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Greens urge bill that winds back transport funding for people with disability not be passed

24 November, 2016 - The Australian Greens have urged a bill that will wind back transport funding for people with disability who will not access the NDIS not be...

Women of Australia need more than words; the government needs to stand up, speak out and cough up.

23 November, 2016 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for women spoke at a breakfast event for White Ribbon Day held in Parliament House this mor...

Barnaby needs to put his mouth where the Murray is

23 November, 2016 - South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has challenged Barnaby Joyce to a public debate in Adelaide on the health of the Murray R...

Greens give Ministerial Standards some teeth

23 November, 2016 - The Senate today supported an Australian Greens motion to force the government to disclose currently secret meetings between former minister...

Australian dolphins safe from Super Trawler. Loch Ness monster now at risk.

23 November, 2016 -   Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that we have found out more about the future of the Geelong Star ...

Solar customers to lose out under Labor and Liberal plans

23 November, 2016 - Greens energy spokesperson Ellen Sandell says solar customers are set for higher power bills, regardless of whether the Victorian Government...

Super Trawler Geelong Star leaves Australian waters in mysterious circumstances

23 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson welcomes the news that the factory-freezer vessel Geelong Star has left A...

Govt must stop pre-empting cashless welfare card success to spruik broader rollout: Greens

22 November, 2016 - Comments by the Government about rolling out the cashless welfare card more broadly come as no surprise, as that has been their agenda all a...

UNHCR says Australia is undermining global refugee system

22 November, 2016 - The UNHCR has told an inquiry into allegations of abuse in Australia's offshore detention centres that the government's policies are undermi...

Community seeks rigour on Roe 8 as Government throws policies to the wind

22 November, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren says the differences in the two sides in the decades-long fight over Roe 8 have never been more stark, with communi...

South Australia dudded by Barnaby Joyce and MDBA

22 November, 2016 - The Murray Darling Basin Authority’s attempt to increase irrigation limits in the northern basin will reduce the already insufficient amount...

WA must follow Victoria’s leadership on gas

22 November, 2016 - Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple said today that Western Australia should be looking to follow Victoria’s lead in ban...

Give it a rest

22 November, 2016 - Nick McKim Dear Australian, I write to you from a bunker in Tasmania, too afraid to step outside my door as a 50-something white man of some...

Young unemployed need better transport options

21 November, 2016 - A new report highlighting the transport challenges faced by young unemployed Australians is a wakeup call for the Turnbull government to urg...

Labor, Liberal still push for TPP despite Trump

21 November, 2016 - The Labor and Liberal Parties’ decision to vote against a Senate motion calling for the end of all moves towards ratification of the Trans-P...