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Post-Paris special climate briefing

10 December, 2015 - Wed, 2015-12-16 18:30 - 20:30 Senator Waters Electorate Office. Level 2, 251 Given Tce, Paddington QLD ...

Greens fear banks are coming after peoples’ super

10 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said he wants to make sure that the government’s exposure draft of further changes to super...

Australia must take subs off the table for Japan because of whaling

10 December, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, said, “The Liberal Government must remove Japan from the list of eligible bidde...

Labor Premiers selling out poor Australians by considering GST rise

9 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that Labor Premiers are selling out poor Australians by joining their Liberal colleague...

Innovation Statement welcome, but not enough to replace massive research cuts

7 December, 2015 - The Greens broadly welcome the Turnbull Government’s Innovation Statement, however it does not repair the huge damage done to the science and...

Christmas Toy Drive 2015

7 December, 2015 - When you're doing your Christmas shopping this year, please spare a thought for the children who won't be celebrating because they're locked ...

Citizenship Bill Third Reading Speech

4 December, 2015 - Violent extremism is a global problem, and it demands global cooperation to resolve. What it does not need is unilateralism, and this bill is...

Larissa Waters Responds to Minister Hunt's Australia's National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy

3 December, 2015 - Responding to Environment Minister Hunt's announcement of Australia's National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy, Australian Greens ...

Childcare changes to be investigated by Senate inquiry

3 December, 2015 - The Australian Greens will refer the Coalition's recently announced childcare package to a Senate inquiry amid growing concerns that many fam...

Government to support Greens amendments on corporate tax avoidance

3 December, 2015 - A standoff between the Turnbull Government and the Senate over multinational tax avoidance will be resolved this morning with the Government'...

Senate puts ice on government’s ideological super attack

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP welcomed the crossbench Senators putting the ice on the government’s ideological attack on super t...

Joint Strike Fighter Inquiry establishment a victory for democracy over special interests

2 December, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Defence, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the support of the Senate to establish an Inquiry into Australia’s proc...

National accounts figures show Australian economy still too reliant on mining exports: Greens

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the national accounts released this morning reveal that the Australian economy is still...

Malcolm Turnbull's last chance to get kids out by Christmas

2 December, 2015 - Malcolm Turnbull has one last chance to get children out of detention by Christmas. Will he do the right thing and let them live, learn and p...

Malcolm Turnbull: Pretender in Paris, but clean energy slasher at home

1 December, 2015 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said today that while Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has committed to double clean energy research ...