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Greens call for federal support for electric car manufacturing following Holden announcement

1 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms is calling on the Federal Government to back his bill currently before parliament to ...

Government concern for coral bleaching insincere unless Adani mine stopped

1 March, 2016 - With coral bleaching already confirmed in the Great Barrier Reef today and scientific concern for a mass bleaching event soon, the state and fed...

20 Questions for Lynn MacLaren

1 March, 2016 - Emma Davidson Name: Lynn MacLaren Age: 53 Role with the Greens: Member of Legislative Council, WA. 1. What do you remember about your first elec...

Volunteer stories: Higgins

1 March, 2016 - Ling Toong It's Saturday afternoon in Melbourne, and the weather is typically indecisive, swinging between teasing sun and recidivist clouds. Wi...

Lent: 40 days of protest

1 March, 2016 - Sarah Nielsen-Harvey It was the second day of the Perth heatwave with a predicted 43 degrees. It was also the first day of Lent. But most import...

The Queensland Greens have officially launched their referendum No Campaign today

29 February, 2016 - 29/02/2016 The referendum asking voters to approve an increase in the term of the state government from three years to four years is being h...

Stop applying Band-Aids to the broken VET sector

29 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to scrap using taxpayer money on the broken for-profit VET sector rather than trying to prot...

So which tax scare campaign is it?

29 February, 2016 - Today the Australian Senate called on the government to clarify which of their contradictory scare campaigns they plan on proceeding with. "...

Homophobic pamphlet window into anti-marriage equality campaign

29 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have warned a homophobic pamphlet distributed by former a Liberal MP is a window into the campaign being planned by op...

Senate supports Greens motion calling on Government to combat child poverty

29 February, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to combat child poverty and adopt a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy. ...

Which Housing Scare Campaign?

29 February, 2016 - *1050 Senator Ludlam: To move- That the Senate  (a) notes that the assertions by:  (i) the Assistant Treasurer (Ms O'Dwyer) that reforming n...

Qld Labor’s inaction on a dump levy stinks

29 February, 2016 - The Queensland Labor Government must urgently re-introduce a waste management levy to stop Queensland being treated as a dumping ground by o...

So which tax scare campaign is it?

29 February, 2016 - Today the Australian Senate called on the government to clarify which of their contradictory scare campaigns they plan on proceeding with. "...

Cross-party push for Territory rights on dying with dignity

29 February, 2016 - Australian Greens leader Dr Richard Di Natale has today reached across party lines to give notice of a co-sponsored bill that would overturn...

Senate supports Greens motion calling on Government to combat child poverty

29 February, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to combat child poverty and adopt a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy. ...