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Prove you can’t be bought – vote to ban drilling in the Bight

6 February, 2017 - The Federal Senate will vote on whether to ban drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight tomorrow, following revelations oil giant Chevr...

Greens question youth justice proposals

6 February, 2017 - Greens MP Nina Springle has condemned the decision to transfer youth justice to the Department of Justice and questioned whether building a n...

Time to talk about genuine needs-based education funding

5 February, 2017 - While it is welcome to see some honesty around the over-funding of some of the wealthiest private schools, we need real action to put fairnes...

Energy 2030: Making WA 100% renewable by 2030

5 February, 2017 - New modelling from the Greens has found Western Australia’s south west grid could be powered with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030, woul...

Energy 2030: Making WA 100% renewable by 2030

5 February, 2017 - New modelling from the Greens has found Western Australia’s south west grid could be powered with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030, woul...

Time to talk about genuine needs-based education funding

5 February, 2017 - While it is welcome to see some honesty around the over-funding of some of the wealthiest private schools, we need real action to put fairnes...

Damning findings by Audit office on implementation of Indigenous Advancement Strategy

3 February, 2017 - A carefully worded report by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is basically damning of the implementation of the Indigenous Advance...

Failed logging laws secretly renewed

3 February, 2017 - The Victorian and federal governments appear to have quietly extended the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement, prompting the Greens to c...

Greens slam Main Roads for shoddy Roe 8 Noise Management Plan

3 February, 2017 - The Greens have today questioned whether the Main Roads has relied on faulty modelling elsewhere when planning Roe 8, following the release o...

North Queensland needs real clean energy, not fake clean coal

3 February, 2017 - The Australian Greens said today that using the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to bankroll fake “clean coal” power stations in Qu...

Damning findings by Audit office on implementation of Indigenous Advancement Strategy

3 February, 2017 - A carefully worded report by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is basically damning of the implementation of the Indigenous Advance...

Labor's meth plan ignores need for rehab services

3 February, 2017 - The Greens have called Labor’s meth trafficking plan just more of the same punitive approach to a useless war on drugs that ignores the main ...

Failed logging laws secretly renewed

3 February, 2017 - The Victorian and federal governments appear to have quietly extended the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement, prompting the Greens to c...

Greens say proposed new strata property laws target elderly and vulnerable

3 February, 2017 - Greens WA MLC Lynn MacLaren defended the rights of strata property owners by opposing proposed amendments to the Strata Titles Act which woul...