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Don’t go to water over threats from greedy upstream states

9 February, 2018 - Australian Greens Murray-Darling Basin spokesperson and Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young is urging her SA colleagues to hold fi...

Commonwealth must take more responsibility if we are going to address youth detention

9 February, 2018 - The Commonwealth must take more responsibility for justice issues in Australia if we are going to genuinely fix our youth justice system and ...

Australian Greens condemn alleged ‘victory day’ party that used Nazi flags

9 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens condemn an alleged white supremacist themed Australia Day party in Kalgoorlie WA that purportedly used Nazi flags whils...

Damning report on Close the Gap progress should drive rethink on refresh process: Greens

9 February, 2018 - The ten year review for the Closing the Gap strategy should prompt an urgent reset by the Government, Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewer...

Greens to close Government’s gambling advertising loopholes for broadcasters

8 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for allowing loopholes that gets Foxtel out of a blanket ban on playing gambling a...

Allegations of lies and corruption risk South Australia’s vital water source

8 February, 2018 - Today’s revelations that South Australia has been sold down the river about how much water it would lose if the Government’s change to the Mu...

Greens hit back on cashless claims

8 February, 2018 - Thursday, 8th February 2018 The Greens (WA) Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region and spokesperson for Aboriginal Affairs Robin Chapple h...

Allegations of lies and corruption risk South Australia’s vital water source

8 February, 2018 - Today’s revelations that South Australia has been sold down the river about how much water it would lose if the Government’s change to the Mu...

Bill to repeal the destructive Regional Forest Agreements

8 February, 2018 - I rise today to speak to the bill which I introduced into this place, the Regional Forest Agreements Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2017. This bil...

WA farmers urge other growers to speak up on GM

8 February, 2018 - WA farmers have responded to the call for evidence for a Parliamentary inquiry into GM contamination issues, including compensation for non-G...

Notice of Motion - Dr Hugh Wirth, AM

8 February, 2018 - *692 Senators Di Natale and Rhiannon: To move—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the passing, on 5 February 2018, of Dr Hugh Wirth, AM,(ii) that...

Protective Services Officer appears to strike man with baton during Merri Station arrest video

8 February, 2018 - THE Greens have called for an investigation into a dramatic arrest caught on camera at a Northcote train station last night. A Protective Ser...

WA farmers urge other growers to speak up on GM

8 February, 2018 - WA farmers urge other growers to speak up on GM Media release 8 February 2018 WA farmers have responded to the call for evidence for a Parli...

Greens to close Government’s gambling advertising loopholes for broadcasters

8 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for allowing loopholes that gets Foxtel out of a blanket ban on playing gambling a...