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Janet Rice on equal pay for women

6 September, 2017 - On Monday, we marked Equal Pay Day in Australia. That's the date past the end of the financial year that women, on average, would have had t...

AEMO REPORT DAMNS TURNBULL; LIDDELL A STRANDED ASSET: BANDT

6 September, 2017 - AEMO report damns Turnbull; Liddell a stranded asset: Bandt   Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said the energy ma...

Manus settlement can’t compensate for Dutton’s harm

6 September, 2017 - No amount of money can compensate for the harm that has been done and is still being done to Australia’s political prisoners on Manus Island...

Janet Rice on Regional Forest Agreements

6 September, 2017 - It's very appropriate that, this Thursday, I and the Greens will be introducing a bill to scrap the Regional Forest Agreements Act, the act ...

PaTH program is resulting in suspended payments and exploitation

6 September, 2017 - The coalition suspending payments of 1300 young people seeking income support because they did not take part in the first compulsory stage o...

Parliamentary Code for Respecting Cultural Diversity

6 September, 2017 - Amendment to General Business Notice of Motion No. 447. As listed on pages 7-8 of today’s Notice Paper in the name of Senator Di Natale To m...

Fracking policy weaker in practice than election commitment: Greens

6 September, 2017 - Wednesday, 6 September The WA Greens have labelled the Government’s policy announcement on fracking yesterday as weak and a far cry from the...

CSIRO NEEDS TO SEVER TIES WITH MINERALS COUNCIL: BANDT

6 September, 2017 - CSIRO needs to sever ties with Minerals Council: Bandt The CSIRO must immediately cancel its paid membership of the Minerals Council, Austra...

Greens respond to extra 600 apartments on Queens Wharf

6 September, 2017 - The Premier is lying through her teeth on Queens Wharf. “This outrageous generational theft of public land has just got worse with an extra ...

Stephen King movie promotion a horror story for Australian wildlife

5 September, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Whish-Wilson, has called on Village Roadshow to stop tying red helium balloons to stormwater...

AS COALITION CHOOSES MORE COAL, LABOR MUST PICK SIDES: GREENS

5 September, 2017 - As Coalition chooses more coal, Labor must pick sides: Greens  Following both Malcolm Turnbull's announcement that the government will press...

ENERGY RULE MAKER'S DAYS NUMBERED AS IT WALLOPS ENERGY STORAGE: BANDT

5 September, 2017 - Energy rule maker's days numbered as it wallops energy storage: Bandt The Australian Energy Market Commission has released its draft determi...

Stephen King movie promotion a horror story for Australian wildlife

5 September, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Whish-Wilson, has called on Village Roadshow to stop tying red helium balloons to stormwater...