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We Can Shut Down Greyhound Racing

18 July, 2016 - Dr Mehreen Faruqi On 7 July, the NSW government announced it would ban greyhound racing from 2017. This was a huge win for the Greens and the ma...

Political characters we love to hate

18 July, 2016 - Nathan Hart Reality TV programs dominate our screens (and ratings) these days. With the commercial networks feeding our desire for controversy, ...

Corflute Creativity

18 July, 2016 - Lenore Keough At the end of any election campaign, we are always faced with the dilemma of what to do with the election signs, or corflutes. If ...

Australian Greens statement on Nice attack

15 July, 2016 - Our thoughts are with the people of France after another shocking act of violence towards their peaceful country. On behalf of the Australian Gr...

Greens Support Ongoing Community Struggle on Controversial Roe 8 Project

15 July, 2016 - "Today's Court of Appeal decision reinstating the environmental approvals for a section of Perth’s controversial Freight Link project only stren...

National interest must come first in high speed rail conversation

14 July, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed a fresh discussion about high speed rail in light of the proposal from Consolidated Land and Rail Australia,...

Greens MP warns of paternalistic approach to remote communities

14 July, 2016 - Thursday 14 JulyWA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC, who recently introduced his Prevention of Forced Closure of Remote ...

Greens welcome UN court decision on South China Sea

13 July, 2016 - The Greens have welcomed the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that China’s attempts to claim territorial rights in the South China Sea have...

Coal-fired power also a continued burden on the health system

8 July, 2016 - Thursday, 7 April WA Greens Energy spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said a Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) report on the impacts of coal dus...

Greens to re-introduce War Powers Bill in light of Chilcot review

7 July, 2016 - The Australian Greens have renewed their call for an inquiry into Australia's participation in the Iraq war in light of the damning findings of t...

Throwing good money after bad – How the nuclear waste dump folly could wreck the SA State Budget

7 July, 2016 - The additional $3.6m allocated in the SA State Budget to advance the case for an international nuclear waste dump means that $13m will have been ...

Maribyrnong must lift it's game on Bike Spending

7 July, 2016 - The Bicycle Network Bicycle Expenditure Index (BiXE) has been released for 2016. It shows Maribyrnong is amongst the lowest spending councils per...

WA Greens join nationwide call for a ban on greyhound racing

7 July, 2016 - Greens WA spokesperson on Animals Lynn MacLaren MLC called on Premier Colin Barnett to ban greyhound racing in Western Australia following today’...

Greens call for Victoria to ban greyhound racing

7 July, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says Dan Andrews should follow New South Wales and ban greyhound racing.“Victoria needs to shut down greyhoun...

Greens demand Annastacia Palaszczuk ban Greyhound Racing and support industry workers

7 July, 2016 - Queensland Greens spokesperson and long-time animal welfare advocate Andrew Bartlett says Annastacia Palaszczuk should follow the lead of New Sou...