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25 years of economic growth is not everything

7 September, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of ABS data showing that Austra...

Greens call on Liberals to support stop to 17 year olds in adult jails

7 September, 2016 - The Queensland Greens have welcomed today's announcement by the state Premier that the government is finally moving to end the practice of p...

Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit

7 September, 2016 - Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit The Greens have attacked moves by the NSW government to remove the Gayby Baby School Action Toolkit from stat...

Greens welcome WA coroner reopening application for the release of Ms Dhu CCTV footage

7 September, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the Western Australia coroner reopening an application to release CCTV footage of Ms D...

It's threatened species day and the Premier still has no plan for Victoria's forests

7 September, 2016 - The government established Forest Industry Taskforce announced over six weeks ago that it was finalising a Statement of Intent but there hav...

Dan must get it right on Frankston line, urges local Greens MP

7 September, 2016 - Local Greens MP Nina Springle has urged the Victorian Government to take seriously communities’ concerns about the Frankston line, ahead of ...

Greens call for report card on conservation efforts on National Threatened Species Day

7 September, 2016 - The State Government isn’t doing its homework when it comes to protecting WA’s biodiversity making it difficult to measure the effectiveness...

Greens support for R U OK? Day

7 September, 2016 - In the lead up to tomorrow's R U OK Day Australian Greens Mental Health spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert is urging the community to ask t...

PC report shows schools funding must be increased, better targeted

6 September, 2016 - A Productivity Commission draft report, detailing no overall improvement in Australian education standards over the previous decade, shows w...

UK/Australia trade negotiations should face public scrutiny

5 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the Turnbull government to end the secrecy around trade negotiations and ensure that any potential deal...

Government must not use our most vulnerable to plug up the budget: Greens

5 September, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said there is a moral obligation not to use the proposed investment approach to income support to p...

Denial of medical care allegations demand urgent action

5 September, 2016 - Allegations that the Government has denied medical care to a family of asylum seekers, including a 12-year-old with a badly broken arm, are ...

Turnbull must listen to Climate Change Authority whistleblowers

5 September, 2016 - Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt says the board members who have blown the whistle on the Climate Change Authority’s unwill...

Commbank has questions to answer over Storm Financial revelations

5 September, 2016 - Greens Spokesperson for Treasury and Consumer Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Commbank and Storm...

Greens welcome Mao concerts cancellation

2 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have congratulated activists in Sydney and Melbourne for their successful campaign to cancel concerts celebrating the ...