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Turnbull turns the screws on struggling students

29 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for its planned attack on Australian university students in the 2017 budget. “This i...

Westpac’s Adani decision puts Palaszczuk and Turnbull on notice on $1 billion handout

28 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens congratulated the #StopAdani movement and welcomed Westpac’s refusal to help Adani wreck our climate and kill the Great B...

Breach illustrates massive metadata regime flaws: Greens

28 April, 2017 - The misuse of the metadata retention scheme perfectly illustrates the numerous flaws in the Labor/Liberal mass-surveillance laws, the Australia...

A strong social safety net is not ‘bad debt’, it is a duty of care and an investment

27 April, 2017 - Treasurer Scott Morrison’s speech to economists today that refers to ‘bad debt’ as ‘racking up debts’ for welfare payments shows his lack of un...

Housing in regional Victoria unaffordable, not just in Melbourne

27 April, 2017 - Today’s Anglicare rental affordability snapshot shows that housing is out of reach for Australia’s most vulnerable people even in rural areas s...

Local Councils demonstrate broad support for marriage equality

27 April, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Sexuality and Gender Identity Lynn MacLaren MLC has congratulated the Cities of Fremantle and Bayswater on adopting for...

Surf Coast Council shows great leadership on marriage equality

27 April, 2017 - Surf Coast Council shows great leadership on marriage equality   Australian Greens LGBTIQ spokesperson Senator Janet Rice today congratulated V...

Greens launch #SaveKidsTV campaign to defend Australian children’s television

27 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have today launched the #SaveKidsTV campaign to protect children’s storytelling in Australia. #SaveKidsTV will seek to pr...

Greens celebrate community win, protecting local beach and birdlife

27 April, 2017 - Responding to a recent ban on racehorse training on Killarney Beach near Warrnambool, Greens Senator for Victoria Janet Rice today congratulate...

That time the Government adopted Greens Economic Policy

27 April, 2017 - Today the Government has seemingly adopted the Greens economic policy of seperating out recurrent spending from capital in the budget. Here is ...

A strong social safety net is not ‘bad debt’, it is a duty of care and an investment

27 April, 2017 - Treasurer Scott Morrison’s speech to economists today that refers to ‘bad debt’ as ‘racking up debts’ for welfare payments shows his lack of un...

Carbon Risk Senate report calls for Government to take the climate blindfold off business and investors

26 April, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of the report by the Senate Inquiry in...

Robin Chapple's April Update

26 April, 2017 - Hon Robin Chapple MLC April has been a period of great relief for me, following the results of the 2017 state election in March. Ive taken some...