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Medicinal cannabis – exactly what trials are needed?

8 October, 2014 - “It’s positive to see politicians acknowledging the need for work on medicinal cannabis, but I am deeply concerned that Governments are findin...

Living in the surveillance state

8 October, 2014 - Sophie Trevitt As the internet becomes increasingly prolific, the state is determined to observe the conversations we have, the information we...

Constitutional update

8 October, 2014 - Christine Cunningham Since September, we have had several phone link-up sessions and last weekend we held a final video hook up to prepare for...

How are policies made?

8 October, 2014 - Maiy Azize 2015 will be another big year for the Australian Greens – not only will we be gearing up for the next federal election, we will als...

Take the power back

19 September, 2014 - Senator Christine Milne What is now blatantly obvious to everyone, except Prime Minister Abbott, is that climate change is not only real, i...

War in Iraq and the need for a parliamentary debate

19 September, 2014 - Senator Scott Ludlam Cracks are already starting to show in the Government's strange haste to commit Australian troops and aircraft to war ...

WA: Prepared for politics

18 September, 2014 - Adam Duncan In Western Australia weve had a busy and exciting month. Preparations for our upcoming State Conference are being finalised in ...

Gaza: a personal reflection

9 September, 2014 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd August 5, 2014 This has been difficult for me to write. Many of you, my mates online, are in Israel or the occupied Palest...

One year on: A report card on the Abbott Government

5 September, 2014 - Christine Cunningham and Penny Allman-Payne Both of your Co-Convenors have a background in teaching, so the following analysis offers a repo...

Green Institute update

5 September, 2014 - Margaret Blakers The surveillance state and you Webinar with Scott Ludlam 30 September 2014, 8 - 9pm Law enforcement agencies used to have t...

The price of being female

5 September, 2014 - Senator Larissa Waters Not only do women earn on average 18 per cent less than men while they're at work but they're more likely to take tim...

Funding citizen solar

5 September, 2014 - Margaret Hender The People's Climate march being organised to coincide with UN climate meetings in New York has adopted the slogan 'Action, ...

Global climate stories

26 August, 2014 - Keli Yen & Josh Wyndham-Kidd Global warming affects everyone. From government and the grassroots, Green parties everywhere are leading the cam...

Peace in our time

25 August, 2014 - Jo Vallentine Back in the early eighties, the Cold War was raging and the American President, Ronald Reagan, was heard joking, when he thought...

Whose Territory?

25 August, 2014 - Owen Gale The current CLP government are the golden child of Abbott's conservative faction, and are pushing to make the Northern Territory a c...