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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-...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Greens concern at Iran’s crackdown on dissent

10 January, 2018 - Senator Richard Di Natale, leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, said the Australian Greens remain deeply con...

Gina Rinehart and QLD Labor: prepare for a community backlash

6 January, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett is warning Gina Rinehart and QLD Labor to prepare for the same community backlash that has all but k...

Qld Labor betrays us by extending coal mining lease another 25 years

4 January, 2018 - The state Labor government’s decision to issue a lease to extend the life of the Boundary Hill coal mine betrays Queenslanders while serving t...

Manus Island crisis re-escalates

21 December, 2017 - The federal government's neglect of refugees and people seeking asylum on Manus Island has led to a re-escalation of tension and danger, Gre...

Chasing Trump-like company tax cuts makes no sense: Greens

21 December, 2017 - The Liberal Government’s plan to give tax cuts to big corporations to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump makes as much sense as the rev...

Fossil fuel giant BHP turns away from coal, Turnbull needs to stop and smell the carbon

20 December, 2017 - Fossil fuel giant BHP turns away from coal, Turnbull needs to stop and smell the carbon The Turnbull government’s attempts to deny the death...