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Invalid oil leases highlights contempt for environment when it comes to supporting petroleum industry

11 February, 2016 - A number of offshore petroleum titles in marine parks have been deemed invalid following a major administrative error that occurred between ...

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Victorians being punished for ditching the East West toll road

11 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I will move on to projects that have commercial-in-confidence issues with them and start off with Victoria. Victoria has been ...

BHP must compensate for dam failure at Samarco mine

11 February, 2016 - The collapse of the BHP/Vale tailings dams at the Samarco mine in Brazil is an ongoing disaster. In November last year, the Senate offered c...

Estimates: Melbourne airport third runway

11 February, 2016 - Senator RICE: I wanted to ask about the Melbourne Airport third-runway proposal and how that is rolling out. I understand that the airport's...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...