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Citizenship changes will not make Australians safer

1 December, 2015 - The imminent passage of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 will do nothing to protect Australians from ...

Greens Slam Labor/ Liberal University Cuts

1 December, 2015 - The Greens have slammed the Government and Labor for banding together and exhuming Labor's 2013 higher education cuts, leaving students in t...

Senate supports inquiry into aged care workforce as Australian population ages

1 December, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has secured senate support for an inquiry that will investigate the future of Australia’s aged care ...

Malcolm Turnbull: Pretender in Paris, but clean energy slasher at home

1 December, 2015 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said today that while Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has committed to double clean energy research ...

Synergy plan to make solar less viable

1 December, 2015 - Wednesday, 13 August Plans by Synergy to charge solar panel customers more to connect to the grid than others is unfair and unrealistic, acco...

Labor and Government join to cut family payments to coupled families with kids over 13

30 November, 2015 - It is extremely disappointing that the Labor party has helped pass legislation that takes payments away from low income couples with childre...

Senate calls on Government to boost availability of HIV prevention drug, PrEP

30 November, 2015 - The Senate has passed a motion by Greens Senator Robert Simms calling on the Government to increase the accessibility of HIV-prevention drug...

Government should give up on throwing young people off income support

30 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens have tabled a dissenting report reaffirming their opposition to the Social Security bill that if passed will force you...

Labor and Government join to cut family payments to coupled families with kids over 13

30 November, 2015 - It is extremely disappointing that the Labor party has helped pass legislation that takes payments away from low income couples with childre...

BP must be held to account in NOPSEMA hearings.

30 November, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia, Robert Simms, said BP must be held to account for their shocking environmental record and poo...

Motion for HIV-prevention drug PReP

30 November, 2015 - NOTICE OF MOTION I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that - The Senate: a) Notes i. The Council of Australian Gover...

Government should give up on throwing young people off income support

30 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens have tabled a dissenting report reaffirming their opposition to the Social Security bill that if passed will force you...

Thousands of jobs, cheaper power for Victoria under RenewAustralia plan

30 November, 2015 - Thousands of jobs, cheaper power for Victoria under RenewAustralia plan As the Paris Climate Summit kicks off, the Greens have put forward a...

Japan's whalers leave for hunt tomorrow and the Australian Government has no answers

30 November, 2015 - Just as the Australian Government was struggling in the Senate to answer basic questions about what they will do to prevent Japan undertakin...