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Congestion will reign on Melbourne roads if Turnbull splurges on Western Distributor toll road

3 December, 2015 - Congestion will reign on Melbourne roads if Turnbull splurges on Western Distributor toll road With Victorian Labor steamrolling ahead on yet...

Government to support Greens amendments on corporate tax avoidance

3 December, 2015 - A standoff between the Turnbull Government and the Senate over multinational tax avoidance will be resolved this morning with the Government'...

Government must abandon failed paternalistic approach to Closing the Gap

3 December, 2015 - Failure to meet five out of six Closing the Gap targets shows failed measures of successive Government’s aimed at reducing Aboriginal disadva...

Australian Greens Senator responds to $1.8m in funding for NSW Custody Notification Service

2 December, 2015 - “Today I withdrew a motion in the Senate I have had on the notice paper for some weeks calling for the Government to provide full funding for...

Malcolm Turnbull's last chance to get kids out by Christmas

2 December, 2015 - Malcolm Turnbull has one last chance to get children out of detention by Christmas. Will he do the right thing and let them live, learn and p...

Election in Myanmar

2 December, 2015 - I travelled to Myanmar to observe the election

Anti-Uranium Mine Submission.

2 December, 2015 - There are two uranium mine proposals in the Goldfields open for public comment - Yeelirrie and the Wiluna extension. There's an online actio...

Government condemns patients to another Christmas as criminals

2 December, 2015 - The Greens say the Turnbull Government has failed to deliver legal access to medicinal cannabis to Australians who've been expecting it by th...

The community campaign to fight Roe 8

2 December, 2015 - The community campaign to fight the Roe 8 freeway has brought together an extraordinary coalition of residents, councils, aboriginal custodia...

Government must consider Change the Record report and Close the Gap on incarceration and violence

2 December, 2015 - Questions without Notice today have revealed the Government is still not planning to introduce Justice Targets despite evidence it could redu...

Joint Strike Fighter Inquiry establishment a victory for democracy over special interests

2 December, 2015 - Greens spokesperson for Defence, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the support of the Senate to establish an Inquiry into Australia’s proc...

National accounts figures show Australian economy still too reliant on mining exports: Greens

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the national accounts released this morning reveal that the Australian economy is still...

Senate puts ice on government’s ideological super attack

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP welcomed the crossbench Senators putting the ice on the government’s ideological attack on super t...

Volunteers wanted for the Leederville Festival

2 December, 2015 - The Greens are still seeking a few volunteers to staff our stall at the Leederville Festival. If you are available to do a shift for a couple...

Family payment cuts are still poor policy

2 December, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has said today that it is extremely disappointing that the Government will attempt to ram through th...