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4 March, 2015 - Margaret Blakers Fracking the future Webinar with Mark Ogge 8 pm Thursday 23 April 2015 The unprecedented expansion of unconventional gas (such ...

It's too hot!

27 February, 2015 - Grahame Bowland (WA Co-Convenor) In the three weeks since Ive updated you on happenings in the west, weve seen the centre of Perth shut down...

Building on experience

27 February, 2015 - Lynn MacLaren, WA MP Popular opinion about marriage equality has been overwhelmingly in favour for years. Noting the polls and perhaps refle...

The yoof of today ain't political

27 February, 2015 - Ben Moroney A common accusation levelled at young people is that we “don't engage with politics.” In particular, it is even levelled at youn...

Women are watching

26 February, 2015 - Mehreen Faruqi, NSW MP Over the past 10 years in NSW we have seen the number of women in leadership roles stagnate, a pay gap that gets no c...

Nuclear Industry On Trial?

26 February, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam At first glance, the decision to call a Royal Commission into nuclear technology in South Australia seems like a curiou...

Safe, legal, affordable

23 February, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters Even in 2015 in Australia, there are still a few ultra-right-wing, out-dated voices trying to undermine women's repro...

How you can Green the planet...

18 February, 2015 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd ...On your home computer Have you been following the dramatic rise of the Greens in the UK? Adam Ramsay, a Scottish Green...

O Week Ahoy!

17 February, 2015 - Ben Moroney Campus life, uni clubs, political groups — it can all feel overwhelming when you thought you were just turning up for 20 hours a...

Navigating high school

17 February, 2015 - Robert Delves Left to right: Ashley, Morgan, Beth, Ajla, Alyssa (Photo by Rob Delves) I'm a co-convenor of the Fremantle Greens and a teac...

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, ...

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...

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...