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The Plan for Change

13 January, 2016 - The Plan for Change. Putting compassion for people seeking asylum, into action. The Plan for Change is an event which is ...

NSW must prioritise TAFE funding

13 January, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the NSW Government to stop pulling stunts with the state's TAFE sector and prioritise its funding. "Free...

Alcoa and Coalition have left MV Portland crew high and dry

13 January, 2016 - Alcoa and Coalition have left MV Portland crew high and dry The Greens have condemned the actions of Alcoa in removing the crew off the MV Po...

After the fires

13 January, 2016 - Emma Davidson January 18 is the anniversary of the Canberra bushfires that destroyed 500 homes and resulted in 4 deaths in 2003. On 7 Februar...

Govt should take up NZ resettlement offer: Greens

12 January, 2016 - If the government were serious about finding sustainable third-country resettlement options for the people on Manus Island and Nauru, it woul...

Greens call for Government to act on HIV prevention medication, PrEP

12 January, 2016 - The Australian Greens have renewed their calls for the federal government to remove barriers to accessing HIV-prevention medication, Pre-expo...

Players scapegoated in WADA finding, inquiry needed

12 January, 2016 - Greens Leader Richard Di Natale, a former VFL footballer and doctor, says a broad-ranging inquiry is needed to evaluate Australia's anti-dopi...

Government fish kill report confirms Greens’ warnings to protect Cockburn Sound from polluting marina

12 January, 2016 - A Government report has shown that an algal bloom that killed more than 2,000 fish in Cockburn Sound in November started in Mangles Bay, in t...

Ready for anything

12 January, 2016 - Senator Richard Di Natale The 2016 election year is here, and it's going to be a huge one, with Greens in every state having to recontest th...

Digital surveillance state

11 January, 2016 - Alex Schlotzer The Turnbull Government's society-wide, mandatory data retention has been in force for just under two months. And it looks lik...

Back to school

11 January, 2016 - Senator Nick McKim 2016 promises to be a hectic year on the political front, and the Greens are ready for the election, whenever it is called...

Dear Daddy

11 January, 2016 - Donna Mazza It was late. But we lay there anyway watching the stand-off between a black house spider and a super-sized daddy long-legs up in ...

Energy nearing crisis point

7 January, 2016 - Friday, 7 January Policymakers need to change tack and embrace the clean energy shift to avoid an energy crisis, according to WA Green’s Energ...

Uncertainty for 13,000 live export animals grows

7 January, 2016 - The Greens reacted to news of the Israeli Government's cancellation of the permit to import 13,000 sheep and cattle aboard the stricken Ocean ...

Minister announces second regular fuel ban in Tennant Creek

6 January, 2016 - The Government has announced plans to mandate low-aromatic fuel in another community, Tennant Creek, to combat the scourge of petrol sniffing ...