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The tipping point

8 July, 2015 - Giz Watson (Co-convenor) with assistance from June Lowe I don't know what you were up to last weekend, but here in Perth a lot of us turned a bli...

Can the Greens Succeed in a Developing Country?

7 July, 2015 - Bob Muntz The Philippines is always going to be a difficult country for the Greens. Political violence and corruption are both deeply embedded in...

Inside Party Room

7 July, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale The parliamentary wing of the Australian Greens often goes by its working name of 'Party Room'. Party Room is actually...

Target: Carbon free

7 July, 2015 - Peter Lane Under the Abbott government, with acquiescence from the opposition, not only has the Renewable Energy Target (RET) been reduced, but t...

ACT Greens celebrate the launch of Common Ground

2 July, 2015 - ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury has today welcomed the launch of Common Ground, a Greens initiative to tackle homelessness in Canberra. “Commo...

Drivers vs cyclist is not either/or

22 June, 2015 - Senator Janet Rice Some level of animosity will always exist while cars and bikes share our roads. There is no getting around this. Drivers are ...

Handle with care

19 June, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale Parliament is in full swing and I have a lot to report back on. Thanks to the work of Scott Ludlam and his team, the G...

A taxing time

19 June, 2015 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems (National Fundraising Coordinator) It's almost that time of year again… time to sift through your receipts, chase up you...

Radical work

19 June, 2015 - Ben Moroney and Eliza June (Australian Young Greens Co-Convenors) “We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to e...

The end of the fossil-fuel era?

14 June, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters All over the globe, governments and industries and entire nations are beginning the transition away from coal and embraci...

The CASE for Curtin

10 June, 2015 - Chilla Bulbeck Millions of lives and livelihoods depend on Australia's commitments that Julie Bishop, member for Curtin, takes to the UN climate...

A greener ACT budget

10 June, 2015 - Shane Rattenbury (ACT MP) Last week, the Greens-Labor Government in the ACT announced its 2015-2016 budget. It was not the budget of a Greens Go...

#AdviceforJoe

10 June, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam Treasurer Joe Hockey's attempts to contribute to the debate on tax reform and housing affordability are… well. Let's just s...

getting the word out

10 June, 2015 - Giz Watson (Australian Greens Co-convener) Along with all Greens who are National media-watchers, I am frequently concerned that we Australian G...

Hands off our artists

9 June, 2015 - Vivienne Glance When the Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF) programmed Marrugeku's 'Cut the Sky', there were a few eyebrows raised. Resourc...