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Human Rights Abuses in Australia's name? Overdue Questions on Notice

4 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia-Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:02):  That is a little breakdown in communication which actu...

Liberals crush Tasmania’s economic advantage in climate and Antarctic science

4 February, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Antarctic issues Senator Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on the reported CSIRO job cuts: “I am devastate...

Decision imminent: UN determination on arbitrary detention of Julian Assange

4 February, 2016 - Friday morning Australian time, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) will make a determ...

Sacred art continues to be vandalised

4 February, 2016 - Tuesday, 2 February The continual vandalising of ancient Indigenous rock art in the Burrup peninsula has reached crisis point, says Greens ML...

After David Bulmer-Rizzi's death, we must recognise foreign same-sex marriages

4 February, 2016 - In considering this legislation today, what we are calling upon the government to do and all members of parliament to do is this. We are sayi...

Gutting CSIRO climate science is the enemy of innovation

4 February, 2016 - News that the Turnbull Liberal Government is sacking more CSIRO scientists, gutting climate science in Australia, shows what a climate-denial...

O'Week 2016

4 February, 2016 - Mon, 2016-02-15 (All day) - Fri, 2016-02-26 (All day) Universities Australia-wide Universitie...

Save Our Scholarships

4 February, 2016 - Last year, Labor and the Liberals came together to hike up HELP fees for university students by converting the Student Start-Up Scholarship i...

Questions on Notice about the Perth Freight Link

3 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM:  I move: That the Senate take note of the minister's response. I acknowledge the minister's response, sketchy though it might...

PBO report shows Treasurer’s pigheadedness will blow out deficit by $45 billion

3 February, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said that a Parliamentary Budget Office report released today on the government’s unlegislated Bud...

Sending children to Nauru would be child abuse on the PM’s watch

3 February, 2016 - Following today's High Court's decision on offshore detention on Nauru, the Australian Greens have called on the Prime Minister to rule out s...

Trucks Off all Local Streets, Premier

3 February, 2016 - The Inner West community has launched its list of demands of the Andrews Government, in response to the Western Distributor Business Case rel...

Greens urge Government to drop its planned attack on TAFE system

3 February, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms is calling on the Government to drop its outrageous idea to force TAFE i...

Senate agrees 150 days without a Sex Discrimination Commissioner in unacceptable

3 February, 2016 - The Senate has passed an Australian Greens motion calling on the Turnbull Liberal Government to hurry up and appoint a Sex Discrimination Com...

Speech: Senator Robert Simms calls out Tony Abbott for speaking at ADF event in the US

3 February, 2016 - Mr Acting Deputy President, I rise tonight to talk about a matter that will be of importance to all Australians who value equality and divers...