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Most vulnerable still paying for budget repair

15 December, 2015 - It is very disappointing to see that the cruel and unfair budget measures are still on the Government's agenda.  Punitive measures that hurt...

Australian Interactive Games – Funding Metrics

15 December, 2015 - Senator LUDLAM: What do you think the industry needs to recover from that funding loss? I will go to Senator Fifield when he comes back to t...

WA needs better planning to combat rise in fish kills

15 December, 2015 - Greens Member for South Metropolitan Lynn MacLaren MLC says that while the recent Cockburn Sound fish kill made the news, many are occurring...

Rhetoric about clean energy in Townsville needs to be backed up

15 December, 2015 - 15/12/2015 The Palaszczuk Government needs to back up its rhetoric about the merged Energex and Ergon business using clean energy techn...

Minister Meetings - Department of Communications and the Arts

15 December, 2015 - Senator LUDLAM: Senator Fifield; thank you. Who have you had time to meet with thus far since the portfolio changeover? Senator Fifield: I w...

Domestic violence and MYEFO

15 December, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens spokesperson for women, comments on domestic violence and the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook...

Qld budget review ignores economic reality to predict increase in coal royalties

15 December, 2015 - The Palaszczuk Government's budget review is deluded in predicting coal royalties will return to levels only seen at height of the mining bo...

MYEFO is the canary in the coal mine

15 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP says Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook is the canary in the coal mine, reinforcing the need to...

Axing just 4 unfair tax breaks would plug Budget revenue hole: Greens

14 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP will today unveil costings on removing just four sets of unfair tax breaks that would cover forec...

Year in Brief – 2015

14 December, 2015 - Laws PassedIncreasing the threshold for unfair contract terms for small business 9/14/15  | Introducing a register of foreign ownership ...

NSW should prioritise TAFE over a shambolic for-profit VET sector

14 December, 2015 - The Australian Greens have warned NSW against stripping funding to TAFEs across the state, warning similar collapses could happen like those...

Turnbull must now fix Abbott’s toll road woes

14 December, 2015 - Turnbull must now fix Abbott’s toll road woes The report handed down by the federal Auditor-General examining federal funding decisions for ...

Premier out-of-touch with world on coal and renewables

14 December, 2015 - Premier Palaszczuk's comments on ABC last night that Queensland will always be reliant on coal and her go-slow on the Queensland Renewable E...

Premier out-of-touch with world on coal and renewables

14 December, 2015 - 14/12/2015 Premier Palaszczuk’s comments on ABC last night that Queensland will always be reliant on coal and her go-slow on the Queens...

Breakthrough Paris climate agreement sets solid foundation but much still to be done

13 December, 2015 - • Reference to a 1.5 degree limit will require countries to ratchet up targets • Australia will now need to rapidly transition from coal to ...