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Compensation for Australia's thalidomide survivors must be allocated in tomorrow's federal budget

1 April, 2019 - Monday, 1 April 2019 Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has supported calls by Thalidomide Group Austra...
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Labor dishes up dog's breakfast of Liberal leftovers on climate

1 April, 2019 - Labor dishes up dog's breakfast of Liberal leftovers on climate Greens’ climate change spokesperson and Co-Deputy Leader, Adam Bandt, said that ...
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$527 million funding for Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation is a massive win for disabled people, not Morrison Government

1 April, 2019 -   Tuesday, 2 April 2019 Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called the announcement of $527 millio...
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$324 billion reasons the PRRT is a joke

1 April, 2019 - Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today commented on new tax statistics released by the ATO revealing tax credits to oil and ga...
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Greens urge Labor to go further on waste plan

31 March, 2019 - Waste & Recycling spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today welcomed Labor’s new commitment to tackling Australia’s waste crisis but urge...
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Greens celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility by announcing policies aimed at making trans and gender diverse peoples lives easier and safer

30 March, 2019 - The Australian Greens are celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility by announcing a number of policies to make trans and gender diverse peoples...
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Greens welcome acknowledgement from federal agriculture minister and Victorian environment minister that native forest logging is unsustainable

28 March, 2019 - The Australian Greens welcome the acknowledgement from the federal agriculture minister and the Victorian environment minister that native fore...
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Greens announce climate and energy election plan

28 March, 2019 -       Greens announce climate and energy election plan The Australian Greens have released their climate and energy plan for the upcoming fed...
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Pauline Hanson

28 March, 2019 - Greens Senator for Tasmania Nick McKim says words of condemnation for Pauline Hanson’s repugnant comments about Port Arthur are not enough.   “...
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Government delaying electric vehicle strategy to 2020 keeps Australia in the slow lane, say Greens

27 March, 2019 - The Morrison government delaying the electric vehicles strategy to mid-2020 leaves Australia stalled on the sidelines of the electric vehicle r...
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Greens to push Labor in Senate for higher minimum wage: Bandt.

26 March, 2019 - Greens to push Labor in Senate for higher minimum wage: Bandt. Greens Co-Deputy Leader and industrial relations spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP, to...
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Back off Barnaby

26 March, 2019 - Barnaby Joyce should be blaming his party’s consistent backing of corporate cotton for his electoral woes, not water flowing into South Austral...
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Defence projects of concern management creates its own concern

26 March, 2019 - Greens Defence spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, commented on the release of the Auditor-General’s report into Defence’s Management of ...
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After One Nation Gun Revelations, Scott Morrison must commit to putting them last

26 March, 2019 - Australian Greens Gun Control Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has commented on reports that Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party has been me...
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A shortlist with coal is a shortcut to climate change

26 March, 2019 - A shortlist with coal is a shortcut to climate change Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today reacted to the Coalitio...
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