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Vic prison secures almost $690m in budget

25 April, 2018 - Victorian Greens justice spokeswoman Sue Pennicuik said building more prisons did nothing to reduce crime and the existing prevention and rehab...

Greens condemn Education Minister's disregard for Indgenous languages

25 April, 2018 - The NT Greens condemn the remarks of Liberal Federal Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham who this week denied the human right ...

Vic prison secures almost $690m in budget

25 April, 2018 - Victorian Greens justice spokeswoman Sue Pennicuik said building more prisons did nothing to reduce crime and the existing prevention and rehab...

Inquiry into drug testing income support recipients draws more condemnation from experts

24 April, 2018 - Hearings into the Government’s proposed plan to drug test income support recipients have once again demonstrated an overwhelming opposition to ...

One off drug-users to be caught in Government’s plan to drug test income support recipients

24 April, 2018 - A senate committee inquiry has revealed that jobseekers who smoke a single joint on the weekend could be put onto the cashless welfare card for...

Greens lock horns with McGowan over Burrup ‘betrayal’

24 April, 2018 - Friday, 20th April 2018 The Greens (WA) have slammed the Premier over the Labor Government’s decision to allow two new industrial projects on t...

Drug testing people on welfare is wrong

24 April, 2018 - Logan has double the population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people compared to metropolitan Brisbane, and almost half of the peopl...

Cockburn Cement emissions kept secret

24 April, 2018 - Tuesday, 24th April 2018 Data on emissions from the coal-powered Cockburn Cement facility in Munster have been kept a secret from the public de...

Inquiry into drug testing income support recipients draws more condemnation from experts

24 April, 2018 - Hearings into the Government’s proposed plan to drug test income support recipients have once again demonstrated an overwhelming opposition to ...

One off drug-users to be caught in Government’s plan to drug test income support recipients

24 April, 2018 - A senate committee inquiry has revealed that jobseekers who smoke a single joint on the weekend could be put onto the cashless welfare card for...

Students must not foot the bill for rorting private VET sector

23 April, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to waive the debts unknowingly incurred by young Australians hoodwinked by private VET prov...

Personal information of income support recipients at risk with private company: Greens

23 April, 2018 - While glad government has finally recognised that the call wait time is outrageous and is putting more staff on, it is very disappointing that ...

Personal information of income support recipients at risk with private company: Greens

23 April, 2018 - While glad government has finally recognised that the call wait time is outrageous and is putting more staff on, it is very disappointing that ...

Students must not foot the bill for rorting private VET sector

23 April, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to waive the debts unknowingly incurred by young Australians hoodwinked by private VET prov...

Greens' plan to transition live sheep export industry to local processing backed by meat workers union

22 April, 2018 - 

The Australian Greens will today launch their '5-Point Plan to End Cruelty and Expand Jobs' that would quickly transition the live sheep expo...