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Senate committee recommends robo-debt be put on hold and drastically overhauled

21 June, 2017 - A Senate Committee report into the Government’s Centrelink Online Compliance Intervention (robo-debt) program has called for it to be put on hol...

GREENS READY TO BACK GOVERNMENT REINING IN ELECTRICITY NETWORKS

20 June, 2017 - Greens ready to back government reining in electricity networks The Australian Greens have said they are ready to back moves to start reining in...

An obscene global suicide pact

20 June, 2017 - The question is one of fundamental importance. I am not surprised that the Minister for Defence has been so slow to respond, because the answer ...

An obscene global suicide pact

20 June, 2017 - The question is one of fundamental importance. I am not surprised that the Minister for Defence has been so slow to respond, because the answer ...

Government and ALP vote down senate motion calling on cashless welfare card extension to be abandoned

19 June, 2017 - The Government, ALP and crossbench have voted down an Australian Greens senate motion calling for the cashless welfare card expansion to be aban...

Greens slam Labor’s dangerous plan for police drug searches

19 June, 2017 - Victorian Greens spokesperson for health, Colleen Hartland, has slammed a the government’s new plan to allow police to stop and search people at...

Government and ALP vote down senate motion calling on cashless welfare card extension to be abandoned

19 June, 2017 - The Government, ALP and crossbench have voted down an Australian Greens senate motion calling for the cashless welfare card expansion to be aban...

Labor and the Coalition keep on taxing women for existing

19 June, 2017 - The GST on sanitary products is sexist and opportunistic and it’s shameful that today both Labor and the Coalition refused to abolish it,” says ...

Making the internet safe for everyone

19 June, 2017 - I rise this afternoon to add a couple of comments in a similar vein, actually, to those of Senator O'Neill on the Enhancing Online Safety for Ch...

Distribution of fraudulent materials, purporting to be from The Greens (WA)

19 June, 2017 - Distribution of fraudulent materials, purporting to be from The Greens (WA)   The Greens (WA) have been made aware by members of the public that...

Labor and the Coalition keep on taxing women for existing

19 June, 2017 - The GST on sanitary products is sexist and opportunistic and it’s shameful that today both Labor and the Coalition refused to abolish it,” says ...

Making the internet safe for everyone

19 June, 2017 - I rise this afternoon to add a couple of comments in a similar vein, actually, to those of Senator O'Neill on the Enhancing Online Safety for Ch...

Statement on Recent Complaint

19 June, 2017 - The Greens NSW recognise the ongoing impact and devastating harm caused to people, most often women, who endure sexual assault, violence or hara...

Japan’s moves to resume commercial whaling shows up ‘scientific whaling’ as sham

16 June, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has lashed out at moves in the Japanese Parliament to help Japan resume comm...

Endangered Kimberley Northern Quoll and Dingo to be sacrificed in secret baiting trial

16 June, 2017 - Friday, 16 June 2017 The WA Greens have raised serious concerns about a proposed baiting trial at Yampi Sound Training Area, a pristine wilderne...