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Planning law has power to destroy our community

7 February, 2019 - Greens call for immediate moratorium on manor houses. Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP is calling for an immediate moratorium on ...

Morrison Government playing politics with disabled people when it comes to Paralympic funding: Steele-John

6 February, 2019 - Wednesday, 6th February 2019 Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has welcomed Prime Minister Morrison...

Bird exports must be stopped and investigated

6 February, 2019 - Reports of more rare and endangered birds being exported to Germany and into the hands of a convicted criminal must be investigated urgently,...

Speirs aimed at wrong target

5 February, 2019 - The South Australian Liberal Government needs to stop fighting the SA Royal Commissioner and start fighting for our water if they are serious...

An immediate fix for unsafe cladding

5 February, 2019 - Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam is calling for the urgent replacement of flammable cladding on buildings that have been identifi...

Banking Royal Commission report a small step towards the reform we deserve

4 February, 2019 - Today’s disappointing final report into the banking and financial services industry will slow, but not end decades of money grabbing and unet...

Manus and Nauru medical evacuation legislation

4 February, 2019 - The Prime Minister’s proposed change to medical assessment for people in offshore detention is nothing more than a shuffling of administrativ...

We’ll see you in court: local community starts court challenge to stadium demolition

4 February, 2019 - Local community group Local Democracy Matters have issued a legal challenge to the State Government regarding the approval for the controvers...

Greens launch policy to clean up politics

1 February, 2019 - The Greens are today launching their policy to clean up politics and end the corrupting influence of big money on our democracy, so we can cr...

Donations data shows our democracy is for sale

1 February, 2019 - The political donations data released today revealing massive corporate donations to the major parties shows our democracy is for sale and do...

Senate inquiry into the APVMA marred by donations from vested interests to Labor and Liberal parties, say Greens

1 February, 2019 - The report of the Senate inquiry into the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has been marred by the revelations...

Member for Ballina Tamara Smith calls for compulsory acquisition of West Byron site

1 February, 2019 - State Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP has called on the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Environment and Heritage to compulsori...

Private Schools Continue to be Showered in Cash Under Liberals and Labor

31 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that Catholic and private schools will continue...

Statement on the Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission

31 January, 2019 - Today we’ve seen the SA Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission deliver a stinging indictment of a plan that has become a multi-billion dollar ...