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Equal pay must be on G20 agenda

8 August, 2014 - Senator Larissa Waters Obviously, we can't let that happen — we need drastic and immediate action to ensure women and men are paid equally an...

A green by any other name...

8 August, 2014 - Michael Kelly and Hall Greenland Green pride By Hall Greenland Right now, at this historical moment, we are faced with the existential challen...

Ease the pain

8 August, 2014 - Senator Richard Di Natale Earlier this month, Sexual Offences and Child Abuse police, brandishing a search warrant, conducted a raid on a subu...

End mining giants' free ride

8 August, 2014 - Christine Milne The big miners get off scot-free in Tony Abbott's brutal budget. BHP is on track for a mind-boggling $13.5 billion profit, whil...

Time for action on medical cannabis

7 August, 2014 - “Since I released this legislation in July this year I have received significant feedback from the community in support,” said Mr Rattenbur ...

The Australian parliament must have the power to decide if we go to war

20 July, 2014 - Scott Ludlam Australia is one of the few remaining democracies that can legally deploy its defence force into a conflict zone without recourse t...

The wrong side of history

19 July, 2014 - Christine Milne Sitting in the Senate in recent weeks, I have reflected on the complete discord between the dinosaurs of the Parliament and the ...

Is Green sustainable?

18 July, 2014 - Arthur Rosenwald We see ourselves as a movement towards a better world, but 80% of Australians see us as an extremist single-issue party. Most p...

Book Review: SUPPLY SHOCK

18 July, 2014 - Julian Hinton “This book is about that great engine of history that gets presidents elected, assembles armies and sends men to the moon... this ...

The $7 co-payment to see a doctor

18 July, 2014 - Brett Montgomery There's a lot to despair about in this budget, but the measure that is closest to my heart, and the one I'm best qualified to w...

Our climate future at risk

8 July, 2014 - Christine Milne The Clean Energy package that we negotiated with the ALP and independents after the 2010 election gave us a chance to fight the e...

NSW: Stirring times

4 July, 2014 - Hall Greenland These have been stirring times for the NSW Greens. In May we had the remarkable anti-fracking victory at Bentley in the north of t...

World at his feet

4 July, 2014 - Bruce Knobloch Soccer (call it football if you like!) has kept Masih hopeful through some terrifying and painful times. However now things are lo...

Forward towards democracy

4 July, 2014 - Christine Cunningham The Australian Green's Charter outlines our democratic mission: "to build a society underpinned by values of participatory d...

Kiwi and Green? Get involved!

24 June, 2014 - Tejopala Rawls Are you a Kiwi living here in Australia? Did you know you can vote back home without leaving Australia? This September 20th is el...