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Greens announce 7-point plan to revitalise reef and economy as coal industry collapses

28 April, 2016 - The  Greens say Australia should be planning for a future without coal, not a future without our spectacular Great Barrier Reef, announcing a p...

Community Legal Centres miss out in budget

28 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

BP must show its cards on environmental risk to the Bight: Greens

28 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for BP to release publicly all environmental plans and oil spill modelling submitted to NOPSEMA for community...

State budget fails the environment

28 April, 2016 - Greens environment spokesperson Ellen Sandell says the budget has failed the environment, with over $2 billion allocated to roads and only a fr...

Government has no refugee plan beyond fear-mongering election politics

28 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have accused the government of having no plan for people seeking asylum, besides using them as the basis for a divisive f...

Budget confirms pokies pre-commitment scheme has failed

28 April, 2016 - The Greens say today’s budget papers prove the Government's voluntary pre-commitment scheme has failed to curb problem gambling. “Losses from p...

Government should stop going after most vulnerable in the lead up to the budget: Greens

27 April, 2016 - The Government’s obsession with punishing vulnerable Australian’s continues today with news that income support recipients will be targeted to ...

Community Legal Centres miss out in family violence package, say Greens

27 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

Simms welcomes rainbow walk progress

27 April, 2016 - Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simms, a former Adelaide City Councillor, has welcomed the council's decision to progress with bui...

Ballarat Melton Rail Line Duplication will finally happen!

27 April, 2016 - Greens welcome the commitment to duplicate the Ballarat Rail Line in the 2016-17 Victorian Budget, saying it will deliver better services for r...

Community Legal Centres miss out in family violence package, say Greens

27 April, 2016 - Community Legal Centres, which help thousands of family violence victims with their legal problems, have been overlooked in the Victorian budge...

Drilling in the Bight inquiry in Adelaide

27 April, 2016 - The Environment and Communications Reference Committee will be holding a hearing in Adelaide TOMORROW as part of its inquiry, established by Gr...

Drop the deregulation – there is a fairer option

27 April, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms has urged the government to drop its plan to deregulate university fees, w...

Last minute to midnight resolution for CSIRO climate scientists still equals cuts and uncertainty

27 April, 2016 - Chairman of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures, and Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator Peter Whish-W...

The disappearing public service

27 April, 2016 - Christina Hobbs In the lead-up to the last federal election, Ford announced it would close its Australian manufacturing workshops and shed 1,20...