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Cashless welfare card trial begins in Goldfields WA today

26 March, 2018 - It is a sad day for the WA Goldfields region, with the start today of the rollout of the cashless welfare card, said Australian Greens Senator ...

Greens fighting for students against HESLA Bill

26 March, 2018 - The Australian Greens will continue to fight the Liberal Government’s harsh university cuts by opposing the Higher Education Support Legislatio...

QLD Greens to Labor: stop ripping us off and get behind our Power for People Plan

26 March, 2018 - Following yet another report that shows Queensland Labor is ripping off Queenslanders on their power bills, the Queensland Greens have called o...

Janet outlines the Greens' support for high-speed rail

26 March, 2018 - Senator RICE (Victoria) (10:35):  I rise to speak to the High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2017. The Greens support this bill as a useful...

Janet calls out the government on native forest logging

26 March, 2018 - I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia (Minister Canavan) to a question wit...

Cashless welfare card trial begins in Goldfields WA today

26 March, 2018 - It is a sad day for the WA Goldfields region, with the start today of the rollout of the cashless welfare card, said Australian Greens Senator ...

Senator Andrew Bartlett announced as the Greens candidate for Brisbane

26 March, 2018 - The Queensland Greens are today announcing Senator Andrew Bartlett as the party's candidate for the seat of Brisbane at the next federal electi...

Catholic sector special treatment tears up Gonski plan

24 March, 2018 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Catholic Education Commission’s continued bastardisation of Gonski, following new Fairfax reports it is ...

Catholic sector special treatment tears up Gonski plan

24 March, 2018 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Catholic Education Commission’s continued bastardisation of Gonski, following new Fairfax reports it is ...

Creating a safer nightlife for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

24 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The CBR NightCrew has recruited three new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers until 30 June 2018 as part of a t...

Ducks are still in the crosshairs

23 March, 2018 - Victorian Greens spokesperson for Animal Justice, Sue Pennicuik, says the state’s waterbirds are far from safe following the opening weekend of...

Illiteracy, the reading wars and policy: Where should the Greens be?

23 March, 2018 - In 1996, ABS data showed that one in five Australian adults were close to illiterate. 20-odd years on, it doesn't appear things have improved –...

Taking stock and looking forward

23 March, 2018 - Richard Di Natale weighs in on a busy few months around the country that culminated in the state elections in SA and Tasmania. By Senator ...