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Control Orders On Children Will Not Make Us Safer

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Legal Affairs Senator Nick McKim says the Turnbull Government’s latest attack on civil rights will do noth...

Crossbenchers and government deny workers voice in big project negotiations

13 October, 2015 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said he is disappointed that crossbench Senators joined with the Coalition to de...

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

Labor’s Migration Act amendments are no antidote to flawed ChAFTA agreement

13 October, 2015 - The Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that Labor’s proposed Migration Act amendments do not provide sufficient ...

MOTION: reallocate East West Link money to public transport

13 October, 2015 - I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) Australia suffered a severe underfunding of public transport under the Abbott Government, (ii) t...

Government Supports Greens Amendments on Small Business

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Small Business and Competition Senator Nick McKim has welcomed the Government’s support for Greens amendme...

Crossbenchers and government deny workers voice in big project negotiations

13 October, 2015 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said he is disappointed that crossbench Senators joined with the Coalition to de...

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

Greens dissent to coastal shipping report

13 October, 2015 - On behalf of Senator Siewert, I present a dissenting report to the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committ...

Greens introduce bill to help prevent future 7-Eleven style worker exploitation

12 October, 2015 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today introduced into Parliament a bill to help prevent franchise employees from being...

Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance

12 October, 2015 - Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance Labor Senators joined with the government and members of the crossbench to vote down th...

Greens welcome Robert Simms as new Senator for South Australia

12 October, 2015 - Robert Simms has been sworn in this morning as the Australian Greens' new Senator for South Australia, replacing Penny Wright who stood down ...

Penalty rates highlight the government's attacks on workers

12 October, 2015 - I am very pleased to be speaking today on the Turnbull Liberal government's attack on penalty rates. This is a critical issue for our society...

Greens welcome Robert Simms as new Senator for South Australia

12 October, 2015 - Robert Simms has been sworn in this morning as the Australian Greens' new Senator for South Australia, replacing Penny Wright who stood down ...