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Women of Australia need more than words; the government needs to stand up, speak out and cough up.

23 November, 2016 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for women spoke at a breakfast event for White Ribbon Day held in Parliament House this mor...

Barnaby needs to put his mouth where the Murray is

23 November, 2016 - South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has challenged Barnaby Joyce to a public debate in Adelaide on the health of the Murray R...

Greens give Ministerial Standards some teeth

23 November, 2016 - The Senate today supported an Australian Greens motion to force the government to disclose currently secret meetings between former minister...

South Australia dudded by Barnaby Joyce and MDBA

22 November, 2016 - The Murray Darling Basin Authority’s attempt to increase irrigation limits in the northern basin will reduce the already insufficient amount...

WA must follow Victoria’s leadership on gas

22 November, 2016 - Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple said today that Western Australia should be looking to follow Victoria’s lead in ban...

Govt must stop pre-empting cashless welfare card success to spruik broader rollout: Greens

22 November, 2016 - Comments by the Government about rolling out the cashless welfare card more broadly come as no surprise, as that has been their agenda all a...

UNHCR says Australia is undermining global refugee system

22 November, 2016 - The UNHCR has told an inquiry into allegations of abuse in Australia's offshore detention centres that the government's policies are undermi...

Community seeks rigour on Roe 8 as Government throws policies to the wind

22 November, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren says the differences in the two sides in the decades-long fight over Roe 8 have never been more stark, with communi...

Give it a rest

22 November, 2016 - Nick McKim Dear Australian, I write to you from a bunker in Tasmania, too afraid to step outside my door as a 50-something white man of some...

Labor, Liberal still push for TPP despite Trump

21 November, 2016 - The Labor and Liberal Parties’ decision to vote against a Senate motion calling for the end of all moves towards ratification of the Trans-P...

One Nation 'stands up' for Australians by taking $70,000 from a property developer

21 November, 2016 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Queensland Senator Larissa Waters said Pauline Hanson and her party promised voters they would shake up ...

Young unemployed need better transport options

21 November, 2016 - A new report highlighting the transport challenges faced by young unemployed Australians is a wakeup call for the Turnbull government to urg...

On the shoulders of giants

21 November, 2016 - A whirlwind six months in which the party has improved the professionalism of its approach to the management of financial issues with regula...

No rest for the wicked

21 November, 2016 - We couldn't achieve as much as we do without the dedication and commitment of a cast of thousands — in particular our fantastic national off...

Greens demand answers over latest V/line outage

18 November, 2016 - Victorian Greens transport spokesperson Samantha Dunn has called for the Transport Minster to explain what she is doing to fix the problems ...