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Abuse of people with disability is not going to stop, we need a Royal Commission

29 March, 2017 - Following the Four Corners report that showed more harrowing footage of people with disability living in group care, both the Coalition and the...

Senate calls on Government to come good on funding for neurodegenerative disease in East Arnhem Land

27 March, 2017 - The Greens and Labor have secured Senate support calling on the Federal Government to make good on a $10 million grant that they have refused t...

Barnaby Joyce is talking through his hat on Heyfield mill crisis

27 March, 2017 - The Greens have condemned the Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce’s blundering attempt to wade in to Victorian forest issues, saying these type of short-si...

Aboriginal Legal Services should not have been excluded from race-hate inquiry: Greens

24 March, 2017 - It is atrocious that the Government excluded Aboriginal Legal Services from giving evidence at a senate inquiry into race-hate laws, Australian...

The Government should not have Accenture ‘transforming’ Centrelink, recipients have been through enough

23 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has expressed concern that the company behind the bungled Tax Office overhaul has been selected to ‘tr...

Greens and Labor secure support for senate inquiry into broken Community Development Program

22 March, 2017 - The Greens and Labor have secured Senate support for a senate inquiry into the failing Community Development Program that is being rolled out i...

Greens oppose harsh omnibus bill and call on crossbench to do the same

21 March, 2017 - The Greens will oppose the Omnibus Bill proposed by the Government that would cut billions from the social safety net. The Greens have tabled a...

Senate calls for action on Aboriginal hearing health

21 March, 2017 - The Greens have secured Senate support for a motion calling on Australian Governments to urgently address hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres...

Justice for teargassed youth at Don Dale welcome: Greens

21 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the decision by Justice Judith Kelly to award damages to four teenagers who were tear-gas...

Australian Greens respond to Native Title Amendment Bill 2017

20 March, 2017 - Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues Senator Rachel Siewert says:   “The proposed amendments to the N...

More cuts to social safety net not the solution for budget repair: Greens

17 March, 2017 - The Business Council’s claims that we would require a $50 billion cut to the social safety net to plug up the budget if savings don’t pass the ...

Holden must clean up before it clears out

16 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling for a plan to clean up the Holden plant and surrounding areas to be expedited following the 122-hectare Eliza...

Greens call on Government to Close the Gap on Aboriginal hearing health

16 March, 2017 - The Greens have welcomed today's Close the Gap Progress and Priorities report. Senator Rachel Siewert is calling on the Government to Close the...

More hot air from state & federal governments on gas plans

15 March, 2017 - Malcolm Turnbull and the South Australian Government need to stop looking to gas as a saviour for our energy crisis and instead make meaningful...