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Costly plebiscite to pave the way for more expensive opinion polls: Australian Greens

10 February, 2016 - The cost of the Government's marriage equality plebiscite is already mounting and could open the door to expensive polls on other issues in ...

EPA is fast losing it's credibility

10 February, 2016 - Wednesday, 10 February 2016 Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region, Robin Chapple MLC, has questioned the credibility of the Envir...

Australian Christian Lobby must end its crusade against tolerance and inclusion

10 February, 2016 - Fear-mongering from the Australian Christian Lobby on a program that aims to make schools more inclusive for young LGBTI people must stop, t...

Medicinal cannabis bill only the first piece of the puzzle: Greens

10 February, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale today cautiously welcomed the government's bill to establish a national licensing scheme for t...

WA energy saga continues

10 February, 2016 - Tuesday, 9 February The outcomes from a lack of energy foresight are only getting worse says Green energy spokesperson Robin Chapple MLC Mr ...

How many complaints is the Wind Farm Commissioner dealing with?

10 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: You said before that you had had complaints from 42 concerned residents. How many actual complaints were there? Mr Dyer: I wil...

Up to 23 consignments of produce sent overseas from farm linked to salmonella outbreak

10 February, 2016 - Questioning by Senator Rachel Siewert in Senate estimates last night has revealed Australian lettuce linked to an outbreak of salmonella may...

Greens MLC welcomes Land Administration reforms

10 February, 2016 - Wednesday, 10 February 2016 Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region, Robin Chapple MLC, welcomes the Government’s Land Administrati...

Malcolm should cut the innovation buzzwords and genuinely move to Close the Gap

10 February, 2016 - The bitterly disappointing Prime Minister’s report on Closing the Gap shows there are many areas with next to no change in cutting Aborigina...

Greens welcome report on reconciliation

9 February, 2016 - Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the launch of a Reconciliation Australia report that lists seven key recommendations aimed at achieving a...

National Interest Analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is a farce

9 February, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has labelled the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) National Interest Analy...

Greens pen letter to PM on Close the Gap and the need to address unfinished business

9 February, 2016 - On the eve of the Closing the Gap report, Senator Siewert has written to the Prime Minister outlining concerns that Australia will struggle t...

Government confirms plans to introduce Divorce Tax

9 February, 2016 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Legal Affairs Nick McKim says he is disappointed the federal government is refusing to listen to the Senat...

Report finds NT intervention failed to Close the Gap and meet international human rights obligations

9 February, 2016 - The independent report by Monash University showing the NT intervention simultaneously failed to meet Close the Gap targets and international...

Open Letter to Prime Minister Turnbull on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

9 February, 2016 - Dear Prime Minister Turnbull In a few days, you will be tabling your first Closing the Gap report in Parliament. It’s an important day for Ab...