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Greens call on Labor to support tampon tax bill this year

29 April, 2018 - The Greens today welcomed Labor’s announcement that they will remove the GST on menstrual hygiene products if they form government after the ne...

Check the label and choose real free range eggs

28 April, 2018 - Despite a disappointing new national standard on egg labelling commencing this week, Canberrans can still choose ‘genuine’ free range eggs and ...

Climate change and water in WA

28 April, 2018 - Chris Johansen The doyen of water in WA continues to be C.Y. OConnor, the engineer who designed and supervised construction of the Kalgoorli...

Renewables jobs boom in spite of Turnbull's war on renewables: Bandt

27 April, 2018 - Renewables jobs boom in spite of Turnbull's war on renewables: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today welcomed...

Coorong is dying while Government tries to sell ripping water from environment

27 April, 2018 - The Government must drop its plans to rip 605 billion litres out of environmental water from the southern Murray Darling Basin and focus on res...

We are not plants

27 April, 2018 - Vivienne Glance We cannot hang like xerophytes drinking air cannot share the oceans lick as Spinifex can nor curl up like moss, as nea...

Keeping Victorians safe at work

27 April, 2018 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the Government and opposition to join them in supporting a push from the Victorian Trades Hall for the intr...

Coalition’s Reef package ignores the climate elephant in the room

27 April, 2018 - To rescue the Reef we need no new thermal coal mines and a ban on fossil fuel donations, says Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett. "The C...

Renewables jobs boom in spite of Turnbull's war on renewables: Bandt

27 April, 2018 - Renewables jobs boom in spite of Turnbull's war on renewables: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today welcomed...

Coorong is dying while Government tries to sell ripping water from environment

27 April, 2018 - The Government must drop its plans to rip 605 billion litres out of environmental water from the southern Murray Darling Basin and focus on res...

Greens visit Swan Hill to discuss the Murray Darling Basin crisis with farmers and local community

27 April, 2018 - Australian Greens senator Janet Rice and Victorian Greens candidate for Northern Victoria, Nicole Rowan, this week visited Swan Hill to discuss...

Full and adequate funding for the NDIS must be guaranteed: Greens

27 April, 2018 - Friday, 27 April Australian Greens Disability Rights Spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today he was deeply concerned about the ongoi...

Greens launch plan to reboot recycling

26 April, 2018 - Waste & Recycling and Healthy Oceans portfolio holder, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today has launched the Greens’ response to the national recy...

Greens committed to stopping changes to Basin Plan

26 April, 2018 - The Australian Greens have today reaffirmed their commitment to disallowing changes to the Murray Darling Basin Plan. “The Senate is being aske...

Ticket to ride: ACT Greens call for pets on public transport

26 April, 2018 - The ACT Greens today reaffirmed calls for a trial to allow pets to travel on ACTION buses, in step with community views and consistent with oth...