News

One White House phone call and Australia is at war

9 February, 2017 - Anybody who has been in this place for a while will be aware that the Defence Legislation Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Servi...

WA Labor ‘spineless’ on climate change: Greens

9 February, 2017 - WA Labor ‘spineless’ on climate change: GreensThursday, 9 February The Greens have labelled WA Labor as ‘absolutely spineless’ for bowing to ...

Celebrating Women and Girls in Science

9 February, 2017 - Emma Davidson and Rosanne Bersten On 11 February, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Australian women have con...

Parliament should have the power to block Trump

8 February, 2017 - The Greens will move to amend Australia's visa laws to give Parliament the power to block foreign leaders from visiting Australia on the grou...

Senate calls on Cardinal Pell to return to Australia

8 February, 2017 - A Greens motion calling on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist Victorian police in investigating his alleged criminal condu...

Deal with crossbench tries to sneak through four week wait and other nasties

8 February, 2017 - The secret deal between the Government and crossbenchers on the family tax benefit sneaks through nasty cuts to the social safety net that hu...

Greens battery solar grants scheme to kick-start WA power storage

8 February, 2017 - Residential solar users could claim a 50 per cent tax rebate of up to $5000 to install battery storage under a Greens plan that could see 120...

Senate calls on Cardinal Pell to return to Australia

8 February, 2017 - A Greens motion calling on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist Victorian police in investigating his alleged criminal condu...

Forest campaigning is not going to go away

8 February, 2017 - I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This document is the regional forest agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and t...

Labor, Liberals vote against protecting the Bight after taking donations

8 February, 2017 - The Labor and Liberal parties have voted against protecting South Australia’s pristine Great Australian Bight just days after it was revealed...

Parliament should have the power to block Trump

8 February, 2017 - The Greens will move to amend Australia's visa laws to give Parliament the power to block foreign leaders from visiting Australia on the grou...

Australia conspicuously silent on Israeli West Bank aggression: Greens

8 February, 2017 - The Israeli Government’s most recent expansion further into the West Bank denies basic rights to Palestinians, and the government of Australi...

Governments continue addiction to native forest logging

8 February, 2017 - There is a long-held saying that the world's forests are its lungs. That being the case, the coalition federal government and the Victorian L...

Deal with crossbench tries to sneak through four week wait and other nasties

8 February, 2017 - The secret deal between the Government and crossbenchers on the family tax benefit sneaks through nasty cuts to the social safety net that hu...

Value capture proposal not the silver bullet for high speed rail

8 February, 2017 - The Greens have warned that a Parliamentary Committee’s support for value capture for high speed rail along Australia’s east coast is fraught...