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Greens welcome KPMG calls for an increase to Newstart

6 December, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed reaffirmed calls by KPMG for a significant increase to Newstart of $50 a week in its re...

Greens welcome Government bill to legalise assisted dying

6 December, 2016 - The Greens have welcomed news that the Victorian Government will introduce a bill to legalise assisted dying. A parliamentary committee this ...

Adjustments to aged care cuts a step in the right direction but changes must go to a senate inquiry: Greens

6 December, 2016 - Although proposed changes to aged care funding are a step in the right direction Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has emphasised that...

SA schools already struggling should not face further budget cuts

6 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed fears for the future of public education after it was revealed today many Adelaide high schools are stru...

Barnaby must scrap APVMA move

5 December, 2016 - The Greens have called on the federal government to scrap the proposal to move the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, ...

Cutting funding while increasing Uni debt not the answer

5 December, 2016 - Targeting university students and increasing their debt is not the answer to the long term sustainability of Australia’s higher education sec...

Senate Inquiry tomorrow: Should bank executives go to jail when their banks perpetuate white-collar crimes?

5 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, will be attending the white-collar crime Senate Inquiry hearing tomorrow in Melbour...

Senate sides with Greens on amendment to maintain funding for VET arts courses

5 December, 2016 - The Senate has given recognition to the importance of the Australian arts industry and community by supporting greater representation to arti...

Labor’s private schools obsession a threat to fair funding: Greens

5 December, 2016 - Labor’s refusal to reduce the amount  of money going to overfunded private schools and reinvest it into the public schools that need it most ...

Crunch time for housing services

4 December, 2016 - Emma Davidson The rising tide of Australians impacted by housing affordability issues has become impossible to ignore. Everyone has heard abo...

Greens deliver for Tasmania when others fail

3 December, 2016 - Today Greens Senators for Tasmania Peter Whish-Wilson and Nick McKim were thanked by representatives of the Tasmanian agricultural community ...

Turnbull govt will condemn the Reef with billion dollar loan to Adani

3 December, 2016 - The Turnbull government has reportedly given "conditional approval" for a $1 billion loan of public money to build the railway for the Reef-d...

Senate condemns Japan for breaching international and Australian law ahead of Sea Shepherd’s Hobart departure

3 December, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today met with the Sea Shepherd crew in Hobart before they leave to search...

Turnbull Government should not interfere in the City of Fremantle Australia Day decision

3 December, 2016 - Interfering with a decision by the City of Fremantle to move Australia Day celebrations is significant overreach by the Turnbull Government a...

Jobs Australia and ANU reports show CDP must be relegated to the policy dustbin

2 December, 2016 - The disastrous failings of the Community Development Programme (CDP) in remote Australia have been criticised by Jobs Australia and the ANU, ...