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Ward closures at Footscray Hospital show urgent need for redevelopment

10 April, 2016 - Victorian Greens call for urgent Footscray Hospital redevelopment funding in the 2016-17 Victorian Budget, after about 60 beds and three wards ...

Greens to move motion calling for Royal Commission into the Financial Sector

8 April, 2016 - When the Senate resumes the week commencing 18 April the Greens will again move a motion calling for the establishment of a Royal Commission int...

We are not the 1% - PT users dudded by Turnbull

8 April, 2016 - We are not the 1% - PT users dudded by Turnbull Victorians who want the choice of safe, fast and reliable public transport have been sold out by...

Shorten must walk the talk on local steel and oppose the TPP

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens' trade spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on the Labor Party to commit to opposing the Trans-Pacific P...

Belgrave train line failure was preventable

8 April, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says today’s Belgrave train line failure was preventable and public transport users deserve an explanation f...

Government creating ticking debt time bomb: Greens

8 April, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms says PBO costings reveal the Government's deregulation agenda is a ticking ...

Greens lock in behind new push to ban nuclear weapons

8 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens today launched a campaign calling for Julie Bishop to support a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In December last yea...

Greens to end sports betting ad barrage

8 April, 2016 - Australian Greens leader and spokesperson on gambling and sport, Senator Richard Di Natale, was joined by Greens candidate for LaTrobe Tom Cummi...

Greens warn of new ‘generation debt’

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have warned that the Liberals will create a new generation of young Australians saddled with record debt, if they proceed ...

“Energy poverty” hypocrisy exposed by new Adani company allegations

7 April, 2016 - Following allegations of electricity price gouging by the Adani company in India, the Greens re-iterated their call for the state Labor and fede...

Shark study confirms pointlessness of drum lines

7 April, 2016 - A Fisheries Department study into white shark movements off the WA coast confirms that the Government’s 2014 drumline trial did nothing for the ...

Government must fight for Whyalla’s future: Greens

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens call on the Government to provide urgent mental health support to the Whyalla Community as part of any plan to assist in s...

Minister Hunt’s sneaky attempt to co-opt Sir David’s Reef documentary to downplay impacts is offensive

7 April, 2016 - Environment Minister Hunt's attempt to use Sir David Attenborough's documentary to downplay threats to the Great Barrier Reef, including those i...

Response to Energy Minister Mike Nahan: ‘Electricity reforms ensure fairer system for all’

7 April, 2016 - Thursday, 7 April WA Greens Energy spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC said cutting electricity costs by reducing Demand Side Management (DSM) was ul...

Don’t punish students for poor government decisions: Greens

6 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to drop its deregulation agenda that seeks to punish students by hiking up the cost of universit...