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Greens support domestic violence services’ call for funding to help women instead of turning them away

16 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens welcome the domestic violence service representatives visiting Parliament House today and support their call for funding ...

Minister breaks promise on important heritage sites

16 March, 2016 - Wednesday, 16 March Aboriginal Affairs Minister Peter Collier acknowledged yesterday in Parliament that 14 culturally significant sites near Po...

Fairness sits at the centre of our democracy

16 March, 2016 - Fairness sits at the centre of our democracy. People should be able to go the polling booths with the knowledge that their vote will go where t...

Coalition and Labor knock back Greens call to ditch income management

16 March, 2016 - The Coalition and Labor party have knocked back a Greens motion calling on the Government to ditch paternalistic income management that doesn’t...

The Government must ignore conservative tantrums on Safe Schools: Greens

16 March, 2016 - The backbench MPs opposed to the Safe Schools Coalition must drop their attack on the program following the Government's review and move on, sa...

The Liberals Mandatory Data Retention Scheme supported by Labor

16 March, 2016 - Senator Ludlam: To move- That the Senate- (a) notes that: (i) the expensive, intrusive and ultimately pointless mandatory telecommunications da...

Reforming Senate Voting

16 March, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia-Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (22:22): I rise to speak on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment B...

People with disabilities left in the dark about NDIS trials

16 March, 2016 - West Australians with disabilities taking part in the NDIS and My Way trials yesterday received assurances for the first time that they would c...

Greens launch Keep Canberra Safe and call on Labor to back a pill testing trial

15 March, 2016 - Launched today, the Keep Canberra Safe campaign is urging Labor to protect the young people in our community by taking a new health-focused app...

Senate could pass Greens Same-Sex Marriage Bill on Thursday

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have secured time on Thursday to debate the Greens' Marriage Equality Amendment Bill and are calling on the Government, A...

Greens call for swift passage of land clearing laws

15 March, 2016 - 15/03/2016 The Greens have called for laws to restore land clearing controls in Queensland to be passed by the state Parliament as quickly as p...

Greens write to PM about cashless welfare card concerns

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have penned a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about the cashless welfare card trial, which launched today in Ce...

Greens to bring marriage equality to Senate vote on Thursday

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens will be moving to bring the issue of marriage equality to a vote in the Senate on Thursday. "This matter has been debated...

How can we save $525 million? Dump the marriage equality plebiscite and bring on a free vote

15 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull should dump his plan for a plebiscite on marriage equality, following new research that shows it wil...

Across the Pacific

15 March, 2016 - Evan Davies (International Development Officer) The Asia-Pacific Greens Federation (APGF) is a federation of national Green parties, social and...