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Greens to introduce prompt payment legislation

2 June, 2017 - The Greens will introduce legislation to enforce penalties for corporations and governments for late payments to small businesses, contractors an...

Protecting intimate privacy, not just sex: ACT Greens

2 June, 2017 - Today ACT Greens spokesperson for women Caroline Le Couteur MLA announced the release of a discussion paper and exposure draft legislation to add...

Looking to the future, learning from the past

2 June, 2017 - Vincent Forrester I was a teenager 50 years ago in Alice Springs, I'd just left school — trying to make my way in the world. I grew up in a polit...

Centrelink busy signals balloon out to 42 million from start of the financial year to April 30

1 June, 2017 - The number of calls to Centrelink that hit a busy signal has ballooned out to 42 million from start of financial year to April 30, up from 29 mil...

Greens will fight cruel higher education reforms

1 June, 2017 - The Australian Greens will fight against the Government’s cruel higher education reform package, which will be introduced in the House of Represe...

Greens Senator slams Margaret Court’s comments labelling trans children “all the devil”

1 June, 2017 - Senator Janet Rice, Greens LGBTIQ spokesperson, has slammed Margaret Court’s most recent comments about marriage equality and trans young people,...

Centrelink busy signals balloon out to 42 million from start of the financial year to April 30

1 June, 2017 - The number of calls to Centrelink that hit a busy signal has ballooned out to 42 million from start of financial year to April 30, up from 29 mil...

Greens will fight cruel higher education reforms

1 June, 2017 - The Australian Greens will fight against the Government’s cruel higher education reform package, which will be introduced in the House of Represe...

Senator Rice on Smart Traveller for Aceh province

1 June, 2017 - Senator RICE:  I am interested in Smartraveller advice particularly for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people. Given tha...

WA Greens hope new recycling plant will spur Government into action on damaging plastics

1 June, 2017 - Thursday, 01 June WA Greens Waste spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said he was excited to see regional councils and shires utilising Cleanaway’s ne...

Greens Senator slams Margaret Court’s comments labelling trans children “all the devil”

1 June, 2017 - Senator Janet Rice, Greens LGBTIQ spokesperson, has slammed Margaret Court’s most recent comments about marriage equality and trans young people,...

No future for uranium mining in WA

1 June, 2017 - Friday, 2 June WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple has called out comments by the former Minister on the future of uranium mining as misleading, because ...

Senator Rice on Palestinian children in detention in Israel

1 June, 2017 - Senator RICE:  My questions are regarding the prosecution of Palestinian by the Israelis in Israeli military courts. I heard the questions that S...