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NAIF shouldn't subsidise dirty industries

3 May, 2016 - I rise to speak on the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016. This bill is a great opportunity. The idea, the concept and the reali...

Labor and Liberal parties vote down motion to support Adnyamathanha traditional owners

3 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Labor and Liberal parties for teaming up to defeat a motion (below) calling on the Government to acknowledg...

Australian Greens statement on the death of John Kaye MP

3 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague and friend John Kaye. Our hearts go out to his partner, Lynne, and his fam...

Why must we always force nuclear waste onto Aboriginal people?

3 May, 2016 - I rise this evening to speak on the long history of failed plans to locate national radioactive waste dumps here in Australia at multiple sites ac...

Adnyamathanha Traditional Owners response to the National Radioactive Waste dump

2 May, 2016 - I thank the chamber. Despite everything that Senator Ryan has said, the Adnyamathanha mob—the traditional owners of that area—and the community mo...

Liberals set to deliver ‘Budget for the billionaires’

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Liberals are set to deliver a Budget that will grow inequality by including company tax cuts and income tax cuts for...

Greens to expose Labor’s $1 billion clean-energy funding black hole

2 May, 2016 - With Labor announcing a climate policy that seems to largely lock in the Abbott/Turnbull $1.3 billion cut from the Australian Renewable Energy Age...

Greens call on other companies to follow Ferrovial and dump offshore detention

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on all other companies that are profiting from the Australian Government's detention camps on Manus Island and N...

Greens to expose Labor’s $1 billion clean energy funding black hole

2 May, 2016 - 02/05/2016 With Labor announcing a climate policy that seems to largely lock in the Abbott/Turnbull $1.3 billion cut from the Australian Renewable...

Liberals set to deliver ‘Budget for the billionaires’

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the Liberals are set to deliver a Budget that will grow inequality by including company tax cuts and income tax cuts for...

Government loses the plot on housing affordability: Greens

2 May, 2016 - The government's stubborn refusal to act on yet another substantial piece of evidence that negative gearing is forcing people out of the housing m...

PT funding fuelled by privatisation bribes to states

2 May, 2016 - PT funding fuelled by privatisation bribes to states The Greens say that while reports of federal investment in public transport would a positive ...

Senate supports Greens call to address coral bleaching and reinstate marine parks

2 May, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to address coral bleaching and reinstate our world leading system of marine par...

Greens move to transform electricity system with new government authority

2 May, 2016 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today introduced the Renew Australia Bill 2016 into the House of Representatives to create a new governme...

Bikes and budgets

2 May, 2016 - Senator Janet Rice With all the hype around electric and driverless cars, we often overlook the world's most energy efficient vehicle - the humble...