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Greens to tax vacant properties to fund affordable housing

8 November, 2017 - Under the Greens, houses and apartments left deliberately vacant in Brisbane will be taxed 5% every year, raising $800 million over five year...

Australia must take on United Kingdom on their rogue tax havens

7 November, 2017 - Greens Treasury Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has called on the Government to call in the UK Ambassador to ask why the UK continu...

Greens will intervene in Lib-Nat spat and nominate for Senate President role

7 November, 2017 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, will be nominating for the Senate President role and wishes to remind the Liberal and Nation...

Australia must take on United Kingdom on their rogue tax havens

7 November, 2017 - Greens Treasury Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has called on the Government to call in the UK Ambassador to ask why the UK continu...

Greens back scientifically tested shark deterrents for surfers

7 November, 2017 - The WA Government created a $200 rebate for personal shark deterrents in May 2017. The rebate is only currently available for the Shark Shiel...

Greens will intervene in Lib-Nat spat and nominate for Senate President role

7 November, 2017 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, will be nominating for the Senate President role and wishes to remind the Liberal and Nation...

Senate Estimates: GetUp! and the Australian Electoral Commission

7 November, 2017 - On Tuesday, 24 October 2017, Lee asked the following questions of Mr Tom Rogers, Electoral Commissioner, and Mr Paul Pirani, Chief Legal Offi...

Greens will intervene in Lib-Nat spat and nominate for Senate President role

7 November, 2017 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, will be nominating for the Senate President role and wishes to remind the Liberal and Nation...

Senate Estimates: Australian Wool Innovation and Mulesing

7 November, 2017 - On Tuesday, 24 October 2017 Lee asked questions of Walter Merriman, Chair of Australian Wool Innovation as part of Senate Estimates hearings ...

Heartbreaking lack of leadership on Referendum Council Recommendations

6 November, 2017 - I welcome the joint statement led by Fiona Stanley and ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie, and signed by over 1000 prominent Australians calling on M...

Greens: This is not the end of Adani

3 November, 2017 - Amy MacMahon, Lead spokesperson for the Qld Greens and candidate for South Brisbane says, "This Adani scandal shows the political system is r...

Greens propose four extra Public Holidays including State of Origin Day

3 November, 2017 - Under the Greens, Queenslanders will get four extra public holidays per year including State of Origin Day on game three, and International W...

Dutton has no choice but to end his humanitarian crisis

2 November, 2017 - Peter Dutton has no choice but to immediately end the humanitarian crisis he has created on Manus Island, Greens Immigration Spokesperson Nic...

ACT Greens negotiate Australia-first harm minimisation model with new standards for casino

2 November, 2017 - Legislation introduced today reducing bet limits for poker machines in the casino is an enormous change to gambling harm minimisation, ACT Gr...