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The automated debt recovery system doesn’t need a facelift, it needs scrapping: Greens

17 January, 2017 - The Government giving a ‘facelift’ to the broken automated debt recovery system is just an attempt to quell political backlash and should be ...

Greens call for Border Force to investigate Japanese Whaling

17 January, 2017 - The Greens have written to the Australian Border Force and asked them to immediately send a vessel to the Australian Whale Sanctuary to inves...

Greens warn preference deals with One Nation legitimises racism

17 January, 2017 - A preference deal with One Nation will only serve to legitimise racism and division within Western Australian politics say the Greens. The co...

Australia must protect territorial waters from illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Prime Minister Turnbull needs to take far stronger action to protect Australia’s territorial waters from illegal whaling, Greens Senator for ...

Greens will block TPP in the Senate

16 January, 2017 - The Australian Greens will vote against ratifying the Trans Pacific Partnership in the Senate, following reports of the Prime Minister’s misg...

Australia must protect territorial waters from illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Prime Minister Turnbull needs to take far stronger action to protect Australia’s territorial waters from illegal whaling, Greens Senator for ...

Pauline Hanson should apologise to Tasmanians

16 January, 2017 - Pauline Hanson must personally apologise to Tasmanians for endorsing a candidate who believes the Port Arthur massacre was a fabrication, Aus...

Greens now only party in WA taking a stand against GM

16 January, 2017 - The Greens are now the only party to stand up against genetically modified crops in WA, following today’s announcement that the ALP will back...

Liberal policy on the run a concern weeks out from election: Greens

16 January, 2017 - The Greens say the Roe 9 tunnel announcement proves Colin Barnett - on the run in the polls -  is changing his mind as often as his front ben...

Turnbull bottles it over illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has bottled it once again by refusing to confront Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over illegal whaling, Gr...

Greens call on Government to release business plan for Roe 9

16 January, 2017 - The Western Australian taxpayer will not see a cent of funding from Commonwealth coffers to pay for Roe 8 until a business plan is released f...

Turnbull needs to confront Abe over illegal whaling

16 January, 2017 - Malcolm Turnbull must confront Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about illegal whaling when the two leaders meet tomorrow, Greens Senator fo...

Victorian Greens move to decriminalise begging on Melbourne’s streets

15 January, 2017 - THE Victorian Greens are making a radical push to decriminalise begging on Melbourne’s streets. More than 800 people have been charged with b...

Greens call on Government to release business plan for Roe 9

15 January, 2017 - The Western Australian taxpayer will not see a cent of funding from Commonwealth coffers to pay for Roe 8 until a business plan is released f...

MP’s defection confirms overlap between One Nation and LNP

13 January, 2017 - The Queensland Greens say today’s announcement that Liberal National Party MP, Steve Dickson, is defecting to One Nation is the clearest indi...