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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...

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...

Auditor General report into DSP eligibility must be taken seriously: Greens

2 February, 2016 -  A report by the Auditor General that raises concerns about sharpening the eligibility for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) should be tak...

Turnbull Govt repeats Abbott’s trick in gutting the board of the Renewable Energy Agency‏

2 February, 2016 - 02/02/2016 The Liberal Government is trying to stifle the independence of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by neglecting to appoin...

Greens seek senate support for Auditor-General investigation into WestConnex and Perth Freight Link

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens will move for the Senate to formally request an Auditor-General's investigation of proposed federal funding for the Per...

Data Breach Legislation - where is it George?

2 February, 2016 - In the midst of the shambolic mandatory data retention debate, the government assured everyone that they would legislate a mandatory data bre...

Greens Senate Inquiry into the exposure of Australians’ investments to the carbon bubble

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today established a Senate Inquiry into how transparently companies report their investments in fossil fuels and t...

Progress on implementing recommendations from the Senate Housing Inquiry

2 February, 2016 - The findings of the Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Housing Affordability tabled in May 2015 contained 40 recommendations. The govern...

Auditor General report into DSP eligibility must be taken seriously: Greens

2 February, 2016 -  A report by the Auditor General that raises concerns about sharpening the eligibility for the Disability Support Pension (DSP) should be tak...

Liberal Govt’s global warming policy ineffective and unfunded

2 February, 2016 - 02/02/2016 Reports today confirm the Liberal Government’s global warming policy is a sham and that there’s no long-term funding budgeted...

Greens to Turnbull: End this plebiscite farce

2 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to abandon his predecessor's costly marriage equality plebiscite and gra...

Greens reject government’s ridiculous TURC secret volume offer

2 February, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens Party Room has rejected the government’s last minute offer for o...