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New Greens’ portfolio allocations

25 August, 2016 - The Australian Greens Party Room has changed portfolio responsibilities as we enter this new term of parliament. “Thanks to the outstanding ad...

Greens to table petition calling for WA ban on greyhound racing

25 August, 2016 - Media alert and statement, Thursday 25 August 2016 Greens spokesperson for Animals Lynn MacLaren MLC will this morning at 9.20am on the steps ...

Greens propose powerful parliamentary alternative if Turnbull baulks on banking Royal Commission

25 August, 2016 - The Greens spokesperson for Finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, said, “If the Turnbull Government refuses to act on establishing a Royal Comm...

8 TED talks on democracy that you need to see

25 August, 2016 - Emma Davidson It's that time of year when TEDx events are happening in cities around Australia. During September, there will be independently ...

Greens fix glaring flaws in Government’s biodiversity laws

24 August, 2016 - The Greens have successfully amended the Government's new biodiversity legislation to address two of its most glaring flaws: the so-called 'Go...

NBN/AFP raids set troubling precedence

24 August, 2016 - The Australian Greens are deeply troubled by the AFP raids inside Parliament House today and have called on NBN management to simply come clea...

Kids at risk if new pokies for Coach & Horses approved

24 August, 2016 - An application from Collingwood Football Club to increase the number of machines from 80 to 90 at the Coach & Horses Ringwood (City of Maroond...

Greens fix glaring flaws in Government’s biodiversity laws

24 August, 2016 - The Greens have successfully amended the Government's new biodiversity legislation to address two of its most glaring flaws: the so-called 'Go...

Roe 8 verdict: Dark day for respect for the views of Traditional Owners

24 August, 2016 - Responding to the Supreme Court decision today to reject the challenge to the Aboriginal heritage approval for Roe 8, Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren...

Federal Government needs to pitch in for Tasmania's water infrastructure needs

24 August, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on Tasmanian Liberal Senators to provide federal assistance for TasW...

Greens call on Premier to urge Federal Government to abandon plebiscite on marriage equality

23 August, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has called on the Premier to urge his Federal Liberal colleagues to abandon plans to hold a plebiscite on marriage eq...

CLP secretly signing Territory away

23 August, 2016 - The Giles government secretly signed away 15,000 square kilometres of Northern Territory land for coal mining and exploration south of Alice S...

Federal Environment Minister is undermining Aboriginal Heritage Protections

23 August, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, says that new Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg, by joining with the Hodgman Government in...

Government needs to act to stop more veterans’ suicides

23 August, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on the government to act on the recommendations of the rec...

Government fence-sits on RSPCA following year-long inquiry

23 August, 2016 - After a year-long inquiry the Government’s response to a Parliamentary report on the operations of the RSPCA is a non-event,  Greens MLC Lynn ...