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World Heritage for threatened Burrup Peninsula reveals deep divisions in Government

8 September, 2016 - Tuesday, 23 August WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC has welcomed the WA Nationals support for World Heritage List...

ARENA funds 1,172 Queensland solar jobs while Labor and LNP plan its downfall

8 September, 2016 -   Greens Deputy Leader and Queensland Senator Larissa Waters today said the 1,172 Queensland jobs funded by the Australian Renewable Energy ...

Modernised laws don’t go far enough to protect biodiversity - Greens

8 September, 2016 - “The biodiversity of Western Australia deserves better protection than that afforded in the Biodiversity Conservation Bill,” Greens spokespe...

KalMiner letter response RC roadmap

8 September, 2016 - Dear Editor, I would like to address comments made by Nicholas Fardell (on behalf of Nationals WA?) in his letter on Saturday, 16 July title...

WA should be allowed to accommodate refugees held offshore - Greens

8 September, 2016 - 18 August, 2016 WA Greens member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC has today welcomed statements by Premier Colin Barnett...

Delays in anti-protest laws a win for democracy - Greens

8 September, 2016 - “The rallying cries from a coalition of voices in civil society and my year-long efforts which served to prolong debate and delay the Anti-P...

When Direct Action met Electoral Politics

8 September, 2016 - Jonathan Sri Within a fortnight of being sworn in as a city councillor, I was on the front page of Queensland's Courier Mail alongside the h...

It's threatened species day and the Premier still has no plan for Victoria's forests

7 September, 2016 - The government established Forest Industry Taskforce announced over six weeks ago that it was finalising a Statement of Intent but there hav...

Dan must get it right on Frankston line, urges local Greens MP

7 September, 2016 - Local Greens MP Nina Springle has urged the Victorian Government to take seriously communities’ concerns about the Frankston line, ahead of ...

Greens call for report card on conservation efforts on National Threatened Species Day

7 September, 2016 - The State Government isn’t doing its homework when it comes to protecting WA’s biodiversity making it difficult to measure the effectiveness...

Greens support for R U OK? Day

7 September, 2016 - In the lead up to tomorrow's R U OK Day Australian Greens Mental Health spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert is urging the community to ask t...

25 years of economic growth is not everything

7 September, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of ABS data showing that Austra...

Greens call on Liberals to support stop to 17 year olds in adult jails

7 September, 2016 - The Queensland Greens have welcomed today's announcement by the state Premier that the government is finally moving to end the practice of p...

Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit

7 September, 2016 - Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit The Greens have attacked moves by the NSW government to remove the Gayby Baby School Action Toolkit from stat...

Greens welcome WA coroner reopening application for the release of Ms Dhu CCTV footage

7 September, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the Western Australia coroner reopening an application to release CCTV footage of Ms D...