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Tudge, Hunt and Sukkar should pay for their own defence

15 June, 2017 - The government ministers at the centre of the contempt of court proceedings should pay for their own legal defence, Greens Justice spokesperson ...

Private toll roads to be scrutinised after Greens secure Senate inquiry

15 June, 2017 - Private toll roads to be scrutinised after Greens secure Senate inquiry 15 June 2017 The financial arrangements and transparency of the operatio...

Some acknowledgement at last for nuclear veterans

15 June, 2017 - I told Senator Williams on the way in that I would come in here this afternoon and say something nice about the government, and I was not bluffi...

Pomposity and political donations

15 June, 2017 - I ask that the Senate take note of the question that I put to Senator Brandis a short time ago and the complete vacuous absence of an answer. A ...

Peter Dutton's anti-immigration measures

15 June, 2017 - Peter Dutton's plans to radically redefine citizenship are anti-immigration and will destabilise thousands of families, Greens Immigration spoke...

Protect takayna/Tarkine

15 June, 2017 - The Tasmanian and Australian Governments are not only turning a blind eye to illegal off-road driving in takayna/Tarkine, but they want to reope...

36 things you can do to help refugees right now

15 June, 2017 - Kon Karapanagiotidis You are powerful when you unleash your compassion, passion and talent to create welcome and safety for refugees. The darker...

The next 25 years…

15 June, 2017 - Tim Hollo 2017 marks 25 years since the federation of the Australian Greens — a quarter century in which the party has gone from being a fringe ...

Labor sides with Government as motion to abandon drug testing income support recipients voted down

14 June, 2017 - A senate motion calling on the Government to abandon drug testing income support recipients has been voted down by the Coalition with the help o...

Dutton accepts responsibility for Manus Island harm

14 June, 2017 - Settlement in the Manus Island class action is an admission by Peter Dutton that he is responsible for the illegal detention and deliberate harm...

Senate will inquire into climate change, national security links

14 June, 2017 - This afternoon the senate supported the Australian Greens' proposal for inquiry into the implications of climate change for Australia’s national...

State Housing Strategy will see more Queenslanders homeless

14 June, 2017 - The Queensland Greens says Queensland Labor’s housing strategy fails the hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders under housing stress.  Amy MacMa...

Greens will seek to grill Adani at Senate Inquiry

14 June, 2017 - Today in the Senate the Australian Greens successfully moved for an inquiry into the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF). We will ...

Government disregards security risks of uranium sales to conflict zone

14 June, 2017 - The Australian Greens have condemned the Government’s plan to disregard warnings from the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and proceed with ...

Greens back ‘Genuine Gonski’ and public schools in Senate inquiry report

14 June, 2017 - The Australian Greens have highlighted several major concerns with the government’s proposed schools funding model in a Senate inquiry report th...