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Liveable Yarra

15 May, 2016 - Rob Salter The City of Yarra, covering inner Melbourne suburbs like Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy and North Carlton, needed to update its Planni...

The Barnett Government continues to interfere with remote communities

15 May, 2016 - Sarah George Although the topic of forced Aboriginal community closures has almost disappeared from mainstream media, it doesnt mean the issue ha...

A personal perspective about preferences and Senate Voting Reform

15 May, 2016 - Dinny Laurence The all night debate on Senate voting reforms set the benchmark for ugliness in Parliament at an all time low, and it was already ...

Busselton Dunsborough Greens

15 May, 2016 - Michael Baldock More than two years have passed since the Busselton Dunsborough Greens held its first meeting. 2013 was a low point. In March at ...

Green Democracy and Corrupted Democracy

15 May, 2016 - Rob Delves Its one of our four pillars – Participatory Democracy – and in my opinion the most important. Im a great fan of the Animal Farm quote ...

Democracy fails again in the national debate on free range eggs standards

15 May, 2016 - Dinny Laurence There has been outrage about the government decision to confer the 'free range label on eggs from farms with outdoor stocking dens...

John Church’s treatment is emblematic of CSIRO fiasco

15 May, 2016 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, and Chair of recent Senate Inquiry into CSIRO budget cuts, offers the following comments on redundancy notice issued...

Greens announce opposition to backpacker tax

15 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens today confirmed that they oppose the backpacker tax, saying it would unfairly impact on farmers and growers. "The Governmen...

Richard in Federation Square

15 May, 2016 - Richard Di Natale speaks to supporters in Federation Square.

We need greener cities

15 May, 2016 - We need greener cities. The Greens have a plan. Cities don't have to be concrete jungles. They can be green, living, breathing, culturally rich places.

Robin's page

14 May, 2016 - On Thursday 17 March, National Close the Gap Day, Rachel Siewert and I launched Home is Heritage, our campaign to prevent the forced closure of r...

Book Review: The Australian Greens – From Activism to Australia’s Third Party

14 May, 2016 - Giz Watson The Australian Greens – From Activism to Australias Third Party interested me from a number of angles. First, being a long running Gre...

Lynn's page

14 May, 2016 - Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC The first sitting week in February got off to an energetic start as my Protect Peaceful Protest forum triggered a 1000-stro...

Rachel's page

14 May, 2016 - Senator Rachel Siewert That last week in Parliament debating the Senate Reform legislation now seems so long ago when reality it was really only ...

Scott's page

14 May, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam It might have been a bit of fun to see 'Gary lose his lustre but the reason behind The Worlds Greatest Shave was not lost on...