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‘Boys to men’: additional funding for youth mental health

22 January, 2018 - Shane Rattensbury, MLA The ACT Government will provide $100,000 over two years to support a Menslink mental health support program for school...

Malcolm Turnbull’s $60 million pledge a wasteful publicity stunt that’s doomed to fail

22 January, 2018 - Greens Senator for Queensland Andrew Bartlett says Malcolm Turnbull’s pledge of millions of dollars to protect the Great Barrier Reef is a wa...

Colleen Hartland to retire early from Victorian Parliament

22 January, 2018 - Colleen Hartland will retire from the Victorian Parliament when parliament resumes at the start of February, after serving 11 years as the Me...

Greens welcome electric car plans

22 January, 2018 - The Australian Greens welcome Sanjeev Gupta’s plans to build electric cars in Adelaide, following years of campaigning to transition the Hold...

Labor must reverse camp school closure: Greens WA

19 January, 2018 - Monday, 8 January 2018 The Greens (WA) member for the Mining and Pastoral Region, Robin Chapple MLC, has welcomed the government’s decision t...

Vale Dr Joe Baker AO OBE

19 January, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA “We are saddened today to learn of the passing of Dr Joe Baker, AO OBE. “A marine pharmacology pioneer and world author...

State Government’s fracking inquiry grossly underfunded

19 January, 2018 - Wednesday, 29 November 2017 The Greens WA have called for the Government to increase funding for their current fracking inquiry after parliam...

SOTA Cuts contradict children’s right to education: Greens

19 January, 2018 - Saturday, 16 December 2017 Greens spokesperson for Education Hon Alison Xamon MLC and Robin Chapple MLC for the Mining and Pastoral Region ha...

Community housing waiting list must be addressed: Greens WA

19 January, 2018 - Monday, 15 January 2018 The length of waiting lists to access community housing in Kalgoorlie-Boulder should be a cause for concern for the M...

Celebrating hard working corrections staff in Canberra

19 January, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The ACT’s correctional officers and community corrections staff will be recognised today as part of Australia’s first a...

Nuclear power doesn’t belong in the Pilbara: WA Greens

19 January, 2018 - Wednesday, 13 December 2017 The Greens (WA) spokesperson for Nuclear Issues, Robin Chapple MLC has labelled a nuclear reactor proposal in the...

The Greens (WA) are hopeful DMP will reopen mining registrar offices

19 January, 2018 - Tuesday, 9 January 2018 The Greens (WA) are hopeful that the threatened closures of eight regional mining registrar offices will be temporary...

Environment Minister must protect Helena Aurora Range from Mining: Greens

19 January, 2018 - Friday, 24 November 2017 The Greens (WA) spokesperson for the Environment, Robin Chapple MLC welcomed today the Environment Minister’s decisi...

State Government remote community investment mustn’t stop at Tjuntjuntjurra: The Greens (WA)

19 January, 2018 - Thursday, 14 December 2017 The Greens (WA) have welcomed the State government’s recent $23.8 million investment into Tjuntjuntjurra remote co...

#ChangetheDate

19 January, 2018 - Rachel Siewert and Lidia Thorpe On January 26, 1788 the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson, and Arthur Phillip raised the Union Jack on the ...