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Arguments against Senate voting reform don't stack up

9 July, 2015 - Senator Lee Rhiannon Talk of an early federal election is putting the spotlight on Senate voting reform. With a strange alliance consisting of ri...

The tipping point

8 July, 2015 - Giz Watson (Co-convenor) with assistance from June Lowe I don't know what you were up to last weekend, but here in Perth a lot of us turned a bli...

Inside Party Room

7 July, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale The parliamentary wing of the Australian Greens often goes by its working name of 'Party Room'. Party Room is actually...

Target: Carbon free

7 July, 2015 - Peter Lane Under the Abbott government, with acquiescence from the opposition, not only has the Renewable Energy Target (RET) been reduced, but t...

Can the Greens Succeed in a Developing Country?

7 July, 2015 - Bob Muntz The Philippines is always going to be a difficult country for the Greens. Political violence and corruption are both deeply embedded in...

ACT Greens celebrate the launch of Common Ground

2 July, 2015 - ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury has today welcomed the launch of Common Ground, a Greens initiative to tackle homelessness in Canberra. “Commo...

Drivers vs cyclist is not either/or

22 June, 2015 - Senator Janet Rice Some level of animosity will always exist while cars and bikes share our roads. There is no getting around this. Drivers are ...

A taxing time

19 June, 2015 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems (National Fundraising Coordinator) It's almost that time of year again… time to sift through your receipts, chase up you...

Radical work

19 June, 2015 - Ben Moroney and Eliza June (Australian Young Greens Co-Convenors) “We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to e...

Handle with care

19 June, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale Parliament is in full swing and I have a lot to report back on. Thanks to the work of Scott Ludlam and his team, the G...

The end of the fossil-fuel era?

14 June, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters All over the globe, governments and industries and entire nations are beginning the transition away from coal and embraci...

A greener ACT budget

10 June, 2015 - Shane Rattenbury (ACT MP) Last week, the Greens-Labor Government in the ACT announced its 2015-2016 budget. It was not the budget of a Greens Go...

#AdviceforJoe

10 June, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam Treasurer Joe Hockey's attempts to contribute to the debate on tax reform and housing affordability are… well. Let's just s...

getting the word out

10 June, 2015 - Giz Watson (Australian Greens Co-convener) Along with all Greens who are National media-watchers, I am frequently concerned that we Australian G...

The CASE for Curtin

10 June, 2015 - Chilla Bulbeck Millions of lives and livelihoods depend on Australia's commitments that Julie Bishop, member for Curtin, takes to the UN climate...