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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...

Senate Inquiry report calls on state and federal government(s) to act on scourge of marine plastics

20 April, 2016 - Today the Senate Environment and Communications Committee has released a landmark report into the causes and impacts of marine plastic pollutio...

ASIC announcement an admission of 3 wasted years under the Liberals

20 April, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says the last minute rush to fix financial regulation is an admission by the Gover...

Order for the Production of Asylum Seekers

20 April, 2016 - Senator HANSON-YOUNG I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, no later than 9.30 am on Thursday...

Greens win Senate order for Freight Link tunnel papers

20 April, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion for the Turnbull Government to table all correspondence relating to the extra $260 million announced f...

Announcing: Todd Williams for Solomon

20 April, 2016 - Announcing: Todd Williams for Solomon The NT Greens have announced that their candidate for the seat of Solomon in the 2016 Federal Election ...

Senate demands government’s Wilson documents

19 April, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion ordering the government to table all contracts that it holds with Wilson Security and any information ...

Greens lodge disallowance motion to stop East Kimberley cashless welfare card trial

19 April, 2016 - With the cashless welfare card running in South Australia and making life more difficult for residents in Ceduna, Senator Rachel Siewert has mo...

February 2016 Estimates QoN ME and CFS

19 April, 2016 - Senate Community Affairs Committee ANSWERS TO ESTIMATES QUESTIONS ON NOTICE HEALTH PORTFOLIO Additional Estimates 2015 - 2016, 10 February 2016...

Labor and Liberal vote against SA jobs and Whyalla Steel

19 April, 2016 - The Labor and Liberal parties combined to defeat a motion* from SA Green Senators Robert Simms and Sarah Hanson-Young in support of the steel i...

Address-in-Reply

19 April, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I rise to speak to the message delivered to the Senate by the Governor-General. It is extraordinary that we are meeting here ...

February 2016 Estimates QoN: Local content on Pay TV

19 April, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM: It is a useful point. You can take this on notice. Let us leave sport aside for a sec, because there is a whole variety of othe...

Greens call for Qld government to provide extra legal support for asylum seekers

19 April, 2016 - 19/04/2016 The Greens call on the Queensland Labor government to follow the lead of the Victorian government in boosting funding for community ...