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Budget in Reply

5 May, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE This budget, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison's first, is a massive let-down for the people of Australia. Just as they have b...

A year as leader

5 May, 2016 - Richard Di Natale Joined Adam and Larissa to RenewAustralia “The difference between the Greens and the mainstream parties is that they have actual...

Budget closes curtains on opportunity to restore Australian Arts: Greens

4 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison closed the curtains on the opportunity to restore funding, i...

Greens call for immediate end to horse jumps racing

4 May, 2016 - Greens animal welfare spokesperson Sue Pennicuik has called for the Andrews Government to immediately suspend the 2016 jumps racing season followi...

Budget fails the Great Barrier Reef and clean energy, while further propping up fossil fuels

4 May, 2016 - The Liberals' budget fails the environment and the Great Barrier Reef, cuts billions from clean energy and tops up the billions in hand outs to th...

Dental Care

4 May, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I move: That the Senate— (a)   recognises the success of the Child Dental Benefits Scheme, which has provided access to dental c...

Greens call on Minister to stop the jumps racing season

4 May, 2016 - Greens animal welfare spokesperson Sue Pennicuik, has called for the Andrews Government to immediately suspend the 2016 jumps racing season follow...

Budget fails people outside the major cities

4 May, 2016 - Budget fails people outside the major cities Malcolm Turnbull’s first budget has let down regional and rural Victorians, say the Greens. “This Bud...

Turnbull must drop plebiscite: Greens

4 May, 2016 - Australian Greens marriage equality spokesperson Senator Robert Simms is calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ditch the $160 million pleb...

Budget missed opportunity for public transport and clean energy in Queensland

4 May, 2016 - The Liberal Government's budget fails to provide public transport or clean energy jobs in Queensland and instead focuses on military spending in o...

Budget a ‘house of cards’; super measures underwhelming

4 May, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the government’s so-called new ‘Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset’ (LISTO) is really just...

Inadequate domestic violence funding which lasts only until just after the election

4 May, 2016 - The Turnbull Budget locks in Abbott's cuts to domestic violence services and subjects women's legal and housing services, which help women escape ...

Turnbull fails to get wheels turning on bike funding

4 May, 2016 - Turnbull fails to get wheels turning on bike funding Turnbull has let down people who ride bikes - or who want to ride bikes - with nothing in the...

Budget missed opportunity for public transport and clean energy in Queensland

4 May, 2016 - 04/05/2016 The Liberal Government’s budget fails to provide public transport or clean energy jobs in Queensland and instead focuses on military sp...

Three shockers make a bad Budget for health

4 May, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale says Scott Morrison's 4-year fiscal plan won't please anyone who values a quality health system. "Th...