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Direct Action is a sham, safeguard mechanism not safe: Bandt

19 February, 2018 - Direct Action is a sham, safeguard mechanism not safe: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said reports today ...

Automating Centrelink debt recovery still a disaster: Greens

15 February, 2018 - One in six robo-debts being wiped or changed in the first year shows that the program continues to be a disaster, Australian Greens Senator ...

Carbon Capture and Storage won’t save coal & is a waste of money and a waste of time: Bandt

15 February, 2018 - Carbon Capture and Storage won’t save coal & is a waste of money and a waste of time: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Ad...

Billions of litres of environmental water saved from the clutches of greedy corporate irrigators

15 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens’ push to stop billions of litres of water from being stripped from the environment to feather the nests of greedy corp...

Old parties vote down $75 increase to Newstart in the Senate

15 February, 2018 - The Turnbull Government and the Labor party have together voted down a Senate motion calling for an increase of the single rate of Newstart ...

Independent audit of Murray Darling Basin Plan must begin immediately

15 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an independent audit of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, including where taxpayers’ money has been spent...

Pokies must go for action on harmful gambling addiction: Greens

14 February, 2018 - It is deeply disappointing that the majority of senators have turned their backs on vulnerable Australians by voting down a motion calling f...

Labor caves to big business and embraces trickle-down economics

14 February, 2018 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Labor Party’s newly announced policy positi...

Action needed to ensure kids with cognitive impairment don’t end up in the justice system: Greens

14 February, 2018 - A report by the Telethon Kids Institute showing 89% of predominantly Aboriginal children in detention in WA have severe cognitive impairment...

Net neutrality inquiry necessary to ensure Australians have guaranteed access to free and open internet: Greens

13 February, 2018 - Tuesday, 13 February The opposition have back flipped on net neutrality and voted with the government against a motion, moved by the Austral...

10th anniversary of Australia’s Apology to the Stolen Generations, yet deaths in custody continue

13 February, 2018 - 10th anniversary of Australia’s Apology to the Stolen Generations, yet deaths in custody continue In the wake of a second Aboriginal death i...

Labor must halt logging of Strathbogie forest home of Greater Glider, say Greens

13 February, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the Victorian Labor government to step in to halt logging by its commercial logging arm VicForests, which has move...

Don’t buy into the blackmail, protect the river: Greens

13 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens have reaffirmed their commitment to the survival of the Murray Darling Basin, calling on crossbenchers and Labor to ho...

We still have a long way to go with Closing the Gap, ‘refresh’ must ensure proper consultation: Greens

12 February, 2018 - Closing the Gap progress could only really go up from last year’s annual report, but we still have a really long way to go, Australian Green...