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APGF Congress in NZ in June

16 March, 2015 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd The Congress The Congress will be held in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, June 12-14, and will be hosted by the Asia-Pacifi...

In full swing

16 March, 2015 - Chris Harris (NSW campaign coordinator) You can feel the energy starting to rise; It's a little like an earthquake, initially a slow rumbling a...

Taking on Vested Interests to Fund the Future

15 March, 2015 - John Kaye, MLC On Sunday we launched the final two weeks of our election campaign at the University of Technology and together talked about our...

Nurturing our commons

13 March, 2015 - Sarah Davis I love what I do. I work with communities at the grassroots, 'Transition Town' style. My realisation came during the 2008 Global Fi...

Brandis should resign

13 March, 2015 - Senator Penny Wright As the foremost law officer in the land, his job is to uphold the rule of law. Instead, Attorney-General George Brandis ha...

Green Institute news

4 March, 2015 - Margaret Blakers Fracking the future Webinar with Mark Ogge 8 pm Thursday 23 April 2015 The unprecedented expansion of unconventional gas (such ...

Beyond marriage equality

4 March, 2015 - Simon Copland and Joel Dignam Just one step in a long road By Simon Copland Marriage equality campaigns have gained huge support, and while you...

It's too hot!

27 February, 2015 - Grahame Bowland (WA Co-Convenor) In the three weeks since Ive updated you on happenings in the west, weve seen the centre of Perth shut down...

Building on experience

27 February, 2015 - Lynn MacLaren, WA MP Popular opinion about marriage equality has been overwhelmingly in favour for years. Noting the polls and perhaps refle...

The yoof of today ain't political

27 February, 2015 - Ben Moroney A common accusation levelled at young people is that we “don't engage with politics.” In particular, it is even levelled at youn...

Nuclear Industry On Trial?

26 February, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam At first glance, the decision to call a Royal Commission into nuclear technology in South Australia seems like a curiou...

Women are watching

26 February, 2015 - Mehreen Faruqi, NSW MP Over the past 10 years in NSW we have seen the number of women in leadership roles stagnate, a pay gap that gets no c...

Safe, legal, affordable

23 February, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters Even in 2015 in Australia, there are still a few ultra-right-wing, out-dated voices trying to undermine women's repro...

How you can Green the planet...

18 February, 2015 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd ...On your home computer Have you been following the dramatic rise of the Greens in the UK? Adam Ramsay, a Scottish Green...

Navigating high school

17 February, 2015 - Robert Delves Left to right: Ashley, Morgan, Beth, Ajla, Alyssa (Photo by Rob Delves) I'm a co-convenor of the Fremantle Greens and a teac...