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Greens dissent to coastal shipping report

13 October, 2015 - On behalf of Senator Siewert, I present a dissenting report to the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committ...

Turnbull government derails call to reallocate East West Link money to public transport

13 October, 2015 - Turnbull government derails call to reallocate East West Link money to public transport The Turnbull government has voted down a motion in th...

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

Control Orders On Children Will Not Make Us Safer

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Legal Affairs Senator Nick McKim says the Turnbull Government’s latest attack on civil rights will do noth...

Crossbenchers and government deny workers voice in big project negotiations

13 October, 2015 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said he is disappointed that crossbench Senators joined with the Coalition to de...

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

Greens welcome Robert Simms as new Senator for South Australia

12 October, 2015 - Robert Simms has been sworn in this morning as the Australian Greens' new Senator for South Australia, replacing Penny Wright who stood down ...

Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance

12 October, 2015 - Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance Labor Senators joined with the government and members of the crossbench to vote down th...

Greens introduce bill to help prevent future 7-Eleven style worker exploitation

12 October, 2015 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today introduced into Parliament a bill to help prevent franchise employees from being...

Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance

12 October, 2015 - Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance Labor Senators joined with the government and members of the crossbench to vote down th...

Greens welcome Robert Simms as new Senator for South Australia

12 October, 2015 - Robert Simms has been sworn in this morning as the Australian Greens' new Senator for South Australia, replacing Penny Wright who stood down ...

Penalty rates highlight the government's attacks on workers

12 October, 2015 - I am very pleased to be speaking today on the Turnbull Liberal government's attack on penalty rates. This is a critical issue for our society...

Federal reform on medicinal cannabis needed urgently: Greens

11 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale today called on the federal Labor and Liberal parties to get behind his cross-party bill to est...

Greens condemn anti-Muslim protesters

9 October, 2015 - The Victorian Greens condemn any extremist groups that will protest against Islam outside any of Victoria’s mosques this weekend as part of a ...