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State Budget wish list

26 April, 2018 - The Greens (WA) are hoping for a sound result for regional communities when treasurer Ben Wyatt hands down the 2018-19 Western Australian State...

Property industry challenged to build first ‘net zero’ building

26 April, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The ACT property development industry has today been challenged to build the ACT’s first ‘net zero’ emissions commercial ...

Live sheep export – the cruelty continues

25 April, 2018 - Hon. Diane Evers MLC Surely all Australian producers, politicians and general populace do not condone the horrific conditions often experien...

Greens condemn Education Minister's disregard for Indgenous languages

25 April, 2018 - The NT Greens condemn the remarks of Liberal Federal Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham who this week denied the human right ...

Vic prison secures almost $690m in budget

25 April, 2018 - Victorian Greens justice spokeswoman Sue Pennicuik said building more prisons did nothing to reduce crime and the existing prevention and rehab...

Vic prison secures almost $690m in budget

25 April, 2018 - Victorian Greens justice spokeswoman Sue Pennicuik said building more prisons did nothing to reduce crime and the existing prevention and rehab...

One off drug-users to be caught in Government’s plan to drug test income support recipients

24 April, 2018 - A senate committee inquiry has revealed that jobseekers who smoke a single joint on the weekend could be put onto the cashless welfare card for...

Inquiry into drug testing income support recipients draws more condemnation from experts

24 April, 2018 - Hearings into the Government’s proposed plan to drug test income support recipients have once again demonstrated an overwhelming opposition to ...

Inquiry into drug testing income support recipients draws more condemnation from experts

24 April, 2018 - Hearings into the Government’s proposed plan to drug test income support recipients have once again demonstrated an overwhelming opposition to ...

One off drug-users to be caught in Government’s plan to drug test income support recipients

24 April, 2018 - A senate committee inquiry has revealed that jobseekers who smoke a single joint on the weekend could be put onto the cashless welfare card for...

Greens lock horns with McGowan over Burrup ‘betrayal’

24 April, 2018 - Friday, 20th April 2018 The Greens (WA) have slammed the Premier over the Labor Government’s decision to allow two new industrial projects on t...

Drug testing people on welfare is wrong

24 April, 2018 - Logan has double the population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people compared to metropolitan Brisbane, and almost half of the peopl...

Cockburn Cement emissions kept secret

24 April, 2018 - Tuesday, 24th April 2018 Data on emissions from the coal-powered Cockburn Cement facility in Munster have been kept a secret from the public de...

Students must not foot the bill for rorting private VET sector

23 April, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to waive the debts unknowingly incurred by young Australians hoodwinked by private VET prov...

Personal information of income support recipients at risk with private company: Greens

23 April, 2018 - While glad government has finally recognised that the call wait time is outrageous and is putting more staff on, it is very disappointing that ...