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Greens launch Keep Canberra Safe and call on Labor to back a pill testing trial

15 March, 2016 - Launched today, the Keep Canberra Safe campaign is urging Labor to protect the young people in our community by taking a new health-focused app...

Greens write to PM about cashless welfare card concerns

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have penned a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about the cashless welfare card trial, which launched today in Ce...

Greens to bring marriage equality to Senate vote on Thursday

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens will be moving to bring the issue of marriage equality to a vote in the Senate on Thursday. "This matter has been debated...

How can we save $525 million? Dump the marriage equality plebiscite and bring on a free vote

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull should dump his plan for a plebiscite on marriage equality, following new research that shows it wil...

Senate could pass Greens Same-Sex Marriage Bill on Thursday

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have secured time on Thursday to debate the Greens' Marriage Equality Amendment Bill and are calling on the Government, A...

Greens call for swift passage of land clearing laws

15 March, 2016 - 15/03/2016 The Greens have called for laws to restore land clearing controls in Queensland to be passed by the state Parliament as quickly as p...

Across the Pacific

15 March, 2016 - Evan Davies (International Development Officer) The Asia-Pacific Greens Federation (APGF) is a federation of national Green parties, social and...

Wasteful plebiscite damaging for LGBTI Australians, Lynn MacLaren warns

14 March, 2016 - Previous estimates of the cost of a marriage equality failed to account for the costs of major social damage, while wasting hundreds of million...

Greens call on Shorten to announce increase to draft climate targets at Press Club

14 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on Bill Shorten to announce science-based climate pollution reduction targets in his National Press Club addr...

Greens support national day of action against cashless welfare card

12 March, 2016 -   The Australian Greens support rallies in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of a national weekend of action against the Cashless Welfare ...

Greens’ Montague Rd makeover

12 March, 2016 - 12/03/2016 Senator Waters joined Gabba Ward Candidate Jonathan Sri today to launch the Greens’ makeover plan for Montague Rd ahead of party’s b...

Liberals’ support for climate sceptic motion is anti-science and anti-jobs

11 March, 2016 - 11/03/2016 The motion adopted by the NSW Liberals calling on the Turnbull Government to arrange public debates on whether climate change is rea...

Greens call for Senate inquiry on rehabilitation to secure jobs as Peabody crumbles and majors exit

11 March, 2016 - 11/03/2016 The Australian Greens are calling for a Senate inquiry on mining and resources rehabilitation to secure jobs in affected communities...

Greens call for blue-green algae plan

11 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce to take action following an outbreak of blue-green algae in the River ...

University students need extra support, not higher fees

11 March, 2016 - The Greens say the government must abandon its plans to increase university student fees and instead focus on building a sector that provides q...