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Greens welcome local community leaders creating a more inclusive Australia Day

12 April, 2017 - Australia Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed local community leaders in Cockburn and Bassendean considering an inclusive day for Austra...

Backbench fighting to keep Work for the Dole shows politicians not thinking of outcomes for the unemployed: Greens

11 April, 2017 - News today that Coalition backbenchers are lobbying to keep Work for the Dole in the upcoming budget because it is ‘red meat for the base’ show...

Senate inquiry shows Centrelink recipients feel bullied and threatened by the Government

11 April, 2017 - The last two days of evidence to the senate inquiry into Centrelink’s automated debt recovery system has raised a myriad of issues and suggests...

Backbench fighting to keep Work for the Dole shows politicians not thinking of outcomes for the unemployed: Greens

11 April, 2017 - News today that Coalition backbenchers are lobbying to keep Work for the Dole in the upcoming budget because it is ‘red meat for the base’ show...

Senate inquiry shows Centrelink recipients feel bullied and threatened by the Government

11 April, 2017 - The last two days of evidence to the senate inquiry into Centrelink’s automated debt recovery system has raised a myriad of issues and suggests...

Manus Island detainees must be brought to Australia

10 April, 2017 - All of Australia's detainees on Manus Island must be brought to Australia, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says. "The people the Aus...

Ombudsman report shows huge flaws remain with automated debt recovery system

10 April, 2017 - The report released today by the Commonwealth Ombudsman shows that the automated debt recovery system is still severely flawed and is hurting p...

Manus Island detainees must be brought to Australia

10 April, 2017 - All of Australia's detainees on Manus Island must be brought to Australia, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says. "The people the Aus...

Ombudsman report shows huge flaws remain with automated debt recovery system

10 April, 2017 - The report released today by the Commonwealth Ombudsman shows that the automated debt recovery system is still severely flawed and is hurting p...

House prices skyrocket since Cabinet rejected capital gains tax reforms

7 April, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, is today calling on the Government to reveal the capital gains tax modelling they took...

Greens say airport rail overdue

7 April, 2017 - Greens Prahran MP Sam Hibbins says the state government needs to drop its opposition to a train line to the airport, even if Labor's Transurban ...

Greens response to US unilateral airstrikes in Syria

7 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens condemn the Trump Administration’s decision to dangerously escalate the violence in Syria. “Donald Trump's decision to uni...

House prices skyrocket since Cabinet rejected capital gains tax reforms

7 April, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, is today calling on the Government to reveal the capital gains tax modelling they took...