea but chronically underfunded

31 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader and former public health doctor, Senator Richard Di Natale, today said the government’s new chronic illness package ha...

Country of Origin labelling is a step in the right direction but it could be clearer: Greens

31 March, 2016 - Australian Greens spokesperson on Agriculture Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the roll out of country of origin labelling by the Government...

Can drive, can't vote

31 March, 2016 - Laura Hedge The gap between the age of 16 and the time you become a legal adult at 18 is a jumble of child-like activities and adult responsibi...

Is Senate Voting Reform the Greens' GST moment?

31 March, 2016 - Andrew Bartlett Andrew Bartlett is a former Democrats Senator and Greens candidate for Queensland. He has written a series of articles about Se...

Greens announce health funding proposal

30 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader and public health specialist, Dr Richard Di Natale, has today announced the Greens plan to phase out the private healt...

Income tax proposal a cop out

30 March, 2016 - The Liberals are proving they're not up to the task of tax reform, again dumping their budget problems on state and territory governments, the ...

Turnbull must ditch Abbott’s hardline public sector bargaining policy: Greens

30 March, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ditch Tony Abbott’s hardline bargaini...

Major parties both support Burrup development

30 March, 2016 - 24 March, 2016 WA Greens Mines and Petroleum spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said he was disappointed by comments from Opposition Leader Mark Mc...

New legal challenge should be final nail in the coffin for Roe 8

30 March, 2016 - Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren says a new legal challenge to the proposed Roe Highway Stage 8 extension to be served today should ...