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Greens reveal: there is no business case at all for Roe 8

18 November, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren is gobsmacked after finding out through questions in Parliament that there has been no business case or other finan...

Negative gearing and CGT discounts are worsening the disparity between winners and losers

18 November, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that unless Malcolm Turnbull radically changes Australia’s econo...

Greens stand with 30,000 who oppose proposed levy for Uber users

18 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Transport Lynn MacLaren MLC has today urged the Government to scrap a levy it plans to impose upon ride-sharing serv...

Government misses deadline imposed by the Senate for details of shoddy cashless welfare card report

17 November, 2016 - The Government has failed to comply with an order of the Senate for a production of documents pertaining to the cashless welfare card ‘progr...

Shark nets don't make the ocean safe, especially for marine life

17 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has strongly criticised the Federal Environment Minister, Josh Frydenber...

Passenger levy should end when taxi compo ends

17 November, 2016 - The Greens are urging the South Australian Government to guarantee an end date to its $1 per trip passenger levy, which is being introduced ...

Greens Women Take the Lead

17 November, 2016 - Greens women across the state are stepping up to take the lead in local government, with three taking on a Mayoral position, and another two...

Greens stand with community in opposition to road through Scarborough dunes

17 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for sustainable planning the Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC has congratulated the Beach not Bitumen umbrella group for successful...

Indicators in Productivity Commission report on Aboriginal disadvantage should force change

17 November, 2016 - A comprehensive productivity commission report that shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples worse off in key areas is unfortunat...

Gender pay gap data shows discrimination alive and well

16 November, 2016 - With the release of data on the gender pay gap today showing women are paid an average of nearly $27,000 less than men, the Australians Gree...

The government's vendetta against Gillian Triggs

16 November, 2016 - The prime minister's confirmation that Gillian Triggs will not be reappointed as President of the Human Rights Commission is the final indig...

Feds must intervene in Macquarie Harbour salmon farm regulation

16 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has used the latest EPA reporting on the state of Macquarie Harbour to w...

Slam shut the revolving door between politics and big polluters

16 November, 2016 - The Australian Greens say former Minister Ian Macfarlane's proposal to make environment groups stick to “digging up lantana” shows the dange...

Labor and Liberal vote against protecting local steel industry jobs

16 November, 2016 - In a shameful display of crass politics, the Labor Party today voted with the Liberals to defeat a Bill that would have required all State G...

Services at Banksia Hill must be run by WA MHC

16 November, 2016 - The WA Greens are calling on the Barnett Government to ensure the Mental Health Commission plays a key role in the management of the new acc...