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Federal Government’s Woeful Response to Access to Justice Report

30 April, 2016 - Attorney-General George Brandis continues to ignore the massive barriers preventing access to justice across Australia, Greens spokesperson for...

Greens announce doubling of funding for women’s shelters and call for federal budget funding

29 April, 2016 - The Greens have announced a plan to double funding for women’s shelters and are calling on the Turnbull Government to reverse its domestic viol...

Greens release economic principles for upcoming Budget and election

29 April, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP and Finance spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today released the party’s Budget Principles for...

Greens Infrastructure Financing Policy: Borrow big now to invest in projects large AND small

29 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today launched their policy to establish the Australian Infrastructure Bank on the back of a comprehensive Senate In...

SA Greens join with traditional owners in saying ‘no’ to waste dump

29 April, 2016 - State and Federal South Australian Greens are calling on the community to stand together with traditional owners who are fighting against havin...

Groundhog Day as Turnbull throws a lifeline to dying coal

29 April, 2016 - The proposal for a second Basslink is Groundhog Day for Tasmania, with former Liberal Minister Warwick Smith being used to work around the Clea...

Nation ‘misty-eyed’ as Omid declared dead

29 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed their condolences to the friends, family and wife of a young man named Omid who has died after self-immola...

Government has no refugee plan beyond fear-mongering election politics

28 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have accused the government of having no plan for people seeking asylum, besides using them as the basis for a divisive f...

Community Legal Centres miss out in budget

28 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

Greens announce 7-point plan to revitalise reef and economy as coal industry collapses

28 April, 2016 - The  Greens say Australia should be planning for a future without coal, not a future without our spectacular Great Barrier Reef, announcing a p...

Greens help Tasmanians conserve energy

28 April, 2016 - The Greens will hit the streets in coming weeks to help Tasmanians conserve electricity and save money during the energy crisis, showing the le...

Last minute to midnight resolution for CSIRO climate scientists still equals cuts and uncertainty

27 April, 2016 - Chairman of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures, and Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator Peter Whish-W...

Community Legal Centres miss out in family violence package, say Greens

27 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

New CSIRO climate science centre a ‘sleight of hand’

26 April, 2016 - Greens Science spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the CSIRO management’s announcement of a new climate science centre in Hobart is really ju...

Manus Island illegal; time to close the camp and bring the people to Australia

26 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the PNG Supreme Court's decision, declaring the Manus Island camp to be illegal, and have called on Malc...