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Murray Darling Basin Authority sinks crossbench water plan

21 October, 2015 - The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and the Federal Government yesterday debunked a proposal by some of the crossbenchers to pause the ...

Turnbull Government defending Abbott plan to stop community from enforcing environment law

21 October, 2015 - The Attorney-General last night in Senate Estimates confirmed the Turnbull Government was still pushing Abbott's plan to remove community rig...

Big banks winners from government Financial System Inquiry response: Greens

20 October, 2015 - The Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt and Finance spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today said that the big banks are the big win...

Refugee who self-immolated in Victoria needed better care

20 October, 2015 - The Australian Greens have expressed their condolences for a 30-year-old Afghan Hazara man who came to Australia seeking safety but, tragical...

Senator Simms clarifies water flow in the Murray

20 October, 2015 - Senator Simms sought clarification on Dr Stone's claims that increased environmental flows were damaging the Murray River ecosystem. It came back as an unequivocal no.  

Big banks winners from government Financial System Inquiry response: Greens

20 October, 2015 - The Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt and Finance spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today said that the big banks are the big win...

Community bands together to protect women’s reproductive rights

20 October, 2015 - Forty one organisations have banded together to show support for Victoria’s existing abortion laws and to reject DLP Rachel Carling-Jenkin’s ...

That's a (national tour) wrap

20 October, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale What a privilege it's been, meeting so many  dedicated Greens members, enthusiastic Greens supporters, and to have ...

Taking the lead

20 October, 2015 - Harriet de Kok and Sophie Jamieson (Australian Young Greens co-convenors) This year's Australian Young Greens Conference was held in late Sep...

Looking back on 2015

19 October, 2015 - Grahame Bowland and Giz Watson (Greens WA Co-Convenors) Its been a huge privilege co-convening the party this past year. The role of co-conve...

Estimates: implementation of the National Cycling Strategy

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: I want to follow up on questions I asked at the last estimates about the National Cycling Strategy. Can we have an update on an...

Cracking down on multinational tax avoidance requires more than proposed law: Bandt

19 October, 2015 - Greens treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens will support the government’s Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Ta...

Estimates: how transparent is the IA plan?

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: I will start with a question regarding the Melbourne Metro Rail, which I obviously asked this morning with Infrastructure Inves...

Estimates: where are ARTC's KPIs?

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: I want to follow up on a question I asked on notice last estimates, question No. 64. The first question was whether the ARTC co...

Estimates: what now for VW in Australia?

19 October, 2015 - Senator RICE: In the light of the Volkswagen recall and the situation with the defeat device, is the department or the government considering...