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Greens say Minister should protect Palace / Metro including its unique, historic interior

7 October, 2015 - Greens today have called on the government to protect the Palace Theatre and to prevent further destruction to its irreplaceable interior peri...

Greens call on Government to refer Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) to Productivity Commission

7 October, 2015 - The Australian Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to request that he re...

Tell Turnbull: Release the TPP text

7 October, 2015 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson The TPP is a dangerous deal that prioritises corporate interests above yours.  Ask PM Turnbull to come clean with t...

Nauru’s prison island changes must be opened to media scrutiny: Greens

6 October, 2015 - The island of Nauru needs to be opened up for journalists and independent human rights observers so that they can see what life is really like...

Weekend rates are a right, not a private school privilege: Greens

6 October, 2015 - Greens workplace relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that weekend rates are a right, not a privilege for private school fees, and ...

We’ll be in a ‘seven day economy’ when Parliament regularly sits on weekends: Bandt

6 October, 2015 - In response to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s comments today on weekend rates, Greens spokesperson on industrial relations Adam Bandt MP to...

Turnbull and Robb give US corporations the right to sue Australia

6 October, 2015 - Malcolm Turnbull and Andrew Robb have done what John Howard and Mark Vaile refused to do: Via the TPP they have granted US corporations to the...

Announcing: Australian Greens 2015 National Conference

6 October, 2015 - Alex Schlotzer (National Secretary) Every year, the members of the Australian Greens gather for a National Conference to discuss policy and co...

Reputation, reputation, reputation

6 October, 2015 - Rosanne Bersten The old adage says don't mention politics or religion. And yet this is what we do every day. Over the years we've developed ca...

A titan in our time

6 October, 2015 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems Located halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica in the path of the “Furious Fifties” winds and storms, the Antarctic B...

Greens condemn police murder and call for community to come together

4 October, 2015 - The Greens have today called for the community to come together in the wake of the brutal shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng outside t...

World Farm Animals Day: Greens call for truth in labelling and a ban on battery cages and de-beaking

1 October, 2015 - On the eve of World Farm Animals Day, the Greens are renewing calls for truth in ‘free range’ labelling and a ban on battery cages and de-beak...

Richard Di Natale's National Press Club Address

30 September, 2015 - Firstly let me acknowledge that we are meeting here on the land of the Ngunnawal peoples and I pay my respects to my elders past and presen...

Economic modelling shows coastal shipping laws will be a disaster for Tasmania

30 September, 2015 - Economic modelling by the Maritime Union of Australia has confirmed that hundreds of Tasmanian jobs will be lost if the Liberal Party’s cha...

Changes to Port deal won't protect exporters

30 September, 2015 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says minor changes to the deal to sell off the Port of Melbourne won’t protect exporters from increased...