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PC report shows schools funding must be increased, better targeted

6 September, 2016 - A Productivity Commission draft report, detailing no overall improvement in Australian education standards over the previous decade, shows w...

UK/Australia trade negotiations should face public scrutiny

5 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the Turnbull government to end the secrecy around trade negotiations and ensure that any potential deal...

Government must not use our most vulnerable to plug up the budget: Greens

5 September, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said there is a moral obligation not to use the proposed investment approach to income support to p...

Denial of medical care allegations demand urgent action

5 September, 2016 - Allegations that the Government has denied medical care to a family of asylum seekers, including a 12-year-old with a badly broken arm, are ...

Turnbull must listen to Climate Change Authority whistleblowers

5 September, 2016 - Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt says the board members who have blown the whistle on the Climate Change Authority’s unwill...

Commbank has questions to answer over Storm Financial revelations

5 September, 2016 - Greens Spokesperson for Treasury and Consumer Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Commbank and Storm...

Greens welcome Mao concerts cancellation

2 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have congratulated activists in Sydney and Melbourne for their successful campaign to cancel concerts celebrating the ...

Debate on the Omnicuts Bill

2 September, 2016 - I think it is really important to understand what is going on here. What is going on here is that we have a piece of legislation that is goi...

Greens push to cut $2+ ATM fees now excessive credit card surcharges dead

2 September, 2016 - Following the death of excessive credit card surcharges from today onwards, Greens MP Adam Bandt today said the Greens will push to cut exce...

Media Release: Wilson’s Evacuation Shows Offshore Detention Untenable

2 September, 2016 - Wilson Security’s decision to withdraw from Australian offshore detention centres shows that the Government’s mandatory detention regime is ...

Motion - Mining and Adani

2 September, 2016 - Senator WATERS I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 19 standing in my name for today, relating to the Adani coalmine....

Climate authority tells government to get its act together on clean transport

2 September, 2016 - MEDIA RELEASEClimate authority tells government to get its act together on clean transport The Greens have called on the government to liste...

Answers sought on nuclear waste delay

2 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have branded the Liberal-National Government's 18 month delay in identifying a nuclear waste storage site in Australia...

Address-in-Reply – Nick McKim

2 September, 2016 - Senator McKIM Before I concluded my previous contribution on this, I was speaking about the fact that the government's so-called border prot...

Restoring Territory Rights (Dying with Dignity) Bill 2016

2 September, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I move: (1) That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent this resolution having effect. (2) That the Rest...