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Jodi pledges leadership forums for Alice Springs girls and young women

9 August, 2017 - Today Jodi Lennox has announced her commitment to women and girls in Alice Springs if she is elected to the Alice Springs Town Council. “One of...

Commbank’s $10 billion profit is a siren song on what is wrong with the Australian economy

9 August, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded today to the Commonwealth Bank’s record profit announcement. “The announcem...

Centrelink continues to intimidate vulnerable Australians with threatening texts

9 August, 2017 - The Government continues its agenda of intimidation of Centrelink recipients with threatening text messages to people following the letters rec...

Greens Senate motion orders government to produce details of postal plebiscite

9 August, 2017 - A Greens motion has succeeded in the Senate which forces the production of documents regarding the postal plebiscite. This order compels the go...

Governments favour private toll companies over the public, say the Greens 

9 August, 2017 - Australian Greens transport spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has said that Transurban’s record profit released yesterday, with a $187 million ...

Australian Greens introduce bill to urgently tackle inequality with an increase to income support payments

9 August, 2017 - The Australian Greens have introduced a bill in the Senate that would increase woefully low Newstart and Youth Allowance payments by $110 a for...

Greens propose waste levy for Queensland

9 August, 2017 - The Queensland Greens are proposing the reintroduction of a waste levy in order to end the rorting and raise over $500 million a year. Michael ...

A better world for the many

9 August, 2017 - We have not wavered in our pursuit of a better world for the many, not the few. By Senator Peter Whish-Wilson   As ever, I am proud...

Four Corners exposes crisis in nation’s recycling industry while government sits silent

8 August, 2017 - Greens spokesperson on Waste & Recycling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded to Monday’s 4 Corners program that exposed the crisis in Austra...

Independent autopsy needed for Manus Island death

8 August, 2017 - An independent autopsy is needed into the death of of Hamed Shamshiripour on Manus Island, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says. "It...

The big bucks should stop with Ian Narev and his executives, who could still get a fat $10 million package

8 August, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has labelled the decision by the Commbank board to cut just the short-term cash bonus...

Greens move in Senate to release postal plebiscite advice

8 August, 2017 - Australian Greens LGBTIQ spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has lodged a notice of motion in the Senate requesting documents that lay out the advi...

Greens stand with students to fight harsh uni cuts

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

Greens stand with students to fight harsh uni cuts

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

Greens move in Senate to release postal plebiscite advice

8 August, 2017 - Australian Greens LGBTIQ spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has lodged a notice of motion in the Senate requesting documents that lay out the advi...