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Where is Federal Environment Minister in the Macquarie Harbour Mess?

4 May, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, is calling on the federal Environment Minister, Josh Frydenberg, to break his ...

Back off Barnaby, and take your cruel games with you

4 May, 2017 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan for spruiking a cruel deal to Whyalla steelworker...

NDIS planning process needs fixing

4 May, 2017 - A report by National Disability Services (NDS) designed to ensure the National Disability Insurance Scheme stays on track to deliver the best serv...

Join us in Alice

4 May, 2017 - Rebecca Galdies The Australian Greens are hosting their National Conference in Alice Springs in May, for the first time ever, and I'm excited! I'm...

ACOSS snapshot blasts hole in Government argument that there is ‘welfare blowout’

3 May, 2017 - A snapshot by ACOSS released today that debunks claims by the Government that we have a ‘welfare blowout’ blasts a hole in attempts by the Governm...

ACOSS snapshot blasts hole in Government argument that there is ‘welfare blowout’

3 May, 2017 - A snapshot by ACOSS released today that debunks claims by the Government that we have a ‘welfare blowout’ blasts a hole in attempts by the Governm...

Australian Press in perilous state on World Press Freedom Day

3 May, 2017 - On World Press Freedom Day, where the fundamental principles of press freedom are celebrated, Australia’s media is in its worst shape in years, th...

Manus Island Detention Centre ban

2 May, 2017 - Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says the decision to bar him from visiting Australia's Manus Island detention centre continues the disg...

Students already doing more than enough to contribute their fair share

2 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens will vote against the Government’s assault on students and young people in its cruel university funding model. “By investing...

$20 million trialling the cashless card could be much better spent on services for people struggling: Greens

2 May, 2017 - The Government should abandon the punitive cashless welfare card and invest the money in programs that really work, Australian Greens Senator Rach...

Schools funding needs to be fixed, not cut

2 May, 2017 - Schools funding in Australia needs to be reformed to reflect a genuine needs based model, but that can’t be done by cutting funding across the cou...

20 Questions with Robin Chapple

2 May, 2017 - Rosanne Bersten Robin Chapple is the member for Mining and Pastoral region of WA — he was first elected to the seat in 2001, then lost it in 2005 ...

Victorian Greens response to state budget

2 May, 2017 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says today's budget reveals that trams and trains (city and V/Line) will become more overcrowded and there's n...

Schools funding needs to be fixed, not cut

2 May, 2017 - Schools funding in Australia needs to be reformed to reflect a genuine needs based model, but that can’t be done by cutting funding across the cou...

$20 million trialling the cashless card could be much better spent on services for people struggling: Greens

2 May, 2017 - The Government should abandon the punitive cashless welfare card and invest the money in programs that really work, Australian Greens Senator Rach...