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Jump in suicide rates demands national priority

8 March, 2016 - Jump in suicide rates demands national priority With the latest figures showing a dramatic increase of 11.4% in the national suicide rate, the G...

Media Release: Ruskin Park under threat from new development

8 March, 2016 - Samantha Dunn, Greens MP for Eastern Metropolitan and spokesperson for Planning, has called on the Planning Minister to heed the calls from Maro...

CommInsure scandal reinforces need for an urgent Royal Commission

8 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today reiterated their call for a Royal Commission into the financial services sector and the culture generated withi...

Ruskin Park under threat from new development

8 March, 2016 - Samantha Dunn, Greens MP for Eastern Metropolitan and spokesperson for Planning, has called on the Planning Minister to heed the calls from Maro...

Voters right to be cynical on referendum: Greens.

7 March, 2016 - 07/03/2016 The Queensland Greens say voters are right to be cynical about the Labor and Liberal parties' referendum to introduce four year terms...

End the plebiscite guessing game with a free vote in the parliament: Greens

7 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to dump the marriage equality plebiscite and bring on a free vote in the parliament. "The co...

CLP Fracking cart before the horse.

6 March, 2016 - The NT Greens have accused the CLP Government's Mines Minister of pushing ahead with fracking in the absence of an adequate and appropriate regu...

Greens welcome Launceston Macquarie House Innovation Hub funding. Three years in the making

5 March, 2016 - Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson comments on the Greens delivering $3 million in federal funding to set up the Launceston Macquarie House Innov...

Premier behind the times on pill testing

4 March, 2016 - Victorian Greens health spokesperson Colleen Hartland says Dan Andrews' opposition to a trial of pill testing will keep lives at risk.  "We have...

Greens urge Australian Government to fast-track PrEP as Canada approves HIV prevention drug

4 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the Federal Government to fast-track the approval of HIV-prevention medication, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (P...

BP should cease drilling preparations for Great Australian Bight

4 March, 2016 - Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms says BP should cease its preparations to drill for oil and gas in waters off SA. It was reported...

Senator Simms delivers petition in support of Safe Schools Coalition

3 March, 2016 - Senator SIMMS (South Australia) (18:44): I seek leave to table the following letters and associated signatures: a letter from Senator Janet Rice...

Pressure Mounting On Scott Morrison Over Effects Test

3 March, 2016 - Treasurer Scott Morrison needs to listen to the alliance of peak business bodies representing more than one million businesses who want the prin...

Simms in the Senate Update - March 2016

3 March, 2016 - This edition of Simms in the Senate covers the Greens' campaign to make schools safe for LGBTI students, why there should be no nuclear waste du...

Government’s lack of exit strategy for Manus Island alarming: Greens

3 March, 2016 - Following comments from the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea relating to the burdensome nature of the Manus Island detention centre and the ne...