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Liberals game laws to deliberately harm people owed protection

30 January, 2018 - Leaked cabinet documents show the extent to which the Liberals have undermined the law to deliberately cause harm to people they know are owe...

Former Abbott Government’s plan to stop supports for anyone under 30 shows true callousness: Greens

29 January, 2018 - News that in 2014 Tony Abbott considered banning income support for all Australians under 30 shows just how callous and out of touch his Gove...

TPP revival is all devil, no detail

24 January, 2018 - Hold the champagne – this ‘zombie TPP’ may be new, but it’s anything but improved, Greens trade and finance spokesperson Senator Sarah-Hanson...

Foreign interference laws

24 January, 2018 - The Greens share the deep concerns of civil liberties groups and media organisations about the scale and scope of the Government's foreign in...

Australia must follow Germany’s lead and ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen conflict

23 January, 2018 - Greens Defence spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the leadership of Angela Merkel in announcing a ban on all arms sales from ...

Malcolm Turnbull’s $60 million pledge a wasteful publicity stunt that’s doomed to fail

22 January, 2018 - Greens Senator for Queensland Andrew Bartlett says Malcolm Turnbull’s pledge of millions of dollars to protect the Great Barrier Reef is a wa...

Greens say Coalition naysayers should stop blocking Australia’s electric vehicle future

22 January, 2018 - The Turnbull Government needs to get its house in order and drive Australia’s electric vehicle future, or risk being left behind the rest of ...

Greens say Coalition naysayers should stop blocking Australia’s electric vehicle future

22 January, 2018 - The Turnbull Government needs to get its house in order and drive Australia’s electric vehicle future, or risk being left behind the rest of ...

Greens say Coalition naysayers should stop blocking Australia’s electric vehicle future

22 January, 2018 - The Turnbull Government needs to get its house in order and drive Australia’s electric vehicle future, or risk being left behind the rest of ...

Japan’s plan for new whaling mother-ship a deliberate provocation against Australia

22 January, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that Japan announcing plans for a new whaling mother-ship is a slap-...

Turnbull's deeper ties with Japan reward its flouting of rules-based order with continued illegal whaling

18 January, 2018 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says Malcolm Turnbull is rewarding the bad behaviour of Japan by seeking deep...

Students worked hard for university, the Government must work for them

17 January, 2018 - The Government must guarantee that all students offered a place at university will have their study funded, following billions of dollars in ...

Let public schools set the bar: Greens

16 January, 2018 - Public schooling in Australia must be the gold standard so parents do not feel they have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for their ch...

Buildings but no scientists: Turnbull must commit to re-funding Antarctic CRC

16 January, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has called on Malcolm Turnbull to overturn the Abbott-era policy changes ...

Take back control from mining companies: join the Greens

12 January, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett invites Queenslanders who want politicians to stop sacrificing workers, the environment, and climat...