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Government makes broken CDP worse despite promising overhaul

10 May, 2018 -  Changes by the Turnbull Government to the Community Development Program (CDP) in remote and regional Australia are tinkering around the edges, d...

New passenger reforms see light rail on track to deliver

10 May, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Canberra’s light rail service is one step closer with the second stage of legislative reforms passed today in the Legislati...

Government and Labor team up to sell out the Murray River and Victorian river communities

10 May, 2018 - “The government and Labor teaming up to cut 605 billion litres of water from the environment, sells out the Murray River and Victorian river comm...

Janet Rice on IDAHOBIT and LGBTIQ equality

10 May, 2018 - Senator RICE:  Next Thursday, 17 May, is IDAHOBIT. IDAHOBIT is not something out of Middle Earth or The Lord of the Rings; it's the International...

Vulnerable Australians continue to get left behind by Turnbull Government

10 May, 2018 - The Australian Greens said today people on lowest level of income have been completely ignored in this budget with no increase to the appallingly...

The Greens are the last line of defence for a healthy river system

10 May, 2018 - Following yesterday’s disallowance vote in the Senate, where Labor and Liberal teamed up to cut 605 billion litres of water from the environment,...

Greens say Turnbull’s high earner tax cuts are a handout to men, leaving women’s equality further behind

9 May, 2018 - The Greens have used ATO income statistics to highlight that the Turnbull Government’s tax cuts for high income earners will disproportionately be...

Budget ignores climate change despite rising pollution: Bandt

9 May, 2018 - Budget ignores climate change despite rising pollution: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said that despite the im...

Greens say Turnbull’s high earner tax cuts are a handout to men, leaving women’s equality further behind

9 May, 2018 - The Greens have used ATO income statistics to highlight that the Turnbull Government’s tax cuts for high income earners will disproportionately be...

Budget ignores climate change despite rising pollution: Bandt

9 May, 2018 - Budget ignores climate change despite rising pollution: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said that despite the im...

Janet on the 70th anniversary of al Nakba – Palestine

9 May, 2018 - Senator RICE (Victoria) (21:12):  Thanks, Mr. Acting Deputy President. Tonight I'm wearing around my neck a pendant of Handala. Handala is a belov...

Malcolm Turnbull’s Trump-style budget a dead end for Australia

8 May, 2018 - “Rarely do budgets give us such stark choices about what kind of future we want for our country, but this one surely does. We have a clear choice ...

Greens to introduce bill to remove tampon tax

8 May, 2018 - The Australian Greens will today give notice to introduce a bill to the Senate to repeal the tampon tax. “After 18 years, it’s time to finally axe...