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Greens call for $90 million funding boost for Reef Marine Park Authority and Reef scientists

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for a funding boost for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority by $82 million over four years to help t...

CEIF: Turnbull’s climate con

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have criticised Malcolm Turnbull's new Clean Energy Innovation Fund for trying to make a cut in clean energy funding look...

West Bank land grabs a violation of international law, Australian Government stays silent

23 March, 2016 - Recent land grabs in the West Bank, the largest since August 2014, are a violation of international law and seriously undermine efforts to achi...

Liberals must rule out HECS grab from the dead

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Government must rule out collecting HECS from the dead and hiking up university fees in order to make up its bud...

CEIF: Turnbull’s climate con

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have criticised Malcolm Turnbull's new Clean Energy Innovation Fund for trying to make a cut in clean energy funding look...

Perth Freight Link hiatus of confusion

23 March, 2016 - The Barnett Government's wasted fascination on the Perth Freight Link is causing a 'hiatus of confusion' costing the Kwinana region up to $42 b...

Greens to oppose income tax cuts & company tax cuts for big business

23 March, 2016 - “The Greens will not support income tax cuts in the upcoming Budget,” Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt said. “The Treasurer has talked u...

Greens statement on bombings in Brussels

23 March, 2016 - On behalf of the Australian Greens I wish to extend my most heartfelt condolences to the people of Brussels, particularly those who have lost l...

We did it!

23 March, 2016 - Jonathan Sri Alright. I'm calling it. We won. We actually won. Despite a tiny campaign budget, strong opposing candidates and every political c...

Greens welcome calmer Government approach to sharks

22 March, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has cautiously welcomed the Government’s decision not to try to kill sharks under its so-called serious threat guideli...

ATO tax data strengthens case for ending unfair tax breaks in Budget: Greens

22 March, 2016 - Data released by the Australian Tax Office today on how much Australia’s richest companies paid in tax strengthens the case for the government ...

Greens will oppose company tax cut for big business

22 March, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today announced that the Greens will not support any cut to the company tax rate for big business. “...

Homophobic attack on Safe Schools initiative harmful for LGBTI youth

21 March, 2016 - An attack on the Safe Schools Coalition could result in long-lasting damage to LBGTI youth, Greens sexuality and gender identity spokesperson L...

Level 3 bleaching event makes choice even more stark – it’s coral or coal

21 March, 2016 - 21/03/2016 The Greens are calling on the Turnbull and Palaszczuk governments to stop allowing new coal mines in the wake of the coral bleaching...

Turnbull desperate to distract from chaotic and divided government

21 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull is using the ABCC as an excuse to dissolve Parliament and distract from his divided government. “In ...