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Report shows the harm of income management, Government must listen and dump income management

8 December, 2017 - A new report by the University of Sydney that shows a link between income management and lower birthweights and school attendance must be car...

High Court ruling means right to strike at risk

8 December, 2017 - High Court ruling means right to strike at risk Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the judgement handed d...

High Court ruling means right to strike at risk

8 December, 2017 - High Court ruling means right to strike at risk Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the judgement handed d...

Report shows the harm of income management, Government must listen and dump income management

8 December, 2017 - A new report by the University of Sydney that shows a link between income management and lower birthweights and school attendance must be car...

Driving change: seven projects funded to improve road safety

8 December, 2017 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Seven community road safety projects will be funded this year by the ACT Road Safety Fund—among them, a community-desig...

It's time for a new kind of politics

7 December, 2017 - "It’s time for a new kind of politics," said Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett in his Maiden Speech yesterday.  "People have asked me...

Fact-checking fake news: ACT Greens call for Canberra ‘fact checking unit’ to inform public debate

7 December, 2017 - Caroline Le Couteur, MLA The ACT Greens today called on the Government to investigate establishing an ACT-specific fact-checking unit to supp...

Queensland Greens Claim Victory in Maiwar

7 December, 2017 - The Queensland Greens and Michael Berkman have declared victory in the seat of Maiwar marking the first time a Green has been elected to the ...

Have your say on the new Office for Mental Health

7 December, 2017 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The Canberra community is invited to have its say on the establishment of the new Office for Mental Health. Minister fo...

Greens-backed petition for compensation for farmers affected by GM contamination pays off

7 December, 2017 - Greens Agriculture Spokesperson Diane Evers MLC has welcomed the agreement by a WA Parliamentary committee to conduct an inquiry into compens...

Bail support program provides more support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees

7 December, 2017 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The Government has partnered with the Aboriginal Legal Service to develop a two-year bail support program to address th...

Turnbull rewards Barnaby Joyce’s bad behaviour

6 December, 2017 - Barnaby Joyce returning to the water ministry is devastating for Murray Darling Basin communities, downstream states, and the future of the M...

Greens oppose cashless welfare card expansion entirely, Labor should do the same 

6 December, 2017 - The Australian Greens oppose the Government’s bill to expand the cashless welfare card trials in its entirety, and have dissented from the Co...