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Shorten must walk the talk on local steel and oppose the TPP

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens' trade spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on the Labor Party to commit to opposing the Trans-Pacific P...

Belgrave train line failure was preventable

8 April, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says today’s Belgrave train line failure was preventable and public transport users deserve an explanation f...

Government creating ticking debt time bomb: Greens

8 April, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms says PBO costings reveal the Government's deregulation agenda is a ticking ...

Greens lock in behind new push to ban nuclear weapons

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens today launched a campaign calling for Julie Bishop to support a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In December last yea...

Greens warn of new ‘generation debt’

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have warned that the Liberals will create a new generation of young Australians saddled with record debt, if they proceed ...

“Energy poverty” hypocrisy exposed by new Adani company allegations

7 April, 2016 - Following allegations of electricity price gouging by the Adani company in India, the Greens re-iterated their call for the state Labor and fede...

Shark study confirms pointlessness of drum lines

7 April, 2016 - A Fisheries Department study into white shark movements off the WA coast confirms that the Government’s 2014 drumline trial did nothing for the ...

Government must fight for Whyalla’s future: Greens

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens call on the Government to provide urgent mental health support to the Whyalla Community as part of any plan to assist in s...

Minister Hunt’s sneaky attempt to co-opt Sir David’s Reef documentary to downplay impacts is offensive

7 April, 2016 - Environment Minister Hunt's attempt to use Sir David Attenborough's documentary to downplay threats to the Great Barrier Reef, including those i...

Response to Energy Minister Mike Nahan: ‘Electricity reforms ensure fairer system for all’

7 April, 2016 - Thursday, 7 April WA Greens Energy spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said cutting electricity costs by reducing Demand Side Management (DSM) was ul...

Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum

6 April, 2016 - Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum The Greens have pledged $3 million of federal funds to invest in the tourism potential ...

Don’t punish students for poor government decisions: Greens

6 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to drop its deregulation agenda that seeks to punish students by hiking up the cost of universit...

Anglo’s Foxleigh mine sale another reason to act on rehab, despite mining lobby’s squeals

6 April, 2016 - Reports that Anglo American is selling the Foxleigh coal mine at Middlemount to Sydney's Taurus Fund Management is more evidence of the need for...

Cyclists take budget ask to the streets

6 April, 2016 - Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay and Monnee Vally Cyclists are sending a message to state and local governments to invest in safer cycling in the upcomi...

Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum

6 April, 2016 - Boost for tourism in the home of the Leadbeater’s Possum The Greens have pledged $3 million of federal funds to invest in the tourism potential ...