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Community and tourists don’t want a mega-casino on the Gold Coast

7 July, 2017 - News that Caesars Entertainment who own more than 50 casinos across the world including Caesars Palace in Las Vegas has held talks with the backe...

Greens welcome union for remote and regional Australians forced onto CDP

7 July, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the ACTU establishing the First Nations Workers Alliance, a new union to protect people str...

SA hits the jackpot on Tesla deal, time for Turnbull to show his hand

7 July, 2017 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the State Government and Elon Musk’s announcement that a deal to build the world’s largest battery in South A...

Rubicon: beauty in Melbourne's backyard

7 July, 2017 - Jill Sanguinetti On and on it flows: a barbed, bristling, triffid-like sea of blackberries. Blackberries blanket roadsides and logged hills and a...

Dutton's illegal detention of Australians

5 July, 2017 - Peter Dutton must accept responsibility and come clean about his illegal detention of at least two Australian citizens, Greens Immigration spokes...

Funding new coal power morally criminal use of public money: Bandt

5 July, 2017 - In response to reports today that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) is a step closer to funding a coal-fired power station, Green...

Greens to move Senate Inquiry into Medicare data breach

5 July, 2017 - The Greens will move for a Senate inquiry to examine the Medicare data issues that have come to light in recent days, said Australian Greens lead...

Dutton's illegal detention of Australians

5 July, 2017 - Peter Dutton must accept responsibility and come clean about his illegal detention of at least two Australian citizens, Greens Immigration spokes...

Greens to move Senate Inquiry into Medicare data breach

5 July, 2017 - The Greens will move for a Senate inquiry to examine the Medicare data issues that have come to light in recent days, said Australian Greens lead...

Dutton's illegal detention of Australians

5 July, 2017 - Peter Dutton must accept responsibility and come clean about his illegal detention of at least two Australian citizens, Greens Immigration spokes...

Deregulation in disguise

5 July, 2017 - Robyn Lewis University students have fought the Abbott-Turnbull government since 2014, to prevent their constant attacks on higher education.  As...

UN joins growing calls for a Royal Commission into the abuse, violence and neglect of people with disability

4 July, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee...

A collective effort from Government with our First Peoples is needed to protect languages: Greens

4 July, 2017 - As NAIDOC week continues, Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues Senator Rachel Siewert is calling on Aus...

Australian women need paid domestic violence leave

4 July, 2017 - The safety net for women leaving abuse and violence should include 10 days of paid domestic violence leave say the Australian Greens. “In 2015, a...