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Extraordinary Labor split puts Great Australian Bight Marine Park at risk

11 May, 2017 - A Senate inquiry into the plans of companies like BP and Chevron to drill for oil in South Australia’s Great Australian Bight Marine Park has pro...

Australian Greens welcome children’s television creators to #SaveKidsTV campaign

11 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens are proud to stand with children’s television producers from around the country in fighting to maintain, and strengthen, lo...

Buffett Tax, deficit levy and undoing top-end tax cuts a fairer way to raise revenue

11 May, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, is calling on the Parliament to implement a Buffett Rule to make sure that executive fa...

Extraordinary Labor split puts Great Australian Bight Marine Park at risk

11 May, 2017 - A Senate inquiry into the plans of companies like BP and Chevron to drill for oil in South Australia’s Great Australian Bight Marine Park has pro...

Government fails to back Dutton's lies over Manus Island shooting

11 May, 2017 - The government has refused to back Peter Dutton's lies about the Good Friday attacks on Australia’s Manus Island detention centre. "Michaelia Cas...

Show support to Whyalla by committing to buy Australian steel

10 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens want the government to use Australian steel in the national infrastructure projects announced in the 2017 Budget and will m...

Single biggest cut in the budget is a brutal attack on young people

10 May, 2017 - Malcolm Turnbull has proven he has his priorities wrong if he thinks he can foster a clever country by cutting $3.8 billion from universities, wh...

Single biggest cut in the budget is a brutal attack on young people

10 May, 2017 - Malcolm Turnbull has proven he has his priorities wrong if he thinks he can foster a clever country by cutting $3.8 billion from universities, wh...

Nick McKim on Freedom of Speech

10 May, 2017 - It is interesting that we are often subjected to, it has to be said, lectures mainly from the Liberal backbench and their fellow right-wingers in...

The Greens have a plan to stop Adani from getting a billion dollar handout

10 May, 2017 - In this sitting week of Parliament the Greens will introduce a bill to stop $1 billion in public money going to Adani to prop up their dirty mega...

Budget more proof the Liberals don’t care about women

10 May, 2017 - The Budget is another reminder that the Liberal party doesn’t care about women, says Australian Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for women, ...

Show support to Whyalla by committing to buy Australian steel

10 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens want the government to use Australian steel in the national infrastructure projects announced in the 2017 Budget and will m...

The environment part of the budget is missing

10 May, 2017 - The Liberals are screwing over the next generation by leaving clean energy and the environment out of the budget, says Senator Larissa Waters, de...

Comments on Budget 2017

9 May, 2017 - “If you’re under the age of 35, you’ve been screwed over in this budget - whether it’s the gouging of higher education, the lack of action on clim...

Comments on Budget 2017

9 May, 2017 - “If you’re under the age of 35, you’ve been screwed over in this budget - whether it’s the gouging of higher education, the lack of action on clim...