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Another Médecins Sans Frontières hospital tragedy

29 April, 2016 - The Australian government should focus on diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in Syria, in the wake of the tragic Médecins Sans Frontières hosp...

Greens promote clean and sustainable industry for regional Australia

29 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale visited Byron Bay today to promote investment in clean and sustainable industry for regi...

Greens announce doubling of funding for women’s shelters and call for federal budget funding

29 April, 2016 - The Greens have announced a plan to double funding for women’s shelters and are calling on the Turnbull Government to reverse its domestic viol...

Greens release economic principles for upcoming Budget and election

29 April, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP and Finance spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today released the party’s Budget Principles for...

Groundhog Day as Turnbull throws a lifeline to dying coal

29 April, 2016 - The proposal for a second Basslink is Groundhog Day for Tasmania, with former Liberal Minister Warwick Smith being used to work around the Clea...

Greens help Tasmanians conserve energy

28 April, 2016 - The Greens will hit the streets in coming weeks to help Tasmanians conserve electricity and save money during the energy crisis, showing the le...

Tackling root causes critical to reducing youth homelessness - Greens

28 April, 2016 - Greater investment in early intervention programs will reduce the risk of young people becoming homeless in the first place, Greens WA Housing ...

Ballarat duplication a step in the right direction

28 April, 2016 - The Greens have welcomed the commitment to duplicate the Ballarat Rail Line in the 2016-17 Victorian Budget, saying it will deliver better serv...

Tackling root causes critical to reducing youth homelessness: Greens

28 April, 2016 - Greater investment in early intervention programs will reduce the risk of young people becoming homeless in the first place, Greens WA Housing ...

Budget fails to address public transport overcrowding

28 April, 2016 - Greens transport spokesperson Samantha Dunn says the State Budget contains no plan to address overcrowding on Victorian trains, trams and buses...

Greens help Tasmanians conserve energy

28 April, 2016 - The Greens will hit the streets in coming weeks to help Tasmanians conserve electricity and save money during the energy crisis, showing the le...

Greens announce 7-point plan to revitalise reef and economy as coal industry collapses

28 April, 2016 - The  Greens say Australia should be planning for a future without coal, not a future without our spectacular Great Barrier Reef, announcing a p...

Community Legal Centres miss out in budget

28 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

BP must show its cards on environmental risk to the Bight: Greens

28 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for BP to release publicly all environmental plans and oil spill modelling submitted to NOPSEMA for community...

State budget fails the environment

28 April, 2016 - Greens environment spokesperson Ellen Sandell says the budget has failed the environment, with over $2 billion allocated to roads and only a fr...