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Greens backpacker tax deal is a win for farmers and the environment

2 December, 2016 - This political grandstanding from Labor tonight is sour grapes because we have been able to deliver an outcome that they are jealous of and t...

MOTION: Regional Forest Agreements

2 December, 2016 - Senator RICE: I move: (a) notes that:    (i) Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) have been in place as 20-year agreements, designed to manage t...

What Did The Greens Get Up To In final two weeks of Parliament in 2016?

2 December, 2016 - As the Australian Greens Whip I give a regular insight into what’s happening in Parliament with the top pieces of legislation, amendments, mo...

Foreign ownership of water on agricultural land

2 December, 2016 -  I rise today to speak to the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Amendment (Water) Bill 2016. The bill before us today would ...

Greater transparency needed in NDIS transition: Greens

2 December, 2016 - The Greens have called on the State Government to make public the draft legislation and results of the comparative evaluation in the transiti...

Greens backpacker outcome provides security for Tasmania

2 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson is relieved to see the backpacker tax impasse finally resolved to provide certainty ...

Senate unites to support World AIDS Day

1 December, 2016 - In recognition that today is World AIDS Day, the Senate has passed a motion reaffirming Australia’s commitment to ending HIV transmission by ...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

We can have a true sustainable wood products industry for the future

1 December, 2016 - As we head into summer, many people are sitting at work or at home, picturing what exciting things they might get up to in their holidays. If...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

Governments risking In Danger listing of Reef with shoddy UNESCO Reef homework

1 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Australian and Queensland government’s inaction and capitulation to big coal will tempt UNESCO to put the Great...

Labor lets offshore dumping of sludge continue on Reef

1 December, 2016 - The state Labor government’s Maintenance Dredging Strategy for Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Ports lets one million cubic metres of ...

Greens announce end to backpacker tax deadlock and $100mil for Landcare

1 December, 2016 - Senator Di Natale, Australian Greens Leader said today, “This is a victory for farmers who have been watching their fruit wither and die on t...

Privatising by its very nature will cut jobs and drive up power prices: Greens

30 November, 2016 - The WA Greens said investors would expect to turn a profit, which would drive up power prices and cost WA jobs after the Barnett Government ...

Government must heed think tank’s calls for more public transport: Greens

30 November, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Transport Lynn MacLaren MLC has today welcomed the City of Perth’s Get a Move On report, which calls for greater inv...