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Stop applying Band-Aids to the broken VET sector

29 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are urging the government to scrap using taxpayer money on the broken for-profit VET sector rather than trying to prot...

Turnbull should condemn Christensen's comments

26 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to reprimand George Christensen after his homophobic comments about th...

20,000 (and counting) support Safe School Coalition petition

25 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens are delighted to announce the petition calling for support for the Safe Schools Coalition has received more than 20,00...

Labor and Liberal vote against Greens move to keep Australian born babies safe

25 February, 2016 - A move by the Australian Greens that would have allowed babies who were born in Australia to stay here, rather than be sent to Nauru, has be...

Nuclear waste dump is not the answer to SA's financial woes

25 February, 2016 - I rise tonight to talk about the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, which is currently underway in my home state of South Australia. It is...

Robert Simms stands up to Cory Bernardi over attack on Safe Schools

25 February, 2016 - I was about to leave for the night and then I saw Senator Bernardi jumping to his feet and launching into yet another of his famous diatribe...

Greens call for inquiry into homophobia and transphobia in schools as PM muscles in on Safe Schools Coalition

23 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens will tomorrow move for a Senate inquiry into homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools, as the Prime Minister cal...

Drilling in the Great Australian Bight will not go unchecked

22 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens welcome Senate support for their inquiry into proposed drilling off the Great Australian Bight. "BP must be held to ac...

Dutton’s ‘blackmail’, ‘self-harm’ comments a disgrace: Greens

22 February, 2016 - The Immigration Minister's claims that he is being held to ransom and blackmailed by a one-year-old girl are inexcusable, the Australian Gre...

Greens launch O’Week campaign to Save Our Scholarships

22 February, 2016 - Australian Greens higher education spokesperson Senator Robert Simms will launch the Save Our Scholarships campaign to mark the start of O'W...

Greens welcome deal to secure Radio Adelaide's future

19 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed today's decision to transition Radio Adelaide to be run under the Fresh 92.7 umbrella, but say more deta...

Nauru visa ban shows Prison Island’s paranoia

19 February, 2016 - The reported ban on all Australian and New Zealand visitor visas to Nauru shows the paranoia of the remote Pacific nation, the Australian Gr...

Future-proof South Australia with transition to renewable technology: Australian Greens

18 February, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms is calling on the Federal and South Australian governments to assist the mid-nort...

Uni drinks with Senator Robert Simms

18 February, 2016 - Thu, 2016-03-10 17:00 - 19:00 Adelaide Unibar, Level 5, Union House, University of Adelaide ...

Removing bans on nuclear industry senseless and short-sighted: Australian Greens

17 February, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms has slammed Family First Senator Bob Day's suggestion that federal laws preventin...