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When will Liberals learn that Aboriginal people do not all speak with one voice?

14 June, 2017 - That was an extraordinary contribution by Senator Chisholm on the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017. You have to...

Senate will inquire into climate change, national security links

14 June, 2017 - This afternoon the senate supported the Australian Greens' proposal for inquiry into the implications of climate change for Australia’s national...

State Housing Strategy will see more Queenslanders homeless

14 June, 2017 - The Queensland Greens says Queensland Labor’s housing strategy fails the hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders under housing stress.  Amy MacMa...

Government disregards security risks of uranium sales to conflict zone

14 June, 2017 - The Australian Greens have condemned the Government’s plan to disregard warnings from the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and proceed with ...

Greens will seek to grill Adani at Senate Inquiry

14 June, 2017 - Today in the Senate the Australian Greens successfully moved for an inquiry into the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF). We will ...

Time to welcome Chechen refugees

14 June, 2017 - Adam Pulford Earlier this year, shocking reports started emerging that authorities in the northern Russian republic Chechnya were capturing, tor...

Looking for hope on Manus

14 June, 2017 - What was the mood like amongst the detainees you spoke to on Manus Island? They are scared and uncertain of their future. Some have lost all hop...

Senate backs Whyalla steelworks future

13 June, 2017 - The Senate has supported an Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Federal Government to use Whyalla steel in local infrastructure projects an...

Greens respond to Christian Group lobbying for freedom to discriminate against people with mental illness

13 June, 2017 - “It is unbelievable to think that anyone would want more opportunity to discriminate against people with mental ill health, but that’s apparentl...

Qld Labor’s $15 million to "tackle climate change" is laughable

13 June, 2017 - What a joke that Qld Labor’s budget includes a measly $15 million to tackle climate change in Queensland, says Australian Greens Deputy Leader a...

The senate inquiry into the procurement of the F-35

13 June, 2017 - I thank the minister. I also want to acknowledge Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, who made the reference on the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Le...

Victorian Greens MPs announce they won’t re-contest their seats at 2018 election

13 June, 2017 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber and Western Metro MP Colleen Hartland have announced that they won’t re-contest their seats in the Legislati...

Senator Rice on Native Title amendment and Adani

13 June, 2017 - I rise to speak on this important piece of legislation, the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017. This parliament, ...

Senate backs Whyalla steelworks future

13 June, 2017 - The Senate has supported an Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Federal Government to use Whyalla steel in local infrastructure projects an...

Colleen Hartland announces she won't recontest her seat at 2018 election

13 June, 2017 - Statement from Colleen Hartland:  I feel exhausted just thinking about the amount of work that’s gone into the last eleven years since I was ele...