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Australian Greens launch LGBTIQ policy package on IDAHOBIT

17 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens will commit to $32 million full roll out of the Safe Schools program, removal of religious exemptions to federal anti-discr...

Greens commit to nationwide funding boost for Safe Schools

17 May, 2016 - Greens commit to nationwide funding boost for Safe Schools To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the Greens hav...

Australian Greens launch LGBTIQ policy package on IDAHOBIT

17 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens will commit to $32 million full roll out of the Safe Schools program, removal of religious exemptions to federal anti-discr...

Media Release: Greens to fund feasibility study into Tasmanian women’s football team

17 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have committed to funding a comprehensive study into the feasibility of a Tasmanian women’s football side competing in the ...

Greens to double Perth tree canopy by 2040

16 May, 2016 - Perth's tree canopy will double across the city by 2040 with every resident living within five minutes of a greenway under the Greens Urban Fores...

Greens would make ABC iView audio description trials permanent

16 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for ABC iView audio description trials to be made permanent, launching a package that would ensure the continue...

Greens will legislate to protect penalty rates, Labor should too

16 May, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today joined Greens candidate for Grayndler Jim Casey to announce that the Greens will leg...

Greens would make ABC iView audio description trials permanent

16 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for ABC iView audio description trials to be made permanent, launching a package that would ensure the continue...

Cape Grim and poll finding global warming a vote-changer show old parties ignoring science and community

16 May, 2016 - Confirmation from Cape Grim that atmospheric carbon dioxide has reached 400 parts per million and another poll showing Australians want action on...

Auto industry left crashing while Labor & Liberals asleep at the wheel

16 May, 2016 - Greens Industry spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Australian auto industry has crashed because Labor and the Liberals have been asleep at...

Busselton Dunsborough Greens

15 May, 2016 - Michael Baldock More than two years have passed since the Busselton Dunsborough Greens held its first meeting. 2013 was a low point. In March at ...

Green Democracy and Corrupted Democracy

15 May, 2016 - Rob Delves Its one of our four pillars – Participatory Democracy – and in my opinion the most important. Im a great fan of the Animal Farm quote ...

Democracy fails again in the national debate on free range eggs standards

15 May, 2016 - Dinny Laurence There has been outrage about the government decision to confer the 'free range label on eggs from farms with outdoor stocking dens...

Plebiscites – good and bad

15 May, 2016 - Arran Morton The strongest argument for the plebiscite is that it is not only a fundamentally democratic exercise, but also an exercise in direct...

Participatory Democracy in Geraldton

15 May, 2016 - Robert Weymouth and Janette Hartz-Karp Deliberative Collaborative Governance (DCG) is an arrangement where one or more public agencies directly e...