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Next stop: 2016

13 April, 2015 - Giz Watson and Penny Allman-Payne (Australian Greens Co-Convenors) Congratulations to our NSW colleagues on yet another fantastic election resu...

NAPLAN? New plan please.

13 April, 2015 - Senator Penny Wright The annual NAPLAN tests will be held next month, with more than a million Australian students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to be...

The Australian government can't safeguard Putin's data. That means yours isn't safe, either

31 March, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam One of the questions I've been asked most in recent months is whether members of parliament will have their metadata store...

Sculpture by the sea

30 March, 2015 - Rowena Sierant Every time I walk past the sculpture made from flotsam and jetsam on Callala Beach, I stop to see if any newly found objects hav...

We must return funding to family violence services

30 March, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters Women are living with men who they fear will kill them because those women have been turned away from overrun refuges an...

Solar saver

25 March, 2015 - Vivienne Glance Last week, in a surprise announcement, the WA Government approved the phasing out of the Office of State Development, and the f...

High-speed reversal

25 March, 2015 - Alex Schlotzer It's more than just which football code you follow. And it isn't what you'd expect.  We started out in Queensland. It became cle...

Together, we stand

17 March, 2015 - Giz Watson and Penny Allman-Payne (Australian Greens Co-Convenors) March 18, 2015: Congratulations to the Queensland Greens on officially gaini...

In full swing

16 March, 2015 - Chris Harris (NSW campaign coordinator) You can feel the energy starting to rise; It's a little like an earthquake, initially a slow rumbling a...

20 Questions: Cate Mussared

16 March, 2015 - Name: Cate MussaredAge: 45Role with the Greens: Chief of Staff to Greens SA Parliamentary Leader Mark Parnell MLC What do you remember about yo...

APGF Congress in NZ in June

16 March, 2015 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd The Congress The Congress will be held in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, June 12-14, and will be hosted by the Asia-Pacifi...

Taking on Vested Interests to Fund the Future

15 March, 2015 - John Kaye, MLC On Sunday we launched the final two weeks of our election campaign at the University of Technology and together talked about our...

Nurturing our commons

13 March, 2015 - Sarah Davis I love what I do. I work with communities at the grassroots, 'Transition Town' style. My realisation came during the 2008 Global Fi...

Brandis should resign

13 March, 2015 - Senator Penny Wright As the foremost law officer in the land, his job is to uphold the rule of law. Instead, Attorney-General George Brandis ha...