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The government's vendetta against Gillian Triggs

16 November, 2016 - The prime minister's confirmation that Gillian Triggs will not be reappointed as President of the Human Rights Commission is the final indig...

Feds must intervene in Macquarie Harbour salmon farm regulation

16 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has used the latest EPA reporting on the state of Macquarie Harbour to w...

Slam shut the revolving door between politics and big polluters

16 November, 2016 - The Australian Greens say former Minister Ian Macfarlane's proposal to make environment groups stick to “digging up lantana” shows the dange...

Labor and Liberal vote against protecting local steel industry jobs

16 November, 2016 - In a shameful display of crass politics, the Labor Party today voted with the Liberals to defeat a Bill that would have required all State G...

Services at Banksia Hill must be run by WA MHC

16 November, 2016 - The WA Greens are calling on the Barnett Government to ensure the Mental Health Commission plays a key role in the management of the new acc...

Campaigning, climate and courage

16 November, 2016 - It's been a hectic year — straight into the campaign trail, then hard work on schools, justice, small business and now immigration while Tas...

A huge year

16 November, 2016 - Dr Richard Di Natale After a huge year in federal politics we Greens are in an exciting spot. We have more members than ever before, and our...

Winning for the community

16 November, 2016 - What a massive year it has been for our team and the Greens! Thanks to the people of Melbourne, hundreds of volunteers across the city and t...

Around the world

16 November, 2016 - With a study tour bringing 22 people to Australia from around the world, formalising the Asia-Pacific Greens from an informal network to a r...

Together, we're powerful

16 November, 2016 - From State Greens efforts to end domestic violence, fierce community campaigns to stop dangerous fracking and national efforts to defend the...

Plastic pollution, parks and plutocracy

16 November, 2016 - The first election in Tasmania in decades without Christine Milne or Bob Brown on the ticket saw the Greens scrape through with both Senator...

A voice for the people

16 November, 2016 - The last 12 months have basically been at the pace of an election; we tried our best to speak to issues that matter to the community, partic...

Stronger together

16 November, 2016 - A year of ups and downs — the loss of Robert Simms as Senator for South Australia was a hard one, but the mood in the community is turning o...

Summary financial results

16 November, 2016 - The Australian Greens AUSTRALIAN GREENS (THE GREENS) INCORPORATED Income and expenditure statement for the year ended 30 June 2016 2016 ...

Democracy, aid and animals

16 November, 2016 - Positive news in 2016 included the senate reform passed in March, a ban on greyhound racing in NSW and progress in banning cosmetics tested ...