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Senate puts ice on government’s ideological super attack

2 December, 2015 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP welcomed the crossbench Senators putting the ice on the government’s ideological attack on super t...

Volunteers wanted for the Leederville Festival

2 December, 2015 - The Greens are still seeking a few volunteers to staff our stall at the Leederville Festival. If you are available to do a shift for a couple...

Family payment cuts are still poor policy

2 December, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has said today that it is extremely disappointing that the Government will attempt to ram through th...

Response to the ministerial statement on infrastructure

2 December, 2015 - I move: That the Senate take note of the document. I rise to respond to the annual ministerial infrastructure statement. We really appreciate...

Government denies justice to East Timor

1 December, 2015 - The government has blocked a proposed Senate vote on alleged Australian spying on Timor Leste, but the Greens have warned that the messy trut...

Senator Simms details the rorts of the private for-profit VET sector

1 December, 2015 - The VET FEE-HELP system is broken. What was originally designed as a model to expand access to training for Australians has now become an unt...

Australia's coal obsession threatens Australian workers and global climate efforts

1 December, 2015 - The Turnbull Government's obsession with coal undermines the global momentum in Paris, and threatens the health of Australian workers. "It wa...

Senate supports inquiry into aged care workforce as Australian population ages

1 December, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has secured senate support for an inquiry that will investigate the future of Australia’s aged care ...

PM Turnbull must ditch attacks on ARENA & CEFC, double their budgets instead: Greens

1 December, 2015 - Responding to news that the Turnbull government has committed to double research & development investment on clean energy over the next five ...

The ABC of #estimates

1 December, 2015 - The ABC is developing industry leading multimedia platforms. how are they attracting skilled staff to maintain that edge? And why isn't the g...

Citizenship changes will not make Australians safer

1 December, 2015 - The imminent passage of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 will do nothing to protect Australians from ...

Greens Slam Labor/ Liberal University Cuts

1 December, 2015 - The Greens have slammed the Government and Labor for banding together and exhuming Labor's 2013 higher education cuts, leaving students in t...

Senate supports inquiry into aged care workforce as Australian population ages

1 December, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has secured senate support for an inquiry that will investigate the future of Australia’s aged care ...

Malcolm Turnbull: Pretender in Paris, but clean energy slasher at home

1 December, 2015 - Greens Energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said today that while Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has committed to double clean energy research ...