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Turnbull govt will condemn the Reef with billion dollar loan to Adani

3 December, 2016 - The Turnbull government has reportedly given "conditional approval" for a $1 billion loan of public money to build the railway for the Reef-d...

Senate condemns Japan for breaching international and Australian law ahead of Sea Shepherd’s Hobart departure

3 December, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today met with the Sea Shepherd crew in Hobart before they leave to search...

Turnbull Government should not interfere in the City of Fremantle Australia Day decision

3 December, 2016 - Interfering with a decision by the City of Fremantle to move Australia Day celebrations is significant overreach by the Turnbull Government a...

Jobs Australia and ANU reports show CDP must be relegated to the policy dustbin

2 December, 2016 - The disastrous failings of the Community Development Programme (CDP) in remote Australia have been criticised by Jobs Australia and the ANU, ...

Finally, action on Wicked Campers?

2 December, 2016 - Wicked Campers exploit a loophole in the Advertising Standards to advertise using sexist, racist and homophobic slogans and on Monday, we mig...

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 ...

Fast track taskforce to prepare for smelter closure

2 December, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber has called for the State Government to fast track the establishment of a transition taskforce to prepare ...

MOTION: World AIDS Day 2016

2 December, 2016 - Senator SMITH (Liberal Party): I, and also on behalf of Senators Pratt and Rice, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:    (i) 1 December 201...

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...