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Timber Processing Yard plan at odds with ALP’s election promise

12 March, 2018 - Greens Forests MLC Diane Evers says a plan by the Forest Products Commission to set up a low-value timber processing yard in the South-West and...

Bring Tamil family of four back to Biloela

12 March, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett is backing the people of Biloela and calling for Peter Dutton to return a family of four ripped from ...

Outstanding recycling results achieved at Multicultural Festival

10 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Recycling at this year’s Multicultural Festival saw more than 8.5 tonnes of mixed recycling diverted from landfill, Minis...

Cuts to support payment for people seeking asylum

9 March, 2018 - Peter Dutton’s cuts to support payments for people seeking asylum are cruel, punitive and unfair, Greens Immigration Spokesperson Nick McKim say...

Niall Blair must go to renew faith in Murray Darling Basin Plan compliance: Greens

9 March, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on NSW regional water minister Niall Blair to be sacked after revelations Water NSW grossly misled the Ombudsm...

Commonwealth urged to work as a matter of urgency to achieve redress in WA

9 March, 2018 - WA Greens Senator Rachel Siewert and Alison Xamon MLC welcome the Victorian and NSW Governments agreeing to sign up to a national redress scheme...

People power can defeat TPP

9 March, 2018 - The Greens stand with the Australian community in the fight to defeat the corporation-serving Trans Pacific Partnership. “The Greens will fight ...

There needs to be truth-telling about January 26 when City of Cockburn consults further

9 March, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has urged the City of Cockburn to include important information about the true history of January 26 wh...

ACT Government welcomes Health Services Commissioner review

9 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The ACT Government today welcomed the Health Services Commissioner’s Review of the Opioid Replacement Treatment Program at...

Queensland Labor should return $100,000 given to them by the gambling industry since 2015.

9 March, 2018 - Queensland Labor should return the $100,000 given to them by the gambling industry says Queensland Greens Senator and spokesperson for gambling,...

Michael Berkman Greens MP calls for stronger action on political donations

9 March, 2018 - The Member for Maiwar, Queensland Greens MP, Michael Berkman today reiterated the need for broad electoral funding reform and banning political ...

There needs to be truth-telling about January 26 when City of Cockburn consults further

9 March, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has urged the City of Cockburn to include important information about the true history of January 26 wh...

Niall Blair must go to renew faith in Murray Darling Basin Plan compliance: Greens

9 March, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on NSW regional water minister Niall Blair to be sacked after revelations Water NSW grossly misled the Ombudsm...

Greens MP hopes for bi-partisan Vegetation Management action

9 March, 2018 - Michael Berkman, Greens MP for Maiwar, has today called on all parties and stakeholders to put politics aside in implementing a Vegetation Manag...

Cuts to support payment for people seeking asylum

9 March, 2018 - Peter Dutton’s cuts to support payments for people seeking asylum are cruel, punitive and unfair, Greens Immigration Spokesperson Nick McKim say...