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Turnbull’s new tax plan is terrible for Tasmania

30 March, 2016 - Greens Finance spokesperson and Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the Prime Minister’s latest though...

Greens announce health funding proposal

30 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader and public health specialist, Dr Richard Di Natale, has today announced the Greens plan to phase out the private healt...

Income tax proposal a cop out

30 March, 2016 - The Liberals are proving they're not up to the task of tax reform, again dumping their budget problems on state and territory governments, the ...

Turnbull must ditch Abbott’s hardline public sector bargaining policy: Greens

30 March, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ditch Tony Abbott’s hardline bargaini...

Major parties both support Burrup development

30 March, 2016 - 24 March, 2016 WA Greens Mines and Petroleum spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said he was disappointed by comments from Opposition Leader Mark Mc...

New legal challenge should be final nail in the coffin for Roe 8

30 March, 2016 - Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren says a new legal challenge to the proposed Roe Highway Stage 8 extension to be served today should ...

Government must explain as tensions rise on Manus Island

30 March, 2016 - The reported tensions within the Manus Island detention camp, resulting from centre meetings where plans for forced segregation and mass deport...

A register of foreign owned farmland is pointless if it is not public: Greens

30 March, 2016 - Moves by the Federal Government to make private a register of foreign agricultural land ownership has been slammed by the Australian Greens as ...

One mistake too many for Aboriginal Affairs Minister

30 March, 2016 - 30 March, 2016 The WA Greens say Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier should lose his portfolio, given his disastrous Aboriginal heritage ...

Income tax proposal a cop out

30 March, 2016 - The Liberals are proving they're not up to the task of tax reform, again dumping their budget problems on state and territory governments, the ...

20 Questions for Dr Amanda Cohn

30 March, 2016 - Emma Davidson Name: Dr Amanda Cohn Age: 26 Role with the Greens: Candidate for Farrer. 1. What do you remember about your first election? Turni...

Behind the Lines: 2015 in review

30 March, 2016 - Emma Davidson The annual Behind The Lines exhibition of the best political cartoons of 2015 is on again, with more than 80 cartoons on display....

Defending Community Legal Centres

30 March, 2016 - Senator Nick McKim Comunity Legal Centres (CLCs) are often on the frontline of family violence and family law cases, providing much needed supp...

Lowering HELP repayment threshold not needed to fix budget: Greens

29 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to abandon the idea of lowering the HELP repayment threshold to fix the budget bottom line ...

How to weather an election campaign

29 March, 2016 - Jim Buckell Elections pose many challenges for a party such as the Greens.  Campaigns can be a bit like the wet season in the Top End. The atmo...