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Leyonhjelm, Hanson childcare comments rule them out of reasonable debate

11 January, 2017 - Senators David Leyonhjelm and Pauline Hanson have shown that they’re not up to taking part in a constructive discussion around reforming Aust...

Greens call for Environment Minister to stand down

11 January, 2017 - The Liberal Environment Minister should stand down from his portfolio responsibilities in the wake of comments this morning that he would be ...

Government needs to stop incorrect debt letters

11 January, 2017 - Senator Rachel Siewert You have probably heard that just before Christmas, thousands of Australians received Centrelink automated debt notice...

Government automated debt recovery system must be scrapped and should be referred to Senate inquiry: Greens

10 January, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling for the Government’s automated debt recovery system to be scrapped and investigated through a senate inquir...

Government automated debt recovery system must be scrapped and should be referred to Senate inquiry: Greens

10 January, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling for the Government’s automated debt recovery system to be scrapped and investigated through a senate inquir...

Breaking point

10 January, 2017 - The ACT Greens have the pleasure of hosting this year's Australian Young Greens National Conference. The Australian Young Greens have been wo...

Roe 8 offset plan fundamentally flawed: Greens

9 January, 2017 - The Federal Court ruling delivered today in the Save Beeliar Wetlands case fails to protect the precious Beeliar Wetlands and highlights the i...

Government cannot defend Centrelink debacle

5 January, 2017 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Treasury spokesperson for the Australian Greens, says the Turnbull Government has significant questions to answer ...

About time, say Greens, following ALP commitment to rule out Roe 8

4 January, 2017 - Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren has welcomed today’s announcement from Mark McGowan that it will not proceed with Roe 8 and the Pe...

Rachel's Page

2 January, 2017 - Senator Rachel Siewert October and November are particularly intensive with parliamentary sitting weeks so the most of our work has come out o...

Lynn’s Page

2 January, 2017 - Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC The fight against Roe 8 has dominated the lead-up to Christmas for me, my team, Greens members and supporters and hundr...

Robin’s page

1 January, 2017 - Hon Robin Chapple MLC Last month, as part of our Home is Heritage campaign, I tabled a draft of my Prevention of Forced Closure of Remote Abor...

Why sport matters

1 January, 2017 - Emma Davidson Have you ever picked up the newspaper and felt like there's a lot of column inches given to discussions about rugby league or cr...

Sea Shepherd doing the government's job in the Southern Ocean

23 December, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says that the Australian Government's failure to keep their promise to monitor J...

Glenside – let the Significant Tree slaughter begin

21 December, 2016 - "The likely destruction in the new year of 83 significant and regulated trees from the Glenside Health Campus is unnecessary, premature and ...