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JSCOT rubber stamp for ChAFTA another example of how the treaty making process is broken

19 October, 2015 - “Today, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) has rubber-stamped the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) without any ind...

Estimates: is the federal government talking to Victoria on major infrastructure

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: Thank you, Chair. Gentlemen, I want to start with some questions about some Victorian government current engagement with the fe...

ABF apology for Operation Fortitude too little, too late

19 October, 2015 - The Australian Greens have reiterated their concerns about the ongoing militarisation of the Immigration Department, saying an apology for th...

Estimates: implementation of the National Cycling Strategy

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: I want to follow up on questions I asked at the last estimates about the National Cycling Strategy. Can we have an update on an...

Cracking down on multinational tax avoidance requires more than proposed law: Bandt

19 October, 2015 - Greens treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens will support the government’s Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Ta...

Estimates: how transparent is the IA plan?

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: I will start with a question regarding the Melbourne Metro Rail, which I obviously asked this morning with Infrastructure Inves...

20 questions for Senator Simms

19 October, 2015 - Robert Simms is the first out gay man to represent SA in the Federal Parliament and is now the Australian Greens' spokesperson for Higher Edu...

Australia’s Domestic Violence Emergency

19 October, 2015 - Kassi Klower Sixty-six women are dead.  Forty-one of them were murdered by someone who was supposed to have love for them. Every three hours,...

Bike Blackspot App shines a light on bike safety

17 October, 2015 - Bike Blackspot App shines a light on bike safety The Greens have launched a mobile app that promises to make life easier and safer for people...

Government medicinal cannabis proposal only half the solution: Greens

17 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader, Dr Richard Di Natale today welcomed the government’s announcement on medicinal cannabis but warned that it doesn’t ...

Minister Dutton unfit to make decisions relating to sexual assault victims

17 October, 2015 - The Australian Greens have called on the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to intervene in the treatment given to refugee women on Nauru who ha...

Australian and New Zealand Greens to lodge complaint with Australian Human Rights Commission

16 October, 2015 - The Green parties of New Zealand and Australia will be lodging a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission about the detention an...

Greens announce commitment to 0.7% GNI aid target by 2025

16 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale joined Greens spokesperson for international aid and development Senator Lee Rhiannon today to ...

Time to make banks act in public interest

15 October, 2015 - In response to Westpac’s interest rate rise, Greens treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said it’s time for banks to act in the public i...

A frustrating two years it has been for commuters under this government

15 October, 2015 - I rise to speak on the 20 per cent fall in public sector infrastructure spending under this coalition government and the Turnbull government'...