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Government unable to rule out Australian involvement in Mosul airstrike tragedy

27 March, 2017 - The Turnbull Liberal government has failed to rule out Australia's involvement in another bombing tragedy in Iraq, the Australian Greens said t...

Senate calls on Government to come good on funding for neurodegenerative disease in East Arnhem Land

27 March, 2017 - The Greens and Labor have secured Senate support calling on the Federal Government to make good on a $10 million grant that they have refused t...

The disastrous bombing in west Mosul

27 March, 2017 - I move that the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Defence (Senator Payne) in question time today. There is no doubt tha...

Mentally ill crime bill fails in Victorian parliament

27 March, 2017 - Alex White, Herald Sun A MOVE to overhaul how courts handle mentally ill criminals has stalled in the state parliament amid concerns more dange...

Funding cuts to Community Legal Centres must be reversed

27 March, 2017 - The federal government must act immediately to restore funding it has stripped from community legal centres to ensure tens of thousands of peop...

Aboriginal Legal Services should not have been excluded from race-hate inquiry: Greens

24 March, 2017 - It is atrocious that the Government excluded Aboriginal Legal Services from giving evidence at a senate inquiry into race-hate laws, Australian...

Victorian taxpayers set to lose tens of millions of dollars on grand prix again

24 March, 2017 - "Victorian taxpayers are set to lose tens of millions on the F1 grand prix again this weekend for an event that costs around three times as muc...

International Day of Forests 2017

24 March, 2017 - Forests are Australia's hidden treasure. Entering our forests, it is invigorating to breathe in the fresh air and hear cascades of clear water,...

Aboriginal Legal Services should not have been excluded from race-hate inquiry: Greens

24 March, 2017 - It is atrocious that the Government excluded Aboriginal Legal Services from giving evidence at a senate inquiry into race-hate laws, Australian...

The Government should not have Accenture ‘transforming’ Centrelink, recipients have been through enough

23 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has expressed concern that the company behind the bungled Tax Office overhaul has been selected to ‘tr...

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is bad at killing people

23 March, 2017 - To move—That the Senate— notes: that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) cannot turn, cannot climb, cannot run and cannot fight according to mu...

The Government should not have Accenture ‘transforming’ Centrelink, recipients have been through enough

23 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has expressed concern that the company behind the bungled Tax Office overhaul has been selected to ‘tr...

Greens will vote down childcare if 15 hours not guaranteed

23 March, 2017 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will vote down the government’s childcare package if it refuses to commit to guaranteeing vulner...

Greens and Labor secure support for senate inquiry into broken Community Development Program

22 March, 2017 - The Greens and Labor have secured Senate support for a senate inquiry into the failing Community Development Program that is being rolled out i...