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Modernised laws don’t go far enough to protect biodiversity - Greens

8 September, 2016 - “The biodiversity of Western Australia deserves better protection than that afforded in the Biodiversity Conservation Bill,” Greens spokespe...

KalMiner letter response RC roadmap

8 September, 2016 - Dear Editor, I would like to address comments made by Nicholas Fardell (on behalf of Nationals WA?) in his letter on Saturday, 16 July title...

WA should be allowed to accommodate refugees held offshore - Greens

8 September, 2016 - 18 August, 2016 WA Greens member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC has today welcomed statements by Premier Colin Barnett...

Delays in anti-protest laws a win for democracy - Greens

8 September, 2016 - “The rallying cries from a coalition of voices in civil society and my year-long efforts which served to prolong debate and delay the Anti-P...

Sovereign risk issue first raised by Greens MP

8 September, 2016 - Friday, 26 August WA Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC has labelled the ongoing debate around iron ore roya...

Foreign-owned farm register a step in the right direction for farmers

8 September, 2016 - Foreign-owned farm register a step in the right direction for farmers The Greens say the activation of the new foreign-owned farm register i...

Infrastructure: Some states show the feds how it's done

8 September, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on federal Liberal and Labor to take a lesson from their state counte...

LTTE Yeelirrie EPA WA ALP

8 September, 2016 - Dear Editor, Well done to the Environmental Protection Authority for a sensible science-based recommendation against Cameco’s proposed urani...

Business backing and ARENA grants increase pressure on Bill Shorten

8 September, 2016 - Greens Energy & Climate spokesperson Adam Bandt today said the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's awarding of federal grants to 12 large-s...

When Direct Action met Electoral Politics

8 September, 2016 - Jonathan Sri Within a fortnight of being sworn in as a city councillor, I was on the front page of Queensland's Courier Mail alongside the h...

Greens call for report card on conservation efforts on National Threatened Species Day

7 September, 2016 - The State Government isn’t doing its homework when it comes to protecting WA’s biodiversity making it difficult to measure the effectiveness...

Greens support for R U OK? Day

7 September, 2016 - In the lead up to tomorrow's R U OK Day Australian Greens Mental Health spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert is urging the community to ask t...

25 years of economic growth is not everything

7 September, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of ABS data showing that Austra...

Greens call on Liberals to support stop to 17 year olds in adult jails

7 September, 2016 - The Queensland Greens have welcomed today's announcement by the state Premier that the government is finally moving to end the practice of p...

Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit

7 September, 2016 - Greens back Gayby Baby toolkit The Greens have attacked moves by the NSW government to remove the Gayby Baby School Action Toolkit from stat...