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Greens call for refugees to be brought to Australia safely

22 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have said that the people on a boat that is stranded off of Indonesia should have their claims for protection assessed fai...

Simms in the Senate Update - June 2016

22 June, 2016 - This edition of Simms in the Senate covers Senator Robert Simms' recent work on promoting green jobs for SA, protecting the Great Australian Big...

Greens bill to give media access to detention centres

21 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will introduce a Private Members Bill into the Parliament, allowing media to gain access to Austr...

World Refugee Day: Greens push for Royal Commission into children in detention

20 June, 2016 - On World Refugee Day, the Australian Greens have announced that they will push for a Royal Commission into the history of children in immigratio...

Liberal Party’s university fee deregulation agenda alive and well

18 June, 2016 - Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms says the Prime Minister's comments in last night's leaders debate show the Liberals ar...

Young Australians need jobs, not just training

17 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the Labor and Liberal Parties to properly invest in renewable energy and infrastructure projects to make su...

Dutton does Turnbull’s dirty work with TPV tirade

16 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have reaffirmed their commitment to scrapping Temporary Protection Visas, which leave people living in an interminable lim...

Greens to install solar panels for public and community housing

16 June, 2016 - Australia's whole stock of public and community housing would be retrofitted with solar panels to ease power bills for low income earners and ma...

Restoring the TAFE system to provide strong learning foundations for Australians

15 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens would cease taxpayer money being poured into the broken for-profit VET sector and fund a $400 million TAFE rescue package ...

A process not a postcode for nuclear waste

10 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens would containerise nuclear waste at Lucas Heights waste facility while an independent, national inquiry into radioactive w...

Childcare overhaul with ‘Universal Access’ model proposed by Greens

9 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will take a policy of 'Universal Access' childcare, with a guaranteed minimum of 24 hours of subsi...

Fight for final SA Senate seat heats up

8 June, 2016 - Greens Senator for SA Robert Simms has challenged conservative Family First Senator Bob Day to a debate ahead of the July 2 election following th...

Standing Up for LGBTIQ Rights - the Greens Community Forum

8 June, 2016 - Wed, 2016-06-15 18:00 - 20:00 The Colombian Hotel, 117-125 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Havin...

SA’s future looks brighter than ever

7 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed plans from a second company working towards building a solar thermal plant in Port Augusta. "It's fantastic t...

Labor and Liberal childcare policies fall short

6 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed their disappointment at the inability of either Labor or the Liberals to adequately address the current cris...