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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...

The Arts and The Greens

15 May, 2016 - Vivienne Glance Movie fundraisers are fun to go to, and even more so when the movie fits in with Greens values.  For our Curtin fundraiser we cho...

Democracy in the spotlight of our new-look Green Issue

15 May, 2016 - The GI Editors Welcome to the April 2016 edition of Green Issue which takes on the issue of Democracy. “About time” we hear you say. Point taken:...

Is ‘politics’ a dirty word? Or just ‘the Greens’?

15 May, 2016 - Chilla Bulbeck Following the launch of the Facebook page for our candidate for Curtin, Viv Glance, I – of course – asked all my friends to like t...

Boyup Brook church wins environmental award

15 May, 2016 - Jessica Morthorpe  St Saviours Anglican Church in Boyup Brook won credit for its first-class environmental efforts last October when it became th...

Greens announce opposition to backpacker tax

15 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens today confirmed that they oppose the backpacker tax, saying it would unfairly impact on farmers and growers. "The Governmen...

Richard in Federation Square

15 May, 2016 - Richard Di Natale speaks to supporters in Federation Square.

We need greener cities

15 May, 2016 - We need greener cities. The Greens have a plan. Cities don't have to be concrete jungles. They can be green, living, breathing, culturally rich places.

John Church’s treatment is emblematic of CSIRO fiasco

15 May, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, and Chair of recent Senate Inquiry into CSIRO budget cuts, offers the following comments on redundancy notice issued...

Lynn's page

14 May, 2016 - Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC The first sitting week in February got off to an energetic start as my Protect Peaceful Protest forum triggered a 1000-stro...

Rachel's page

14 May, 2016 - Senator Rachel Siewert That last week in Parliament debating the Senate Reform legislation now seems so long ago when reality it was really only ...

Scott's page

14 May, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam It might have been a bit of fun to see 'Gary lose his lustre but the reason behind The Worlds Greatest Shave was not lost on...

Robin's page

14 May, 2016 - On Thursday 17 March, National Close the Gap Day, Rachel Siewert and I launched Home is Heritage, our campaign to prevent the forced closure of r...