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Can the Greens Succeed in a Developing Country?

7 July, 2015 - Bob Muntz The Philippines is always going to be a difficult country for the Greens. Political violence and corruption are both deeply embedded in...

ACT Greens celebrate the launch of Common Ground

2 July, 2015 - ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury has today welcomed the launch of Common Ground, a Greens initiative to tackle homelessness in Canberra. “Commo...

Drivers vs cyclist is not either/or

22 June, 2015 - Senator Janet Rice Some level of animosity will always exist while cars and bikes share our roads. There is no getting around this. Drivers are ...

A taxing time

19 June, 2015 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems (National Fundraising Coordinator) It's almost that time of year again… time to sift through your receipts, chase up you...

Radical work

19 June, 2015 - Ben Moroney and Eliza June (Australian Young Greens Co-Convenors) “We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to e...

Handle with care

19 June, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale Parliament is in full swing and I have a lot to report back on. Thanks to the work of Scott Ludlam and his team, the G...

The end of the fossil-fuel era?

14 June, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters All over the globe, governments and industries and entire nations are beginning the transition away from coal and embraci...

A greener ACT budget

10 June, 2015 - Shane Rattenbury (ACT MP) Last week, the Greens-Labor Government in the ACT announced its 2015-2016 budget. It was not the budget of a Greens Go...

#AdviceforJoe

10 June, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam Treasurer Joe Hockey's attempts to contribute to the debate on tax reform and housing affordability are… well. Let's just s...

getting the word out

10 June, 2015 - Giz Watson (Australian Greens Co-convener) Along with all Greens who are National media-watchers, I am frequently concerned that we Australian G...

The CASE for Curtin

10 June, 2015 - Chilla Bulbeck Millions of lives and livelihoods depend on Australia's commitments that Julie Bishop, member for Curtin, takes to the UN climate...

Marriage equality — it's about discrimination

9 June, 2015 - Paul Bladon I happen to be heterosexual. However, disclosing that should be irrelevant — the issue is whether Australia should be a discriminator...

Hands off our artists

9 June, 2015 - Vivienne Glance When the Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF) programmed Marrugeku's 'Cut the Sky', there were a few eyebrows raised. Resourc...

A small group of people…

25 May, 2015 - Alex Schlotzer (National Secretary) Over the weekend of May 15 to 17, the new Australian Greens National Council sat for the first time in the la...

The Case for Free Education

25 May, 2015 - Ben Moroney and Eliza June (Australian Young Greens Co-Convenors) The Liberal government is proceeding unabated with its neoliberal program for A...