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The wrong side of history

19 July, 2014 - Christine Milne Sitting in the Senate in recent weeks, I have reflected on the complete discord between the dinosaurs of the Parliament and the ...

Is Green sustainable?

18 July, 2014 - Arthur Rosenwald We see ourselves as a movement towards a better world, but 80% of Australians see us as an extremist single-issue party. Most p...

Book Review: SUPPLY SHOCK

18 July, 2014 - Julian Hinton “This book is about that great engine of history that gets presidents elected, assembles armies and sends men to the moon... this ...

The $7 co-payment to see a doctor

18 July, 2014 - Brett Montgomery There's a lot to despair about in this budget, but the measure that is closest to my heart, and the one I'm best qualified to w...

Our climate future at risk

8 July, 2014 - Christine Milne The Clean Energy package that we negotiated with the ALP and independents after the 2010 election gave us a chance to fight the e...

NSW: Stirring times

4 July, 2014 - Hall Greenland These have been stirring times for the NSW Greens. In May we had the remarkable anti-fracking victory at Bentley in the north of t...

World at his feet

4 July, 2014 - Bruce Knobloch Soccer (call it football if you like!) has kept Masih hopeful through some terrifying and painful times. However now things are lo...

Forward towards democracy

4 July, 2014 - Christine Cunningham The Australian Green's Charter outlines our democratic mission: "to build a society underpinned by values of participatory d...

Kiwi and Green? Get involved!

24 June, 2014 - Tejopala Rawls Are you a Kiwi living here in Australia? Did you know you can vote back home without leaving Australia? This September 20th is el...

Planting the seed for 2016

24 June, 2014 - Susan Griffiths-Sussems While we are still not in the same situation as the US, we in Australia are increasingly on the same track.  We know tha...

Taking back the senate

23 June, 2014 - Senator Lee Rhiannon At the last federal election some candidates were elected to the Senate with less than one per cent of the primary vote. In...

WA: After the storm

20 June, 2014 - Chilla Bulbeck New member welcome More than 450 new members (who joined over the last year, basically during our three elections)  were invited ...

Vale Karin Geradts

13 June, 2014 - Janet Rice Karin Geradts was a member and part of the fabric of The Greens since 1995. She was a member of the Greens Victoria State Council for...

Downsizing the Economy

13 June, 2014 - Chris Mardon Since the global financial crisis in 2008, there has been active discussion of the concept of de-growth, but some divisions have em...

Australia risks international disgrace at World Heritage meeting

13 June, 2014 - Senator Larissa Waters THE ANNUAL UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting can be an exciting time for anyone who loves this planet's animals, pl...