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Senate calls on Cardinal Pell to return to Australia

8 February, 2017 - A Greens motion calling on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist Victorian police in investigating his alleged criminal condu...

Forest campaigning is not going to go away

8 February, 2017 - I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This document is the regional forest agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and t...

Labor, Liberals vote against protecting the Bight after taking donations

8 February, 2017 - The Labor and Liberal parties have voted against protecting South Australia’s pristine Great Australian Bight just days after it was revealed...

Parliament should have the power to block Trump

8 February, 2017 - The Greens will move to amend Australia's visa laws to give Parliament the power to block foreign leaders from visiting Australia on the grou...

Australia conspicuously silent on Israeli West Bank aggression: Greens

8 February, 2017 - The Israeli Government’s most recent expansion further into the West Bank denies basic rights to Palestinians, and the government of Australi...

Governments continue addiction to native forest logging

8 February, 2017 - There is a long-held saying that the world's forests are its lungs. That being the case, the coalition federal government and the Victorian L...

Deal with crossbench tries to sneak through four week wait and other nasties

8 February, 2017 - The secret deal between the Government and crossbenchers on the family tax benefit sneaks through nasty cuts to the social safety net that hu...

Greens work with Labor to refer for senate inquiry the Centrelink automated debt recovery system

7 February, 2017 - The Greens have worked with Labor to lodge a notice of motion for a senate inquiry into the Government’s failing Centrelink automated debt re...

Greens move to protect child dental

7 February, 2017 - “Today I am moving to disallow the government’s harsh cuts to Medicare funded child dental care," Senator Richard Di Natale said today. “Late...

Fascism in larval form, and this is why we aim to misbehave

7 February, 2017 - Since the fateful months of the Second World War, when Prime Minister Curtin stood up to Churchill and withdrew Australian forces from Europe...

Centrelink's Debt Debacle

7 February, 2017 - Rachel has called on the government to end Centrelink's flawed debt recovery processes after a series of errors have led to thousands of inco...

Greens work with Labor to refer for senate inquiry the Centrelink automated debt recovery system

7 February, 2017 - The Greens have worked with Labor to lodge a notice of motion for a senate inquiry into the Government’s failing Centrelink automated debt re...

Greens move to protect child dental

7 February, 2017 - “Today I am moving to disallow the government’s harsh cuts to Medicare funded child dental care," Senator Richard Di Natale said today. “Late...

Statement on legal developments in Tasmanian Salmon Industry

6 February, 2017 - Greens Senator for Tasmania and spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Peter Whish-Wilson provides the following comments on the legal developments...

Prove you can’t be bought – vote to ban drilling in the Bight

6 February, 2017 - The Federal Senate will vote on whether to ban drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight tomorrow, following revelations oil giant Chevr...