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Australian Press in perilous state on World Press Freedom Day

3 May, 2017 - On World Press Freedom Day, where the fundamental principles of press freedom are celebrated, Australia’s media is in its worst shape in years, th...

Schools funding needs to be fixed, not cut

2 May, 2017 - Schools funding in Australia needs to be reformed to reflect a genuine needs based model, but that can’t be done by cutting funding across the cou...

Manus Island Detention Centre ban

2 May, 2017 - Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says the decision to bar him from visiting Australia's Manus Island detention centre continues the disg...

Students already doing more than enough to contribute their fair share

2 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens will vote against the Government’s assault on students and young people in its cruel university funding model. “By investing...

$20 million trialling the cashless card could be much better spent on services for people struggling: Greens

2 May, 2017 - The Government should abandon the punitive cashless welfare card and invest the money in programs that really work, Australian Greens Senator Rach...

20 Questions with Robin Chapple

2 May, 2017 - Rosanne Bersten Robin Chapple is the member for Mining and Pastoral region of WA — he was first elected to the seat in 2001, then lost it in 2005 ...

Students already doing more than enough to contribute their fair share

2 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens will vote against the Government’s assault on students and young people in its cruel university funding model. “By investing...

Victorian Greens response to state budget

2 May, 2017 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says today's budget reveals that trams and trains (city and V/Line) will become more overcrowded and there's n...

Schools funding needs to be fixed, not cut

2 May, 2017 - Schools funding in Australia needs to be reformed to reflect a genuine needs based model, but that can’t be done by cutting funding across the cou...

$20 million trialling the cashless card could be much better spent on services for people struggling: Greens

2 May, 2017 - The Government should abandon the punitive cashless welfare card and invest the money in programs that really work, Australian Greens Senator Rach...

Manus Island Detention Centre ban

2 May, 2017 - Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick McKim says the decision to bar him from visiting Australia's Manus Island detention centre continues the disg...

Greens welcome ADF transparency first step

2 May, 2017 - The changes in reporting casualties in the Middle East announced by the ADF are a long overdue first step towards transparency, the Australian Gre...

Anna's Adani

2 May, 2017 - Bob Brown Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has tied Labor tightly into the disastrous Adani coal mine venture in the Galilee Basin west of...

The women of Australia deserve more than cheap words

2 May, 2017 - Senator Larissa Waters The safety net for survivors of domestic violence is full of holes, and our politicians know it. Prime Minister Malcolm Tur...

Queensland Greens give evidence to Crime and Corruption Commission on ways to clean up local government

1 May, 2017 - At today’s hearings of the Crime and Corruption Commission into the conduct of local government elections, the Queensland Greens will renew their ...