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Australia Council Operational Funding Program Investment

7 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM: We still net them out? Thank you. That was then, this is now. You have had to revise everything back to a four-year operation...

Greens urge PM to accept Victorian offer to let asylum seekers stay

6 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today urged Malcolm Turnbull to accept the Victorian Government's offer to give refuge to the 267 asylum seekers s...

Greens urge PM to accept Victorian offer to let asylum seekers stay

6 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have today urged Malcolm Turnbull to accept the Victorian Government's offer to give refuge to the 267 asylum seekers s...

Auditor-General's report on East West Link

6 February, 2016 - I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I want to respond to the tabling of the Auditor-General's report Audit Report No. 14 of 20...

Drop the Warrant, Give back his Passport

5 February, 2016 - After the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found in his favour, the UK government should cancel the arrest warrant ...

Liberal flat-tax proposal throwback to Joh Bjelke-Petersen

5 February, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said the flat-tax proposal for income tax floated by Liberals MP Dan Tehan today is a throwback to...

What Assistance did the Australian Government provide to the Sri Lankan Criminal Investigation Department (CID)?

5 February, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam: asked the Attorney-General on 20 November 2015: With reference to Australian Government assistance provided to the Sri ...

Greens Condemn Rushed Referendum Seeking More Power For Politicians

5 February, 2016 - 05/02/2016 The Queensland Greens say the Labor and Liberal parties are trying to sneak through a referendum aimed at giving them more po...

PM must condemn Dutton’s racist dog-whistle

5 February, 2016 - The draft cabinet briefing, reportedly prepared for the Immigration Minister and leaked to the media today, proposing a radical overhaul of t...

Drop the Warrant, Give back his Passport

5 February, 2016 - After the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found in his favour, the UK government should cancel the arrest warrant ...

Greens slam Queensland’s ‘Secret Referendum’‏

5 February, 2016 - 05/02/2016 The Greens say the state government is treating Queenslanders and the state’s local Councils with contempt by failing to give...

What Assistance did the Australian Government provide to the Sri Lankan Criminal Investigation Department (CID)?

5 February, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam: asked the Attorney-General on 20 November 2015: With reference to Australian Government assistance provided to the Sri ...

Sacred art continues to be vandalised

4 February, 2016 - Tuesday, 2 February The continual vandalising of ancient Indigenous rock art in the Burrup peninsula has reached crisis point, says Greens ML...

After David Bulmer-Rizzi's death, we must recognise foreign same-sex marriages

4 February, 2016 - In considering this legislation today, what we are calling upon the government to do and all members of parliament to do is this. We are sayi...

Gutting CSIRO climate science is the enemy of innovation

4 February, 2016 - News that the Turnbull Liberal Government is sacking more CSIRO scientists, gutting climate science in Australia, shows what a climate-denial...