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Record whale numbers show why we must ‘Fight for the Bight’

31 August, 2016 - Astounding results from a Curtin University study, showing 172 southern right whales using the Great Australian Bight calving sanctuary in jus...

Greens lead charge for ‘free’ trade scrutiny with Senate inquiry

30 August, 2016 - South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has said that she will focus on reigning in and scrutinising so called 'free' trade deals, ...

Greens pledge support for ARENA and renewables in SA

17 August, 2016 - The Greens will support renewable energy projects in South Australia by voting against the Coalition's proposed billion dollar cuts to the Aus...

Dutton & Wilson Security must be made accountable for cover-up of child abuse on Nauru

11 August, 2016 - Revelations that the government contractor Wilson Security appears to have misled the Australian parliament over a number of child abuse incid...

Throwing good money after bad – How the nuclear waste dump folly could wreck the SA State Budget

7 July, 2016 - The additional $3.6m allocated in the SA State Budget to advance the case for an international nuclear waste dump means that $13m will have been ...

BP drilling for oil - Don’t take the Bight out of SA

30 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens are the only party fighting to protect the Great Australian Bight by standing up to mining companies seeking to drill in t...

Bob Day must condemn vicious anti-gay group

29 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on Family First Senator Bob Day to condemn the vicious anti-gay rhetoric printed in 100,000 pamphlets supporti...

Greens tackle the Big Issues in SA's Biggest electorate - Grey

28 June, 2016 - Dr Jillian Marsh, Greens Candidate for Grey In the final few days of the Federal election campaign, the Greens Candidate for Grey, Dr Jillian Ma...

Plebiscite sham snowballs

28 June, 2016 - The shambolic marriage equality plebiscite continues to be exposed as a wasteful and useless exercise after it was revealed some coalition membe...

Greens call for inquiry as Immigration corruption festers

27 June, 2016 - Reports of a culture of corruption inside the government's Border Force department show how politicisation has undermined the agency, the Austra...

Plebiscite is a farce and a sham: Greens

25 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens say the marriage equality plebiscite has been exposed as a sham following revelations that coalition MPs may be free to fo...

Greens challenge other Parties to come clean on nuclear waste dump policy

24 June, 2016 - The Greens are the only Party with a policy on Nuclear Waste and the only party with a track record on this issue. “The Greens are the only Part...

Turnbull’s pointless plebiscite exposed

24 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have renewed their calls for PM Malcolm Turnbull to dump the costly and divisive plebiscite on marriage equality following...

Ghost of Abbott appears with Malcolm’s ‘Stop The Boats’ scare campaign

23 June, 2016 - Malcolm Turnbull has revived Tony Abbott's 'stop the boats' scare campaign on the eve of the Federal Election, to the disappointment of moderate...

Brandis must rule out giving public funds to the ACL

22 June, 2016 - Attorney General George Brandis must rule out giving public funds to the Australian Christian Lobby to facilitate a ‘no' campaign against the L...