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No debt sentence for higher education

16 February, 2015 - Senator Lee Rhiannon Australia enjoyed a free TAFE and university education system from 1974 to 1988. Many of today's political leaders b...

Music to their ears

16 February, 2015 - Heather King and Rosanne Bersten It's been 10 years since the National Review of School Music and yet fewer than 20% of primary schools acro...

Does Abbott even (child)care?

16 February, 2015 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young This year, the Abbott Government has the opportunity for major reform to improve availability and accessibility, ...

It’s high time to give educators the respect they deserve

13 February, 2015 - Senator Penny Wright We rely on our teachers to do one of the most important jobs in Australia but this Federal Government and other state g...

My one vote

13 February, 2015 - Baart Groot I remember most of my childhood clearly. Seemingly more clearly than many other people at the age of 36. I remember playing in t...

WA: full steam ahead

3 February, 2015 - Grahame Bowland (WA Co-Convenor) In the last few months, WA volunteers have phone banked for the Victorian Greens in support of their state ...

It wasn't hard

3 February, 2015 - Kitty Carra (Queensland State Director) Right to left: Kirsten Lovejoy, Greens Candidate for Brisbane Central, Senator Larissa Waters, Char...

From the Australian Young Greens

3 February, 2015 - Ben Moroney and Eliza Scarpellino The Greens do politics differently. Nowhere is that clearer than the Young Greens. The youth wings and camp...

20 Questions: Mehreen Faruqi

2 February, 2015 - Name:  Mehreen FaruqiAge:  Ageless Role with the Greens: NSW Member of the Legislative Council, Greens NSW Spokesperson for Environment, Tran...

PM Abbott ignores budget alternatives

2 February, 2015 - Senator Christine Milne The 2014 Federal Budget is history. That cruel document that tried to make Australia a meaner, harder place to live h...

Around the world

2 February, 2015 - Lucy Quarterman As you may know, the Australian Political Parties for Democracy Program was abruptly cut without notice at the beginning of 2...

This Monday

20 January, 2015 - Senator Christine Milne Last week two of the most reliable and reputable scientific institutions in America reported that the planet was heat...

And we're off!

19 January, 2015 - Giz Watson A happy New Year to you all! I hope you had some time to unwind a bit and enjoy time with family and friends over the festive seas...

A fairer NSW

19 January, 2015 - Chris Harris The NSW Greens campaign is already in full swing with a skilled and experienced team of campaigners determined to build our bigg...

Green 2015: around the world

16 January, 2015 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd I'm the new International Secretary for the party, and I thought I'd use my first column to pan across some big moments com...