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Government stacked climate authority calls for coal phase out but fails to set out post-Paris pathway

31 August, 2016 - Greens climate and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt, said the government must listen to its own Climate Change Authority’s call to phase out co...

Motion - International Overdose Awareness Day

31 August, 2016 - I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i)   today is the 15th annual International Overdose Awareness Day, commemorating all those who have...

Government stopgaps on banking don't replace need for Royal Commission

31 August, 2016 - Greens Treasury and Consumer Affairs spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Government’s latest effo...

Inquiry into the 2016 Census

31 August, 2016 - That the following matters be referred to the Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 24 November 2016: The 2016 Census, with...

Senate says Government should cease use of sniffer dogs at festivals

31 August, 2016 - The Senate is calling on the Turnbull Government to implement pill testing, more supervised injecting rooms and cease the use of sniffer dogs ...

Senator Richard Di Natale's Address in Reply Speech

31 August, 2016 - I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land that we are meeting on, the Ngunawal people, and I want to pay my respects to thei...

Media Release: Labor and Liberals vote down immigration detention Royal Commission

31 August, 2016 - Labor and the Coalition have voted together to reject a Royal Commission into Australia's detention centres including Manus Island and Nauru. ...

Record whale numbers show why we must ‘Fight for the Bight’

31 August, 2016 - Astounding results from a Curtin University study, showing 172 southern right whales using the Great Australian Bight calving sanctuary in jus...

High Court delivers government body blow with oil & gas project decision

31 August, 2016 - Greens Employment & Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today welcomed the High Court’s decision to rule against the government’s ...

We are falling behind the world on marriage equality

31 August, 2016 - Madam Deputy President, I also want to add my congratulations to your appointment. I think it is a wonderful thing to have another woman there...

The way forward

31 August, 2016 - Richard Di Natale People cast their vote for a party for a variety of reasons and motivations. No government can claim to have popular support...

What a big year!

31 August, 2016 - 2016 was a big year — many wins, a number of near-misses and a few losses — in particular the loss of Rob Simms as a Senator for South Austral...

Greens lead charge for ‘free’ trade scrutiny with Senate inquiry

30 August, 2016 - South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has said that she will focus on reigning in and scrutinising so called 'free' trade deals, ...

Not a Tsunami but a Green Tide for the NT

30 August, 2016 - The Greens increased their vote in the Territory by 25%. The Greens were able to run twelve candidates in the previous NT election. This time,...

Greens congratulate Victoria and push for a national fracking ban

30 August, 2016 - With the ban on fracking announced in Victoria, the Australian Greens will move for a nation-wide ban on fracking to protect farmland and wate...