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Referendum for Four Year Terms Deserves to Fail

18 March, 2016 - 18/03/2016 The Queensland Greens say the referendum being held on Saturday deserves to fail, with the Labor and Liberal parties’ unwillingness ...

Climate targets so bad the Government claims they’re being met as pollution increases

18 March, 2016 - The national emissions figures released today show the Turnbull Government’s climate pollution reduction targets are so bad that the government...

PM puts LGBTI young people at risk by caving into backbench bullies

18 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Government's decision to wind back the Safe Schools Coalition after the conservative backbench demanded ...

Raise revenue from those who can most afford to pay

17 March, 2016 - Analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office shows the government could raise more than $4 billion over the forward estimates by making the temp...

Old parties need to catch up to community and the world on global warming

17 March, 2016 - 17/03/2016 New polling shows how out-of-touch the old parities are with the community on global warming, coal and the Great Barrier Reef.  It c...

Government must listen to committee recommendations on how to improve the IAS: Greens

17 March, 2016 - A committee report into the chaotic rollout of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) and its impacts on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...

Labor sides with the Liberals to dodge marriage equality vote

17 March, 2016 - The Greens are disappointed that the Australian Labor Party has sided with the Liberals to prevent a vote on marriage equality in the parliamen...

Government response to fracking inquiry reeks of industry bias

17 March, 2016 - Thursday, March 17 WA Greens Mines and Petroleum spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said he was extremely disappointed by the government’s response...

Greens oppose moves to target Uber drivers

17 March, 2016 - 17/03/2016 The Queensland Greens have called on the state government to immediately reject calls by a Parliamentary Committee to target and pen...

The Greens vision for active transport

17 March, 2016 -   When I first arrived in this place, I did so by bike. With the support of a dedicated team of volunteers, we rode from Melbourne, through Vic...

Sarah Hanson-Young named a World Economic Forum, Young Global Leader for 2016

17 March, 2016 - The Leader of the Australian Greens, Richard Di Natale, has congratulated his colleague Sarah Hanson-Young on being named a World Economic Foru...

Senate urges Government to act on Veterans' suicide rates

17 March, 2016 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens Defence and Veterans’ Affairs spokesperson, welcomed the release today of the Senate Foreign Affairs Defence...

If we ring the bells now we can be hearing wedding bells in no time

17 March, 2016 - I am so proud to be standing here today to debate the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013, and proud to be a member of a loving same-sex coup...

A message from Robert Simms:

17 March, 2016 - I've just walked out of the Senate, where the Labor Party has just prevented another vote on marriage equality. I know the activities of Parlia...