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Return to Don’s Party is bad news for progressive politics

12 May, 2016 - Former ALP Senator Don Farrell's return to politics shows now, more than ever, why South Australians needs strong progressive representation in t...

$4-an-hour intern scheme is unfair and would struggle in a future senate: Greens

12 May, 2016 - The Government should rethink their proposed intern scheme that pays below minimum wage with news the scheme could be illegal. “The $4-per-hour ...

Estimates: was there a peer reviewed business case for the Western Distributor?

11 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: Mr Davies, my questions are about the Western Distributor business case. Infrastructure Australia is assessing the Western Distribu...

Nauru death needs independent investigation

11 May, 2016 - With the death of yet another person in Australia's care on Nauru, the Australian Greens have again expressed their condolences and called for an...

Greens seek to legislate for protection of remote communities

11 May, 2016 - Wednesday, 11 May WA Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC last night tableda draft of the Prevention of Forced Clos...

Cape Grim will send a message to the world on climate change

11 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said, "Cape Grim is the world's sentinel for measuring the atmosphere's carbon dioxide levels. When Cape Grim records 400 pp...

Only party preferencing Liberals is Labor: Bandt

10 May, 2016 - Greens Federal Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt MP today said the only party preferencing the Liberals is Labor. “There is no deal. Let's be clear...

Government arts funding decision ‘disturbing’: Greens

9 May, 2016 - Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said it was disturbing that the government has allocated almost half of the four year Catalyst fundin...

Estimates: logging breaches in Murray Valley NP

9 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: I want to continue the discussion we had from last estimates about the ecological thinning trial that is underway in the Millewa Nat...

Estimates: peer review of Western Distributor

9 May, 2016 - Senator RICE: Mr Davies, my questions are about the Western Distributor business case. Infrastructure Australia is assessing the Western Distribut...

Container Deposit Scheme is an inevitability for Tasmania

9 May, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said that the decision by the NSW Government to adopt a container deposit scheme was a big win for community campaigners arou...

SA’s future in renewables, not ‘fatally flawed’ nuclear waste dumps

9 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have cautioned the South Australian Labor Government against rushing to a point of no return on international radioactive wa...

Greens announce funding support for national redress scheme

9 May, 2016 - The Greens have announced a package that would establish a national redress scheme for survivors of child abuse in institutional settings if elect...

Greens warn of Family First threat in SA

9 May, 2016 - Greens Senator Robert Simms has said that the choice for voters in South Australia could come down to the Greens or Family First. "In South Austra...

Dirty coal unchecked - this stinks

9 May, 2016 - The Greens candidate for the seat of Solomon Todd Williams has called for Natasha Griggs to declare her hand on climate change, as her colleague, ...