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Sea Shepherd left doing Australian government’s work on whaling

30 August, 2016 - Sea Shepherd are launching their latest anti-whaling campaign, Operation Nemesis, in Perth today. Senator Whish-Wilson said, “I wish the Sea S...

Greens congratulate Victoria and push for a national fracking ban

30 August, 2016 - With the ban on fracking announced in Victoria, the Australian Greens will move for a nation-wide ban on fracking to protect farmland and wate...

Greens move for Royal Commission into Australia’s detention regime

30 August, 2016 - The Greens have introduced a motion in the Senate calling on the Government to hold a Royal Commission into Australia’s immigration detention ...

Greens will oppose cuts to Newstart in the budget

29 August, 2016 - The Turnbull Government should abandon cuts to income support and keep the clean energy supplement before Parliament resumes tomorrow, Austral...

Greens will vote against plebiscite legislation

26 August, 2016 - The Australian Greens have resolved to vote against any legislation enabling a plebiscite on marriage equality. "No matter what the enabling l...

Fisheries hunt 2m sharks in breach of their own Guidelines

26 August, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren says the Fisheries Department appears to have set drumlines off Perth's northern beaches in response to multiple sigh...

Greens will vote against plebiscite legislation

26 August, 2016 - The Australian Greens have resolved to vote against any legislation enabling a plebiscite on marriage equality. "No matter what the enabling l...

Take Back Our Right to Choose

25 August, 2016 - The NT Greens want Territorians with terminal or degenerative illness to have the right to seek assistance from physicians to have a dignified...

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...

Don't punish doctors for voluntary euthanasia: Greens

25 August, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale has restated his party's intention to introduce laws to enable dying with dignity, in light of t...

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 ...

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...