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Greens to create firefighting capacity within the Australian Defence Force

28 June, 2016 - The Greens have pledged to establish a specialist firefighting unit within the Australian Defence Force and bolster Australia’s aerial firefight...

Greens call for inquiry as Immigration corruption festers

27 June, 2016 - Reports of a culture of corruption inside the government's Border Force department show how politicisation has undermined the agency, the Austra...

Greens call for next step in Brisbane’s clean transport future – the Brisbane Subway

27 June, 2016 - The Greens are calling on the old parties to commit before the election to Brisbane's clean transport future beyond the north-south Cross River ...

Greens pledge to introduce national Dying with Dignity laws

27 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale was joined by former leader Bob Brown and the Greens candidate for Melbourne Ports today to announce ...

Coral scientists’ letter to PM shows need to vote for the Reef on Saturday

27 June, 2016 - With coral reef scientists left to beg the Prime Minister Turnbull to stop putting fossil fuels ahead of the Reef, it's never been more importan...

Greens a force for stability but Coalition divided

27 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has laughed at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's assertion that that a re-elected Coalition would de...

TransCanada to sue US Government over Keystone decision putting global climate action at risk

26 June, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says the decision by TransCanada to sue the United States Government for $15 billion i...

Greens to invest in Antarctic Science. It's time to remove the world’s blindfold as we face climate change

26 June, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Antarctica, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has today released the most comprehensive Antarctic science funding package ever...

Greens formally launch 2016 election campaign

26 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have formally launched their 2016 campaign with the entire federal Greens party room, former party leaders Bob Brown and C...

Plebiscite is a farce and a sham: Greens

25 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the marriage equality plebiscite has been exposed as a sham following revelations that coalition MPs may be free to fo...

Greens ‘transit city’ plan beats gridlock

24 June, 2016 - Perth’s traffic gridlock could be a thing of the past under an ambitious new public transport plan developed by the Greens, which would save mon...

Greens challenge other Parties to come clean on nuclear waste dump policy

24 June, 2016 - The Greens are the only Party with a policy on Nuclear Waste and the only party with a track record on this issue. “The Greens are the only Part...

Greens welcome UTAS funding announcement

24 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the UTAS funding announcement today. "The Greens ...

Greens Stand Up For Small Business

24 June, 2016 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Small Business and Greens candidate for Higgins Jason Ball have launched a comprehensive plan to give small b...

Greens announce plans to reverse income management

24 June, 2016 - The Australia Greens have announced a policy initiative to stop compulsory income management, which has repeatedly failed to reduce disadvantage...