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Discussions of a Custody Notification Service in WA welcome

10 August, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed commencement of discussions with the Federal Government over funding for a Custody Notif...

Trying to scare people into supporting the cashless card a worrying ramp up of Andrew Forrest’s campaign: Greens

10 August, 2017 - Andrew Forrest is trying to use similar shock tactics to those of the previous Howard Government to scare people into supporting the cashless ...

Greens Senator Janet Rice joins High Court challenge to postal plebiscite

10 August, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator and LGBTIQ spokesperson, Janet Rice, has joined Australian Marriage Equality in a challenge to the validity of the p...

Greens urge enrolment check

10 August, 2017 - The Australian Greens are urging everyone, particularly young people, to check that their enrolment details are up-to-date or to quickly get t...

TURNBULL’S FIRESIDE CHAT WITH ELECTRICITY RETAILERS WON’T STOP PRICE INCREASES: BANDT

10 August, 2017 - Turnbull’s fireside chat with electricity retailers won’t stop price increases: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt...

Centrelink continues to intimidate vulnerable Australians with threatening texts

9 August, 2017 - The Government continues its agenda of intimidation of Centrelink recipients with threatening text messages to people following the letters rec...

Commbank’s $10 billion profit is a siren song on what is wrong with the Australian economy

9 August, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded today to the Commonwealth Bank’s record profit announcement. “The announcem...

Governments favour private toll companies over the public, say the Greens 

9 August, 2017 - Australian Greens transport spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has said that Transurban’s record profit released yesterday, with a $187 million ...

Greens Senate motion orders government to produce details of postal plebiscite

9 August, 2017 - A Greens motion has succeeded in the Senate which forces the production of documents regarding the postal plebiscite. This order compels the go...

GREENS PUSH TO RE-REGULATE ELECTRICITY PRICES

9 August, 2017 - Greens push to re-regulate electricity prices The Australian Greens will move to cap electricity prices in a push for the government to reregul...

Australian Greens introduce bill to urgently tackle inequality with an increase to income support payments

9 August, 2017 - The Australian Greens have introduced a bill in the Senate that would increase woefully low Newstart and Youth Allowance payments by $110 a for...

The big bucks should stop with Ian Narev and his executives, who could still get a fat $10 million package

8 August, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has labelled the decision by the Commbank board to cut just the short-term cash bonus...

Greens move in Senate to release postal plebiscite advice

8 August, 2017 - Australian Greens LGBTIQ spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has lodged a notice of motion in the Senate requesting documents that lay out the advi...

Greens stand with students to fight harsh uni cuts

8 August, 2017 - The Australian Greens stand in solidarity with students protesting around the country today against the government's harsh university cuts. "Th...

Four Corners exposes crisis in nation’s recycling industry while government sits silent

8 August, 2017 - Greens spokesperson on Waste & Recycling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded to Monday’s 4 Corners program that exposed the crisis in Austra...