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State Budget bad news for vulnerable people, environment and climate change

12 May, 2016 - Today’s State Budget sees a further skimming of relief for vulnerable people and is bad news for the State’s biodiversity and the climate, the WA...

Aboriginal heritage management clearly not a priority

12 May, 2016 - Thursday, 12 May 2016 More than $1.3 million has been spent over the last two years upgrading online Aboriginal heritage lodgements yet Tradition...

QLD families to be slugged $287m by childcare delay

12 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed concern for the thousands of Queensland families who will be disadvantaged by the government's decision to d...

State Budget bad news for vulnerable people, environment and climate change

12 May, 2016 - Thursday 12 May 2016 Today’s State Budget sees a further skimming of relief for vulnerable people and is bad news for the State’s biodiversity an...

$16 Billion Western Power fire sale “fanciful”

12 May, 2016 - Thursday, 12 May 2016 After months of speculation, the Barnett government has put pen to paper on its imaginary revenue prediction for the sale o...

Estimates: was there a peer reviewed business case for the Western Distributor?

11 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: Mr Davies, my questions are about the Western Distributor business case. Infrastructure Australia is assessing the Western Distribu...

Cape Grim will send a message to the world on climate change

11 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said, "Cape Grim is the world's sentinel for measuring the atmosphere's carbon dioxide levels. When Cape Grim records 400 pp...

Greens seek to legislate for protection of remote communities

11 May, 2016 - Wednesday, 11 May WA Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC last night tableda draft of the Prevention of Forced Clos...

Nauru death needs independent investigation

11 May, 2016 - With the death of yet another person in Australia's care on Nauru, the Australian Greens have again expressed their condolences and called for an...

Only party preferencing Liberals is Labor: Bandt

10 May, 2016 - Greens Federal Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt MP today said the only party preferencing the Liberals is Labor. “There is no deal. Let's be clear...

Government arts funding decision ‘disturbing’: Greens

9 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said it was disturbing that the government has allocated almost half of the four year Catalyst fundin...

Estimates: logging breaches in Murray Valley NP

9 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: I want to continue the discussion we had from last estimates about the ecological thinning trial that is underway in the Millewa Nat...

Estimates: peer review of Western Distributor

9 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: Mr Davies, my questions are about the Western Distributor business case. Infrastructure Australia is assessing the Western Distribut...

Container Deposit Scheme is an inevitability for Tasmania

9 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said that the decision by the NSW Government to adopt a container deposit scheme was a big win for community campaigners arou...