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More cuts to social safety net not the solution for budget repair: Greens

17 March, 2017 - The Business Council’s claims that we would require a $50 billion cut to the social safety net to plug up the budget if savings don’t pass the ...

Holden must clean up before it clears out

16 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling for a plan to clean up the Holden plant and surrounding areas to be expedited following the 122-hectare Eliza...

Greens call on Government to Close the Gap on Aboriginal hearing health

16 March, 2017 - The Greens have welcomed today's Close the Gap Progress and Priorities report. Senator Rachel Siewert is calling on the Government to Close the...

More hot air from state & federal governments on gas plans

15 March, 2017 - Malcolm Turnbull and the South Australian Government need to stop looking to gas as a saviour for our energy crisis and instead make meaningful...

Time to double down on Musk's wager

11 March, 2017 - Elon Musk's proposal to solve South Australia’s energy crisis with battery storage is the game changer our state needs to switch back on, Austr...

Government using commission only private debt collectors for automated debt recovery program

9 March, 2017 - The Senate inquiry into the Centrelink debt recovery process has revealed that the Government is paying private debt collectors commission only ...

Australian Greens respond to claims one-third of parents unsure about vaccination.

8 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale today said: “Immunisation is one of the most successful public health initiatives ever, and has le...

Greens stand with childcare workers striking today

8 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens stand in solidarity with the thousands of childcare workers striking this afternoon to highlight the low wages they receiv...

Dutton must guarantee health services for Manus Island

4 March, 2017 - Immigration Minister Peter Dutton must immediately clarify the status of medical care available to people seeking asylum on Manus Island. "We ar...

28 million busy signals hit in the first seven months of this financial year for those trying to reach Centrelink

3 March, 2017 - “28 million calls hitting a busy signal in the first seven months of this financial year is astronomical and could reflect people trying to get ...

DHS trawling social media to find Centrelink complaints only to intimidate recipients is huge concern: Greens

3 March, 2017 - “It is deeply concerning that DHS staff have been trawling through social media to find people complaining about Centrelink to provide to the Mi...

We must act on fundamental flaws to Murray Darling Basin Plan for river to flourish

2 March, 2017 - The Murray Darling Basin Plan has been fundamentally flawed from the beginning and needs to be fixed, the Australian Greens have said in respons...

Unconventional gas could be worse than coal: we need a national fracking ban

1 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens today reiterated their call for a national ban on fracking in light of reports that unconventional gas fracking could be w...