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Candidate for Solomon hails the closure of Wickham Point detention Centre

5 May, 2016 - Todd Williams, the Greens candidate for the seat of Solomon in the upcoming federal election, has welcomed the imminent closure of the Wickham Poi...

Local paper should not involved destruction of native forests

5 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens support the use of Australian paper if it is paper produced from plantation stock and from recycled stock, so it does not in...

Government must apologise for Bulmer-Rizzi treatment

5 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to apologise to Mr Marco Bulmer-Rizzi following revelations of more poor treatment by a govern...

Question without notice: The Budget

5 May, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. Last night, the budget did not mention global w...

A year as leader

5 May, 2016 - Richard Di Natale Joined Adam and Larissa to RenewAustralia “The difference between the Greens and the mainstream parties is that they have actual...

The protection of health facilities and other civilian targets under international law

4 May, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia—Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:50):  I ask that general business notice of motion No. 1, standin...

Final Budget of Abbott-Turnbull government lays bare the economic policy failures for Tasmania

4 May, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, says that last night’s Federal Budget is an admission of failure by the Liberals to deliver for T...

Budget abandons housing affordability

4 May, 2016 - The 2016 budget entrenches government hostility to renters and those on low incomes trying to get into the housing market, the Australian Greens ...

Hospital Funding in Regional Victoria

4 May, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister (Senator Brandis), no later than 3 pm on...

Childcare delay to hit families hard

4 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed regret at the government's decision to delay implementing seriously overdue changes to the early education an...

Leadbeater’s Possum colony safe for now

4 May, 2016 - After fierce questioning by Greens Spokesperson for Forests, Samantha Dunn, Labor has backed down and granted a temporary reprieve to the Leadbeat...

Greens condemn witch-hunt against voices for nature

4 May, 2016 - The Greens condemn the politically motivated witch hunt against the voices for nature in the government's recommendations in the House of Represen...

CSIRO cuts were ill-considered and must be reversed

4 May, 2016 - I want to speak in particular to the third report of this select committee, which was into the cuts to CSIRO science programs, and in particular t...

Inadequate domestic violence funding which lasts only until just after the election

4 May, 2016 - 04/05/2016 The Turnbull Budget locks in Abbott’s cuts to domestic violence services and subjects women’s legal and housing services, which help wo...

Budget Lets Down Students by Failing to Invest in their Future

4 May, 2016 - The Federal government has badly let down Australian students, teachers and schools by failing to restore Tony Abbott’s school cuts, and providing...