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Impact at the booth

12 June, 2014 - Ben Hermann On April 5 this year, election day for the WA senate, I set up a booth at Beldon Primary School, complete with a solar-powered lapto...

Busting the budget

11 June, 2014 - Christine Milne In my 25 years in politics I have never witnessed such a passionate and protracted push-back against a federal budget as we are ...

Welcome to Green Magazine 2.0

1 June, 2014 - Christine Cunningham Congratulations to the national staff and Green Magazine Working Group for getting us to this next level of regular, digital...

OPINION: Coal industry decline in Hunter inevitable

1 June, 2014 - Senator Lee Rhiannon FEDERAL member for Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon responded to the recent loss of 500 more jobs in Hunter mines by saying the region...

Bentley: I'm energised

1 June, 2014 - Jonathan Cassell           Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, its the only thing that...

Obituary: Michael Denborough

1 June, 2014 - Liz Denborough Michael studied medicine in Cape Town South Africa and as part of his training went to treat people in the black townships. Later ...

Comment: Disadvantage the real threat to our children’s futures

1 June, 2014 - Senator Rachel Siewert A notable feature of the Abbott Government's short time in office has been their disconnection from the reality faced by v...

CSG: this generation's moment

1 June, 2014 - Chris Harris We won. The Bentley Blockade, in northern NSW, halted Metgasco's proposed tight sands gas drilling operation near Lismore. That vict...

Why Tony Abbott should resign as Minister for Women

1 June, 2014 - Senator Larissa Waters Tony Abbott, or at least his team of advisers, knows that Australian women don't take insults to their equality and indepe...

Green Institute update

29 April, 2014 - Defending universal health care 8 pm Tuesday 6 May Colin Jacobs, Health Policy Adviser to Richard Di Natale The Abbott government's Health Mini...

Keeping up the momentum

29 April, 2014 - The Senate by-election has finally reached its zenith and we are so thrilled that Scott Ludlam will keep his place in the Senate. Over the past...

Australia's luckiest politician

29 April, 2014 - This month I am embracing the title of Australia's luckiest politician; not because of the reasons put forward by the journalist who originally...

ACT Greens celebrate move ‘Beyond the Binary’

20 March, 2014 -  “The ACT Greens are proud to support these pioneering changes which remove historical discrimination against sex and gender diverse peopl...

From the Global Greens

20 March, 2014 - 1. Asia Pacific Greens Federation (APGF)The APGF is currently looking at ways that the structure, constitution and rules, as well as membership...

The wild, wild west

20 March, 2014 - Greetings from the wild west: the WA by-election campaign is well and truly on, and what a massive effort it is. The tortuous path from appeals...