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Greens slam pokies playground expansion

21 April, 2016 - The Greens have slammed the Gambling Regulator decision to allow 10 more pokies machines at Langwarrin Hotel becuase they are installing a chil...

There is a new way for our native forests

21 April, 2016 - Two weeks ago, Senator Di Natale and I made the short trip to Victoria's Central Highlands—on Melbourne's doorstep—and met with local community...

Greens urge Victorian government to ban plastics immediately following Senate report

21 April, 2016 - The Senate Inquiry’s report into The Threat of Marine Plastic Pollution in Australia, released today, is the clearest statement yet about the u...

Senate report shows state government must act on container deposit scheme and plastic bag bans

21 April, 2016 - 21/04/2016 The Queensland Greens say a Senate Committee report on marine plastic pollution shows the state Labor government must act urgently t...

Greens push Labor to keep deficit levy

21 April, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens have forced Labor to consider making the deficit levy permanent and called on ...

CSIRO docs show public good is being ignored

20 April, 2016 - I move: That the Senate take note of the document. The documents that have been received out of sitting are the final documents that we have re...

Domestic violence advertising campaign must come with boost to crisis funding for women who reach out as a result

20 April, 2016 - With the launch today of the advertising campaign to tackle attitudes that allow domestic violence to fester, the Greens are calling for the Tu...

Brickworks political donation interests extend to native forest burning and logging

20 April, 2016 - The Greens reiterate their call made on ABC's 7.30 program for an investigation into Brickworks and the influence of its political donations, s...

Time to clean up politics

20 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are today calling on the Labor, Liberal and National parties to work with them to clean up politics.  “Today I’m calling ...

Near blanket Reef bleaching shows we must quit coal

20 April, 2016 - With the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce finding 93 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef has coral bleaching, the Greens have renewed calls fo...

Greens housing affordability 2016 election pledge

20 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens 2016 election campaign for real action on housing affordability is now more important than ever in light of Anglicare’s R...

Leaked Great Forest National Park Report Inaccurate, Biased

20 April, 2016 - Samantha Dunn, Greens spokesperson for forests, says that a leaked report commissioned by the Yarra Ranges Council is unreliable at best, biase...

National Anti-Corruption Commission

20 April, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. The government and the opposition both claim that no national indepe...

New PBO costings reveal $1.2 billion cost of uni deregulation plan

20 April, 2016 - The Greens are calling on the Government to dump its deregulation agenda after new PBO costings released today exposed the reform's $1.2 billio...

Near blanket Reef bleaching shows we must quit coal

20 April, 2016 - 20/04/2016 With the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce finding 93 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef has coral bleaching, the Greens have renew...