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WA should be allowed to accommodate refugees held offshore - Greens

8 September, 2016 - 18 August, 2016 WA Greens member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC has today welcomed statements by Premier Colin Barnett...

Foreign-owned farm register a step in the right direction for farmers

8 September, 2016 - Foreign-owned farm register a step in the right direction for farmers The Greens say the activation of the new foreign-owned farm register i...

Sovereign risk issue first raised by Greens MP

8 September, 2016 - Friday, 26 August WA Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC has labelled the ongoing debate around iron ore roya...

LTTE Yeelirrie EPA WA ALP

8 September, 2016 - Dear Editor, Well done to the Environmental Protection Authority for a sensible science-based recommendation against Cameco’s proposed urani...

Business backing and ARENA grants increase pressure on Bill Shorten

8 September, 2016 - Greens Energy & Climate spokesperson Adam Bandt today said the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's awarding of federal grants to 12 large-s...

Infrastructure: Some states show the feds how it's done

8 September, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on federal Liberal and Labor to take a lesson from their state counte...

Australia’s First Peoples are talking about Constitutional Recognition AND Sovereignty and Treaties: Greens

8 September, 2016 - Tony Abbott opposing the movement to achieve sovereignty and treaty with First Australians indicates he is out of touch when it comes to rec...

Renewed debate needed on voluntary euthanasia

8 September, 2016 - Wednesday, 24 August WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple said the actions of Dr Alida Lancee should be seen as a legislative catalyst and cause for ...

Payment offer to community should be investigated

8 September, 2016 - Thursday, 21 July WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said recent revelations that Cheeditha community was offered m...

One mistake too many for Aboriginal Affairs Minister

8 September, 2016 - Thursday, 8 September WA Greens Aboriginal Affairs spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC has labelled comments today on the concept of a treaty, or...

Greens urge Labor to back LGBTIQ Australians, not a plebiscite

8 September, 2016 - Greens urge Labor to back LGBTIQ Australians, not a plebiscite The Greens have called on Labor to fully commit to blocking a marriage equali...

Marine Reserve recommendations unacceptable

8 September, 2016 - The Greens unequivocally oppose the recommendations of a stacked Government review that was solely set up to provide cover for Tony Abbott’s...

Grylls leadership bid based on recycled policy

8 September, 2016 - Monday, 8 August WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple has called on new Nationals leader, Brendon Grylls, to justify his plans for a levy on iron ore...

When Direct Action met Electoral Politics

8 September, 2016 - Jonathan Sri Within a fortnight of being sworn in as a city councillor, I was on the front page of Queensland's Courier Mail alongside the h...

25 years of economic growth is not everything

7 September, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of ABS data showing that Austra...