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Turnbull puts education in too-hard basket, with health

31 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Prime Minister Turnbull has now put public school funding in the too-hard-basket, along with health "Instead of havin...

Anti-nuclear opinions don’t count for much with SA’s elitist Royal Commission

31 March, 2016 - Comments today from Nuclear Royal Commissioner, Kevin Scarce, show that the elitist and dismissive processes that dominated the Commission’s ea...

Polling shows Australians want solutions, not refugee cruelty

31 March, 2016 - Polling released today has shown that the majority (58.1%) of South Australian's want to see people seeking asylum, who are in need of protecti...

Ditch the plebiscite to save pain and money

31 March, 2016 - The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) support for marriage equality is further evidence of the need for the go...

A good idea but chronically underfunded

31 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader and former public health doctor, Senator Richard Di Natale, today said the government’s new chronic illness package ha...

Country of Origin labelling is a step in the right direction but it could be clearer: Greens

31 March, 2016 - Australian Greens spokesperson on Agriculture Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the roll out of country of origin labelling by the Government...

Delusions of grandeur in Western Power sale

31 March, 2016 - Thursday, 31 March Record state debt is pushing this government to make rash decisions, after the Premier yesterday admitted selling state-owne...

Turnbull puts education in too-hard basket, with health

31 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Prime Minister Turnbull has now put public school funding in the too-hard-basket, along with health "Instead of havin...

Homophobic ‘gay panic’ defence needs to be abolished in all states: Greens

31 March, 2016 - South Australia and Queensland need to abolish the homophobic ‘gay panic' defence, Australian Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simm...

Can drive, can't vote

31 March, 2016 - Laura Hedge The gap between the age of 16 and the time you become a legal adult at 18 is a jumble of child-like activities and adult responsibi...

Is Senate Voting Reform the Greens' GST moment?

31 March, 2016 - Andrew Bartlett Andrew Bartlett is a former Democrats Senator and Greens candidate for Queensland. He has written a series of articles about Se...

Family Violence Royal Commission

30 March, 2016 - The Greens have welcomed the findings of the Royal Commission as a major step towards reducing the harm caused by family violence.   ​“Today is...

Turnbull’s new tax plan is terrible for Tasmania

30 March, 2016 - Greens Finance spokesperson and Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Prime Minister’s latest though...