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Government concern for coral bleaching insincere unless Adani mine stopped

1 March, 2016 - With coral bleaching already confirmed in the Great Barrier Reef today and scientific concern for a mass bleaching event soon, the state and fed...

Greens call for federal support for electric car manufacturing following Holden announcement

1 March, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms is calling on the Federal Government to back his bill currently before parliament to ...

20 Questions for Lynn MacLaren

1 March, 2016 - Emma Davidson Name: Lynn MacLaren Age: 53 Role with the Greens: Member of Legislative Council, WA. 1. What do you remember about your first elec...

Volunteer stories: Higgins

1 March, 2016 - Ling Toong It's Saturday afternoon in Melbourne, and the weather is typically indecisive, swinging between teasing sun and recidivist clouds. Wi...

Lent: 40 days of protest

1 March, 2016 - Sarah Nielsen-Harvey It was the second day of the Perth heatwave with a predicted 43 degrees. It was also the first day of Lent. But most import...

The Queensland Greens have officially launched their referendum No Campaign today

29 February, 2016 - 29/02/2016 The referendum asking voters to approve an increase in the term of the state government from three years to four years is being h...

Stop applying Band-Aids to the broken VET sector

29 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to scrap using taxpayer money on the broken for-profit VET sector rather than trying to prot...

So which tax scare campaign is it?

29 February, 2016 - Today the Australian Senate called on the government to clarify which of their contradictory scare campaigns they plan on proceeding with. "...

Homophobic pamphlet window into anti-marriage equality campaign

29 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have warned a homophobic pamphlet distributed by former a Liberal MP is a window into the campaign being planned by op...

Senate supports Greens motion calling on Government to combat child poverty

29 February, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to combat child poverty and adopt a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy. ...

Which Housing Scare Campaign?

29 February, 2016 - *1050 Senator Ludlam: To move- That the Senate  (a) notes that the assertions by:  (i) the Assistant Treasurer (Ms O'Dwyer) that reforming n...

Qld Labor’s inaction on a dump levy stinks

29 February, 2016 - The Queensland Labor Government must urgently re-introduce a waste management levy to stop Queensland being treated as a dumping ground by o...

So which tax scare campaign is it?

29 February, 2016 - Today the Australian Senate called on the government to clarify which of their contradictory scare campaigns they plan on proceeding with. "...

Cross-party push for Territory rights on dying with dignity

29 February, 2016 - Australian Greens leader Dr Richard Di Natale has today reached across party lines to give notice of a co-sponsored bill that would overturn...

Senate supports Greens motion calling on Government to combat child poverty

29 February, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to combat child poverty and adopt a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy. ...