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Electric vehicle targets lagging under Turnbull Government, Greens call for action

15 June, 2017 - Senator Janet Rice, Australian Greens spokesperson for transport, has called on the government to do more to increase the uptake of electric veh...

Some acknowledgement at last for nuclear veterans

15 June, 2017 - I told Senator Williams on the way in that I would come in here this afternoon and say something nice about the government, and I was not bluffi...

Tudge, Hunt and Sukkar should pay for their own defence

15 June, 2017 - The government ministers at the centre of the contempt of court proceedings should pay for their own legal defence, Greens Justice spokesperson ...

36 things you can do to help refugees right now

15 June, 2017 - Kon Karapanagiotidis You are powerful when you unleash your compassion, passion and talent to create welcome and safety for refugees. The darker...

The next 25 years…

15 June, 2017 - Tim Hollo 2017 marks 25 years since the federation of the Australian Greens — a quarter century in which the party has gone from being a fringe ...

Labor sides with Government as motion to abandon drug testing income support recipients voted down

14 June, 2017 - A senate motion calling on the Government to abandon drug testing income support recipients has been voted down by the Coalition with the help o...

Dutton accepts responsibility for Manus Island harm

14 June, 2017 - Settlement in the Manus Island class action is an admission by Peter Dutton that he is responsible for the illegal detention and deliberate harm...

Greens will seek to grill Adani at Senate Inquiry

14 June, 2017 - Today in the Senate the Australian Greens successfully moved for an inquiry into the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF). We will ...

Dutton accepts responsibility for Manus Island harm

14 June, 2017 - Settlement in the Manus Island class action is an admission by Peter Dutton that he is responsible for the illegal detention and deliberate harm...

Greens back ‘Genuine Gonski’ and public schools in Senate inquiry report

14 June, 2017 - The Australian Greens have highlighted several major concerns with the government’s proposed schools funding model in a Senate inquiry report th...

Climate Change and national security inquiry

14 June, 2017 - I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Refer...

The war on encryption

14 June, 2017 - I want to speak briefly tonight on a subject that has been bugging me for a little while. It is something that I guess has been creeping up on u...

Citizenship speech

14 June, 2017 - For so many people, becoming an Australian citizen is confirmation of their place in this country. For so many people, this is a real milestone ...

When will Liberals learn that Aboriginal people do not all speak with one voice?

14 June, 2017 - That was an extraordinary contribution by Senator Chisholm on the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017. You have to...

No more excuses, axe the tampon tax

14 June, 2017 - The Government’s plan to introduce GST on items bought online for under $1000, due to be debated this week, is chance to abolish the tampon tax ...