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Australia must protect territorial waters from illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Prime Minister Turnbull needs to take far stronger action to protect Australia’s territorial waters from illegal whaling, Greens Senator for ...

Turnbull bottles it over illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has bottled it once again by refusing to confront Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over illegal whaling, Gr...

Greens applaud win against fracking giant Santos and warn against fracking spree

13 January, 2017 - Greens applaud win against fracking giant Santos and warn against fracking spree The Australian Greens applaud the work of community group We...

One Nation are conspiracy-peddling knuckle-draggers

12 January, 2017 - The revelations about the outrageous conspiracy theories held by the One Nation candidate for the Queensland state seat of Mulgrave are shock...

Leyonhjelm, Hanson childcare comments rule them out of reasonable debate

11 January, 2017 - Senators David Leyonhjelm and Pauline Hanson have shown that they’re not up to taking part in a constructive discussion around reforming Aust...

Government cannot defend Centrelink debacle

5 January, 2017 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Treasury spokesperson for the Australian Greens, says the Turnbull Government has significant questions to answer ...

Sea Shepherd doing the government's job in the Southern Ocean

23 December, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says that the Australian Government's failure to keep their promise to monitor J...

PC report into copyright changes must not be the trojan horse for further attacks on Australian arts

20 December, 2016 - Proposed changes to copyright laws in Australia do nothing to protect artists and devalue their contribution to our society, The Australian ...

Young people lose out in MYEFO as generation gap worsens

20 December, 2016 - Australian Greens Finance and Youth spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed the Turnbull government for its inaction in bridging...

Greens respond to poor Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook report card

19 December, 2016 - The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook released today highlights the Turnbull Government’s dead-end plan to balance the budget on the back...

Treasurer Morrison playing catch up on Greens economic policy

14 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the comments from Scott Morrison on regional community development and al...

Wanted: PM’s backbone. Reward: lower power prices in SA

9 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for the return of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s backbone and resolve on climate policy – and the reward...

Companies risk reputational damage with offshore contracts

9 December, 2016 - The four companies that have expressed an interest in multibillion-dollar government contracts for detention centres on Manus Island and Naur...

Adani pay just 0.008 percent in tax on multimillion dollar earnings

9 December, 2016 - It beggars belief that the Queensland and federal governments want to give Adani, a company that paid just 0.008 percent in tax on their tota...

More than words needed to end domestic violence

8 December, 2016 - Going into COAG, if the federal government is actually committed to the safety of women and children experiencing domestic violence, they mus...