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Government abandons ambitious pledge to make schools 'asbestos free'

17 May, 2017 - The Victorian government has backed down from its extravagant promise to remove all asbestos from Victorian schools. Before the state election in...

Bring Them Here: ACT Greens call for Gay and Queer refugees to be welcomed to Canberra

17 May, 2017 - In marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT Day), ACT Greens MLA Caroline Le Couteur today called for i...

Greens stand with students protesting against uni cuts

17 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens stand in solidarity with students protesting around the country today against the government's harsh university cuts. "This...

Dutton and Turnbull abandon the men of Manus Island

16 May, 2017 - The Australian government is preparing to completely wash its hands of the men it has detained for four years on Manus Island. "After four years ...

Labor wants to give Bank CEOs more platforms to delay levy and cry poor

16 May, 2017 - Greens Banking spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says while the Greens will support any inquiry to the specific bank levy legislation, we...

Dutton and Turnbull abandon the men of Manus Island

16 May, 2017 - The Australian government is preparing to completely wash its hands of the men it has detained for four years on Manus Island. "After four years ...

Latest mill closure shows need for timber transition plan

16 May, 2017 - The Greens say the Victorian government needs a plan to transition to sustainable timber sources, following an announcement that Carter Harvey Ho...

Labor wants to give Bank CEOs more platforms to delay levy and cry poor

16 May, 2017 - Greens Banking spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says while the Greens will support any inquiry to the specific bank levy legislation, we...

Appeal for Victoria spent conviction laws

16 May, 2017 - Small-time criminals who have learnt their lesson deserve a clean slate and a spent conviction so they can become productive members of society, ...

The houses we can't afford

16 May, 2017 - Sophie Trevitt Much has been made of the growing protest vote, of folks — both here and abroad — who are disillusioned and disaffected by politic...

A young person's perspective on Global Greens

16 May, 2017 - Mathew Townsend During the Global Greens Congress held in Liverpool, between 28th March and 2nd of April, I was a delegate for the Australian You...

ScoMo should bring forward the account portability measures to stick it to the big banks

15 May, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, is calling on Scott Morrison to bring forward the account portability measures in the b...

Manus Island report reveals Dutton's neglect and lies

15 May, 2017 - Amnesty International's report on the Manus Island shooting and concessions from PNG police have made clear Peter Dutton's catastrophic failure t...

Greens support report on Aboriginal incarceration that calls for justice targets and custody notification services

15 May, 2017 - A report into Aboriginal incarceration rates in Australia that focuses on the plight of Aboriginal women being disproportionately imprisoned need...

Manus Island report reveals Dutton's neglect and lies

15 May, 2017 - Amnesty International's report on the Manus Island shooting and concessions from PNG police have made clear Peter Dutton's catastrophic failure t...