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Greens celebrate community win, protecting local beach and birdlife

27 April, 2017 - Responding to a recent ban on racehorse training on Killarney Beach near Warrnambool, Greens Senator for Victoria Janet Rice today congratulate...

That time the Government adopted Greens Economic Policy

27 April, 2017 - Today the Government has seemingly adopted the Greens economic policy of seperating out recurrent spending from capital in the budget. Here is ...

A strong social safety net is not ‘bad debt’, it is a duty of care and an investment

27 April, 2017 - Treasurer Scott Morrison’s speech to economists today that refers to ‘bad debt’ as ‘racking up debts’ for welfare payments shows his lack of un...

Housing in regional Victoria unaffordable, not just in Melbourne

27 April, 2017 - Today’s Anglicare rental affordability snapshot shows that housing is out of reach for Australia’s most vulnerable people even in rural areas s...

Local Councils demonstrate broad support for marriage equality

27 April, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Sexuality and Gender Identity Lynn MacLaren MLC has congratulated the Cities of Fremantle and Bayswater on adopting for...

Carbon Risk Senate report calls for Government to take the climate blindfold off business and investors

26 April, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of the report by the Senate Inquiry in...

Robin Chapple's April Update

26 April, 2017 - Hon Robin Chapple MLC April has been a period of great relief for me, following the results of the 2017 state election in March. Ive taken some...

Carbon Risk Senate report calls for Government to take the climate blindfold off business and investors

26 April, 2017 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of the report by the Senate Inquiry in...

The Australian Greens stand with Australia's students and universities

24 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have pledged to use their power in the Parliament to protect Australia's higher education sector from any further funding...

Federal Government should release Macquarie Harbour audit details so public doesn't rely on Tassal spin

24 April, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson responds to the media blitz from Tassal today about the health of Macquarie ...

Greens' inquiry to probe government's 457 visa changes

24 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will move to establish a Senate inquiry into the government's 457 visa changes when parliament r...

Government vilifying the unemployed again: Greens

24 April, 2017 - An ‘exclusive’ in the Daily Tele today that the Liberal Government will further pursue struggling people accessing the social safety net shows ...

Community legal funding backdown a welcome first step

24 April, 2017 - The government's backdown on community legal centre funding should be the first step to properly funding the sector, Greens Justice spokesperso...

A Serious Loss for Greens (WA)

24 April, 2017 - Chris Johansen Lynn was first in Parliament in 2005 for a matter of 3 months upon the retirement of Jim Scott. She was elected as MLC for South...