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Malcolm Turnbull disappoints in Tasmania yet again

20 May, 2016 - Launceston-based Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson makes the following comment on the Malcolm Turnbull visit to Launceston today. Senator Whish-W...

Greens welcome local traders proposal to manage drug issues in Richmond

20 May, 2016 - The Greens today said the proposal from local traders in Richmond to support a supervised injecting facility for the area and not simply CCTV cam...

Stop this four-story high freeway disaster

20 May, 2016 - The Greens have slammed the Labor Government design of the Western Distributor that would see ramps over the West Gate Freeway four stories high....

Labor must be clear on anti-discrimination stance

19 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to back the Greens' push to remove religious exemptions from anti-discrimination ...

Greens call for halt to all WestConnex work and funding pending federal audit

19 May, 2016 - Greens call for halt to all WestConnex work and funding pending federal audit With the announcement by the Australian National Audit Office of th...

Waste dump sites

19 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called for an independent, deliberative inquiry into long-term stewardship options for spent nuclear fuel.  

Greens launch ag package that would help innovate agriculture to combat climate change

19 May, 2016 - The Greens are taking a major sustainable agriculture package to the election with a focus on research and development so that farmers can contin...

Greens to power up Sunshine Coast solar with battery-storage plan

19 May, 2016 - The Greens have announced a costed plan to support the tens of thousands of Sunshine Coast solar households to install battery storage and to enc...

Greens join March Against Monsanto at Parliament House

19 May, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren MLC will today join the Rally for the People and Planet on the steps of Parliament accepting a petition from members of ...

Greens disagree with findings in RSPCA majority report

19 May, 2016 - After a year’s long enquiry, the Parliamentary Select Committee into the operations of the RSPCA has today delivered its findings to the Upper Ho...

Greens to power up Sunshine Coast solar with battery-storage plan

19 May, 2016 - 19/05/2016 The Greens have announced a costed plan to support the tens of thousands of Sunshine Coast solar households to install battery storage...

Government needs to come clean on talks about redrafting of TPP

19 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens’ spokesperson on trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, called on the federal government to ‘come clean’ about what was discuss...

Greens announce plan to encourage electric vehicle uptake

18 May, 2016 - Greens Leader Richard Di Natale was in Strathfield today to launch the Australian Greens plan to encourage the rollout of electric vehicles, sayi...