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Government plans to roll out non-sniffable fuel in Katherine; Gulf region and East Kimberley

12 February, 2016 - The Government has announced plans to mandate non-sniffable fuel in Katherine to combat the scourge of petrol sniffing in the community. Th...

Calls to Centrelink more likely to reach a block signal or customers give up before reaching a service operator

12 February, 2016 - "15.7 million calls to Centrelink were blocked and abandoned during the last six months of last year whilst just 10.6 million got through to...

Talking about drugs

12 February, 2016 - Richard Di Natale This is a conversation that's been shoved into a deep dark corner since about 1999 (when then-Prime Minister John Howard s...

Equality for Tadhg

12 February, 2016 - Tammy Franks Filibusters and unnecessary amendments are seemingly the tools of the trade for those MPs who cannot transparently put forward ...

Experience the US campaign up close

12 February, 2016 - In October and November 2016, the United States Embassy in Canberra will send a group of 10 young Australian political leaders from major po...

Turnbull must follow Trudeau’s Lead

11 February, 2016 - Australia must take the opportunity to follow the example set by Canada and withdraw our Air Force from the chaos in Syria, the Australian G...

Estimates: MV Portland and CSL Melbourne

11 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I want to continue on with the line of questioning from Senator Conroy and Senator Sterle. In the case of the MV Portland and ...

Tax office endorses recent Multinational Tax moves

11 February, 2016 - The Australian Tax Office has endorsed legislation passed by the Greens on the last day of Parliament last year, saying they’re already seei...

Invalid oil leases highlights contempt for environment when it comes to supporting petroleum industry

11 February, 2016 - A number of offshore petroleum titles in marine parks have been deemed invalid following a major administrative error that occurred between ...

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11 February, 2016 - Would you like to be kept updated about Robert's work in the Senate and the community?  Subscribe to one or all of his regular electronic ne...

Victorians being punished for ditching the East West toll road

11 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I will move on to projects that have commercial-in-confidence issues with them and start off with Victoria. Victoria has been ...

BHP must compensate for dam failure at Samarco mine

11 February, 2016 - The collapse of the BHP/Vale tailings dams at the Samarco mine in Brazil is an ongoing disaster. In November last year, the Senate offered c...

Estimates: Melbourne airport third runway

11 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I wanted to ask about the Melbourne Airport third-runway proposal and how that is rolling out. I understand that the airport's...

CSIRO CEO’s climate science cuts cast doubt on its future

11 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens today said the CSIRO CEO Larry Marshall’s decision to cut hundreds of jobs in climate science within the organisation ...

Australian Greens call on Government to expedite access to PrEP

11 February, 2016 - Australian Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simms is calling on the government to expedite removing the barriers preventing peop...