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Senate inquiry concludes Perth Freight Link wrong for WA

3 May, 2016 - The Perth Freight Link is the wrong project to invest in, will exceed the $1.9billion price tag, won't achieve its purpose and is a major lost opp...

Second self-immolation as tragedy unfolds on Nauru

3 May, 2016 - A young Somali woman who set herself on fire on Nauru was driven to despair after being forcibly returned to Nauru just days ago, the Australian G...

Hospitals

3 May, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the ongoing uncertainty around hospital funding continues to threaten Australia's health...

The damning senate inquiry report into the Perth Freight Link

3 May, 2016 - I thank Senator Sterle for the courtesy but also for the way in which he chaired this inquiry. This is a unanimous report and I think it is highly...

Turnbull Government protects Japanese whalers instead of whales

3 May, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that the Turnbull Government is doing more to protect the Japanese whalers from ...

Another Perth freight link government transparency refusal

3 May, 2016 - In relation to a response to an order for the production of documents that the Senate carried on 20 April 2016, relating to the Perth Freight Link...

Greens to expose Labor’s $1 billion clean energy funding black hole

2 May, 2016 - 02/05/2016 With Labor announcing a climate policy that seems to largely lock in the Abbott/Turnbull $1.3 billion cut from the Australian Renewable...

Greens call on other companies to follow Ferrovial and dump offshore detention

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on all other companies that are profiting from the Australian Government's detention camps on Manus Island and N...

Liberals set to deliver ‘Budget for the billionaires’

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Liberals are set to deliver a Budget that will grow inequality by including company tax cuts and income tax cuts for...

Government loses the plot on housing affordability: Greens

2 May, 2016 - The government's stubborn refusal to act on yet another substantial piece of evidence that negative gearing is forcing people out of the housing m...

Senate supports Greens call to address coral bleaching and reinstate marine parks

2 May, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to address coral bleaching and reinstate our world leading system of marine par...

PT funding fuelled by privatisation bribes to states

2 May, 2016 - PT funding fuelled by privatisation bribes to states The Greens say that while reports of federal investment in public transport would a positive ...

Greens move to transform electricity system with new government authority

2 May, 2016 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today introduced the Renew Australia Bill 2016 into the House of Representatives to create a new governme...

Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners response to the National Radioactive Waste dump

2 May, 2016 - I thank the chamber. Despite everything that Senator Ryan has said, the Adnyamathanha mob—the traditional owners of that area—and the community mo...

Liberals set to deliver ‘Budget for the billionaires’

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Liberals are set to deliver a Budget that will grow inequality by including company tax cuts and income tax cuts for...