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Greens (WA) call for farmer protection and oppose lifting the gate to GM crops in WA

18 August, 2016 - Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC This year has not been a promising one for advocates for GM free crops in WA: organic farmers Steve and Sue Marsh lost t...

Book Review: Dark Emu. Black Seeds: agriculture or accident by Bruce Pascoe

18 August, 2016 - Chris Johansen Until I saw Bruce Pascoe on a TV program, I think it was “Big Ideas” on ABC, it did not enter my consciousness that Australian ...

A BlazeAid Experience

18 August, 2016 - Adrian Price During the second week of January 2016, a lightning strike resulted in a devastating bushfire killing two persons, destroying ap...

An Alternative View

18 August, 2016 - Ian James Agriculture has changed a lot from the old days when a farmer would drive a team of horses around a small field all day. Back then t...

Volunteer experience of phase 1 of the election campaign (aka Federal election 2016)

18 August, 2016 - Chilla Bulbeck You have just completed the largest supporter engagement Greens WA campaign ever. We increased our lower house vote in 3 of ...

Editorial: The Greens and WA Agriculture

18 August, 2016 - The Green Issue Editors While we celebrate the return of Rachel and Scott to the Senate, this GI takes a peak into our rural scene. The Greens...

Supporting Sustainable Agriculture

18 August, 2016 - Senator Rachel Siewert Apparently during the federal election campaign the Greens had more farmers running as candidates than the Nationals - ...

Perspectives on GMOs

18 August, 2016 - Chris Johansen Greens Leader Richard Di Natale recently expressed his opinion that not everything about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ...

Water conservation in the southern region of WA

18 August, 2016 - Adrian Price Blending water with electricity In the days when steam trains served farmers and rural communities with a wide variety of goods,...

Greens support resident's home acquisition calls for Western Distributor

18 August, 2016 - Residents on Hyde Street, Yarraville have banded together to call for the Andrews Government to end their uncertainty and commit to offering v...

Greens urge Victorian Labor not to give in to Frydenberg's pro-gas agenda at COAG tomorrow

18 August, 2016 - Greens energy spokesperson Ellen Sandell says the Victorian Government needs to resist federal energy Minister Josh Frydenberg’s calls for the...

Greens (WA) Annual General Meeting 2016

17 August, 2016 - Nominations are invited for the office bearer positions of Co-convenor (2), Secretary and Treasurer, and positions of National Delegate, State...

Global Greens Congress 2017

17 August, 2016 - For the first time ever, the Global Greens and the European Green Party will hold their congresses together! https://youtu.be/9JOGYUABYhA Vis...

Greens offer Labor, Coalition fairer way to raise $6.5 billion

17 August, 2016 - In response to Malcolm Turnbull’s call on Labor to back a ‘Budget repair’ bill containing $6.5 billion of harsh cuts, Greens Treasury spokespe...

New Nationals MP Luke O'Sullivan blocked from Parliament in political farce

17 August, 2016 - Richard Willingham and Benjamin PreissThe Age Victoria's Parliament has descended into farce, with the Andrews government blocking the swearin...