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Greens announce 7-point plan to revitalise reef and economy as coal industry collapses

28 April, 2016 - The  Greens say Australia should be planning for a future without coal, not a future without our spectacular Great Barrier Reef, announcing a p...

Budget confirms pokies pre-commitment scheme has failed

28 April, 2016 - The Greens say today’s budget papers prove the Government's voluntary pre-commitment scheme has failed to curb problem gambling. “Losses from p...

Drilling in the Bight inquiry in Adelaide

27 April, 2016 - The Environment and Communications Reference Committee will be holding a hearing in Adelaide TOMORROW as part of its inquiry, established by Gr...

Drop the deregulation – there is a fairer option

27 April, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms has urged the government to drop its plan to deregulate university fees, w...

Last minute to midnight resolution for CSIRO climate scientists still equals cuts and uncertainty

27 April, 2016 - Chairman of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures, and Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator Peter Whish-W...

Community Legal Centres miss out in family violence package, say Greens

27 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

Government should stop going after most vulnerable in the lead up to the budget: Greens

27 April, 2016 - The Government’s obsession with punishing vulnerable Australian’s continues today with news that income support recipients will be targeted to ...

Simms welcomes rainbow walk progress

27 April, 2016 - Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simms, a former Adelaide City Councillor, has welcomed the council's decision to progress with bui...

Community Legal Centres miss out in family violence package, say Greens

27 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

Ballarat Melton Rail Line Duplication will finally happen!

27 April, 2016 - Greens welcome the commitment to duplicate the Ballarat Rail Line in the 2016-17 Victorian Budget, saying it will deliver better services for r...

Heating up

27 April, 2016 - Rosanne Bersten Victoria With an early election on the cards, we're gearing up for our first Day of Action Door Knock in the inner city on Satu...

The disappearing public service

27 April, 2016 - Christina Hobbs In the lead-up to the last federal election, Ford announced it would close its Australian manufacturing workshops and shed 1,20...

Bendigo Street homeless protesters kicked out

26 April, 2016 - Rather than evict a family to homelessness, the Andrews government must take serious action on public housing. With the public housing waiting ...

Re-announcement of $50 million for Reef today equals Government’s Reef funding cuts

26 April, 2016 - 26/04/2016 The Environment Minister’s announcement of $50 million in Reef Trust projects today is a re-announcement of existing Reef funding an...

New CSIRO climate science centre a ‘sleight of hand’

26 April, 2016 - Greens Science spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the CSIRO management’s announcement of a new climate science centre in Hobart is really ju...