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Govt should take up NZ resettlement offer: Greens

12 January, 2016 - If the government were serious about finding sustainable third-country resettlement options for the people on Manus Island and Nauru, it woul...

Greens call for Government to act on HIV prevention medication, PrEP

12 January, 2016 - The Australian Greens have renewed their calls for the federal government to remove barriers to accessing HIV-prevention medication, Pre-expo...

Players scapegoated in WADA finding, inquiry needed

12 January, 2016 - Greens Leader Richard Di Natale, a former VFL footballer and doctor, says a broad-ranging inquiry is needed to evaluate Australia's anti-dopi...

Ready for anything

12 January, 2016 - Senator Richard Di Natale The 2016 election year is here, and it's going to be a huge one, with Greens in every state having to recontest th...

Digital surveillance state

11 January, 2016 - Alex Schlotzer The Turnbull Government's society-wide, mandatory data retention has been in force for just under two months. And it looks lik...

Back to school

11 January, 2016 - Senator Nick McKim 2016 promises to be a hectic year on the political front, and the Greens are ready for the election, whenever it is called...

Dear Daddy

11 January, 2016 - Donna Mazza It was late. But we lay there anyway watching the stand-off between a black house spider and a super-sized daddy long-legs up in ...

Uncertainty for 13,000 live export animals grows

7 January, 2016 - The Greens reacted to news of the Israeli Government's cancellation of the permit to import 13,000 sheep and cattle aboard the stricken Ocean ...

Energy nearing crisis point

7 January, 2016 - Friday, 7 January Policymakers need to change tack and embrace the clean energy shift to avoid an energy crisis, according to WA Green’s Energ...

Urgent reform needed to stop deaths in custody

6 January, 2016 - Wednesday, 23 December WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC is again calling on the government to urgently address Abor...

Minister announces second regular fuel ban in Tennant Creek

6 January, 2016 - The Government has announced plans to mandate low-aromatic fuel in another community, Tennant Creek, to combat the scourge of petrol sniffing ...

Minister announces second regular fuel ban in Tennant Creek

6 January, 2016 - The Government has announced plans to mandate low-aromatic fuel in another community, Tennant Creek, to combat the scourge of petrol sniffing ...

2015 - Year In Brief

31 December, 2015 - It is genuinely a privilege to represent you in our national parliament, and I am proud and grateful to have this opportunity. Sometimes you...

Pleasantries with Sarah Hanson-Young: Part 1 - No Music

24 December, 2015 - As requested - a second version of Pleasantries with Sarah Hanson-Young: Part 1 - this time with no music in the background to make editing a breeze!

Govt needs to find a heart: Greens

23 December, 2015 - The Greens urge the government to reconsider visa applications of a Pakistani family so that they are able to visit their dying relative for...