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Labor's fiscal plan cuts clean energy & Medicare dental

28 June, 2016 - With just four days left to vote, the Greens are calling on Bill Shorten not to cut Medicare-funded dental care and the Australian Renewable Ene...

Centrelink can’t answer the phone while Coalition talks automating & streamlining: Greens

28 June, 2016 - A crackdown on welfare compliance is a disingenuous rehash of previous announcements when the Government should focus on repairing the broken Ce...

Greens call for farmer protection and oppose lifting the gate to GM Crops in WA

28 June, 2016 - Greens South Metropolitan MLC Lynn MacLaren will today reiterate her opposition to the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Repeal Bill – telli...

Andrews end of life laws fail to include dying with dignity

28 June, 2016 - Greens welcome the Victoiran Governemnt's proposal for improved end of life laws, but say it falls short as they do not include assisted dying (...

Greens tackle the Big Issues in SA's Biggest electorate - Grey

28 June, 2016 - Dr Jillian Marsh, Greens Candidate for Grey In the final few days of the Federal election campaign, the Greens Candidate for Grey, Dr Jillian Ma...

Greens call for next step in Brisbane’s clean transport future – the Brisbane Subway

27 June, 2016 - The Greens are calling on the old parties to commit before the election to Brisbane's clean transport future beyond the north-south Cross River ...

Greens pledge to introduce national Dying with Dignity laws

27 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale was joined by former leader Bob Brown and the Greens candidate for Melbourne Ports today to announce ...

Coral scientists’ letter to PM shows need to vote for the Reef on Saturday

27 June, 2016 - With coral reef scientists left to beg the Prime Minister Turnbull to stop putting fossil fuels ahead of the Reef, it's never been more importan...

Greens a force for stability but Coalition divided

27 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has laughed at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's assertion that that a re-elected Coalition would de...

Greens call for inquiry as Immigration corruption festers

27 June, 2016 - Reports of a culture of corruption inside the government's Border Force department show how politicisation has undermined the agency, the Austra...

Greens formally launch 2016 election campaign

26 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have formally launched their 2016 campaign with the entire federal Greens party room, former party leaders Bob Brown and C...

TransCanada to sue US Government over Keystone decision putting global climate action at risk

26 June, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says the decision by TransCanada to sue the United States Government for $15 billion i...

Greens to invest in Antarctic Science. It's time to remove the world’s blindfold as we face climate change

26 June, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Antarctica, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has today released the most comprehensive Antarctic science funding package ever...

Plebiscite is a farce and a sham: Greens

25 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the marriage equality plebiscite has been exposed as a sham following revelations that coalition MPs may be free to fo...

Greens welcome UTAS funding announcement

24 June, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the UTAS funding announcement today. "The Greens ...