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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Greens' inquiry to probe government's 457 visa changes

24 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will move to establish a Senate inquiry into the government's 457 visa changes when parliament r...

Government vilifying the unemployed again: Greens

24 April, 2017 - An ‘exclusive’ in the Daily Tele today that the Liberal Government will further pursue struggling people accessing the social safety net shows ...