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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...

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...

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...

Government must order archaeological dig for artefacts in Beeliar Wetlands

3 February, 2016 - Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren MLC says the Government should use the opportunity of delay arising from the court decision to in...

TWWHA fires adjournment speech

3 February, 2016 - Tasmania has so many beautiful places but one of its most breathtakingly spectacular places is the Walls of Jerusalem inside the Tasmanian Wi...

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...

Senate backs Greens efforts to shed some light on Perth Freight Link

3 February, 2016 - On the same day the Senate voted to request the Auditor-General investigate the Perth Freight Link, the clock ran out on yet another delaying...

Government hasn't made the case to ditch interstate shipping regulations

3 February, 2016 - I rise today to speak to the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Inter-State Voyages) Bill 2015. The Australian Gr...

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...

Senate rebukes broken Centrelink with motion support

3 February, 2016 - The Senate has today rebuked the Government and supported a Greens initiated motion, calling on them to address mounting frustrations over ac...

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...