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Adani pay just 0.008 percent in tax on multimillion dollar earnings

9 December, 2016 - It beggars belief that the Queensland and federal governments want to give Adani, a company that paid just 0.008 percent in tax on their tota...

Companies risk reputational damage with offshore contracts

9 December, 2016 - The four companies that have expressed an interest in multibillion-dollar government contracts for detention centres on Manus Island and Naur...

All the way with WA

9 December, 2016 - Rebecca Galdies The theme of this year's November Conference was “What the Future Holds”. Our November National Conference is always an inspi...

Carla’s love of pink no justification for gender assignment surgery

8 December, 2016 - The Greens say that the 5-year-old Australian child known as Carla should have been allowed to choose their own gender at an appropriate time...

Greens welcome recommendations on Tasmanian bushfires

8 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens welcome a Senate committee report calling for better preparedness for bushfires in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Herit...

ACT Greens MLAs welcome Victorian steps forward on Dying with Dignity legislation

8 December, 2016 - ACT Greens MLAs Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur have welcomed the Victorian Government’s decision today to allow a conscience vote o...

Government poised to shatter ancient heritage in Beeliar Wetlands

8 December, 2016 - The Government will obliterate artefacts that are older than the entirety of western civilization, allowing no record to be made if it procee...

Victoria needs an emissions trading scheme

8 December, 2016 - Victoria should work with the Eastern states to develop an emissions trading scheme, like former Premiers Bracks, Beattie and Carr did in 200...

More than words needed to end domestic violence

8 December, 2016 - Going into COAG, if the federal government is actually committed to the safety of women and children experiencing domestic violence, they mus...

Action against red fire ant is a no-brainer

8 December, 2016 - The Greens have urged the federal government to take the necessary action to eradicate the red fire ant, after the Senate passed a Greens mot...

A crystal of hope

8 December, 2016 - Stephen Luntz I've been covering science for a long time. I'm very familiar with technologies that looked hugely exciting, but ended up going...

Greens women take the lead in Victorian Councils

8 December, 2016 - Naomi Blackburn The news for Victorian Greens just keeps getting better. After our biggest local government election yet, in which we increas...

Morrison needs to end the austerity drive and invest in public infrastructure

7 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that the quarterly economic figures show that the Government needs to urgently...

Greens urge all MPs to support decriminalisation of begging

7 December, 2016 - Greens Justice Spokesperson, Sue Pennicuik MLC, introduced legislation today to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966 to repeal the law against...