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Government must fight for Whyalla’s future: Greens

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens call on the Government to provide urgent mental health support to the Whyalla Community as part of any plan to assist in s...

Greens warn of new ‘generation debt’

7 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have warned that the Liberals will create a new generation of young Australians saddled with record debt, if they proceed ...

Don’t punish students for poor government decisions: Greens

6 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to drop its deregulation agenda that seeks to punish students by hiking up the cost of universit...

Gov must strip Wilson Security of contracts

5 April, 2016 - Wilson Security should be stripped of their contracts for the offshore detention camps on Manus Island and Nauru after its poor corporate govern...

Governments must commit to securing survival of Whyalla steel industry

5 April, 2016 - Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms is in Whyalla today attending a public hearing for the Senate Inquiry into the Future of Austral...

Childcare package to leave hundreds of thousands worse off, needs work: Greens

4 April, 2016 - The government's childcare package will result in hundreds of thousands of families being worse off and will need to be amended, the Australian ...

SA Labor’s Dodgy Nukes Laws Unnecessary

4 April, 2016 - The Greens have today filed amendments to the Government’s Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) (Public Money) Amendment Bill.  The Gree...

Dutton's deception 'deplorable': Greens

3 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on the Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to rule out sending any children currently in Australia back to Nau...

Public forum: Supporting Safe Schools and Inclusive Communities

1 April, 2016 - Thu, 2016-04-07 18:30 - 20:00 Thebarton Secondary College, 40 Ashley Street, Torrensville SA 5031 ...

Anti-nuclear opinions don’t count for much with SA’s elitist Royal Commission

31 March, 2016 - Comments today from Nuclear Royal Commissioner, Kevin Scarce, show that the elitist and dismissive processes that dominated the Commission’s ea...

Ditch the plebiscite to save pain and money

31 March, 2016 - The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) support for marriage equality is further evidence of the need for the go...

Homophobic ‘gay panic’ defence needs to be abolished in all states: Greens

31 March, 2016 - South Australia and Queensland need to abolish the homophobic ‘gay panic' defence, Australian Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simm...

Polling shows Australians want solutions, not refugee cruelty

31 March, 2016 - Polling released today has shown that the majority (58.1%) of South Australian's want to see people seeking asylum, who are in need of protecti...

Government must explain as tensions rise on Manus Island

30 March, 2016 - The reported tensions within the Manus Island detention camp, resulting from centre meetings where plans for forced segregation and mass deport...

Lowering HELP repayment threshold not needed to fix budget: Greens

29 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to abandon the idea of lowering the HELP repayment threshold to fix the budget bottom line ...