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Greens call for Government to act on HIV prevention medication, PrEP

12 January, 2016 - The Australian Greens have renewed their calls for the federal government to remove barriers to accessing HIV-prevention medication, Pre-expo...

Pleasantries with Sarah Hanson-Young: Part 1 - No Music

24 December, 2015 - As requested - a second version of Pleasantries with Sarah Hanson-Young: Part 1 - this time with no music in the background to make editing a breeze!

NSW should prioritise TAFE over a shambolic for-profit VET sector

14 December, 2015 - The Australian Greens have warned NSW against stripping funding to TAFEs across the state, warning similar collapses could happen like those...

Christmas Toy Drive 2015

7 December, 2015 - When you're doing your Christmas shopping this year, please spare a thought for the children who won't be celebrating because they're locked ...

Innovation statement wasted opportunity for electric cars in SA

7 December, 2015 -  Australian Greens Senator for South Australia, Robert Simms, has decried the lack of funding for electric vehicles in South Australia as a w...

New funding welcome but concerns remain over commercial engagement

7 December, 2015 - The Greens welcome Malcolm Turnbull's commitment to university research, but are concerned about the increased focus on industry engagement w...

Senator Simms stands up for students against Liberal/Labor cuts

4 December, 2015 - Until now, the $1025 Student Start-Up Scholarship went to all eligible students twice a year. It was a modest amount of money that provided r...

Childcare changes to be investigated by Senate inquiry

3 December, 2015 - The Australian Greens will refer the Coalition's recently announced childcare package to a Senate inquiry amid growing concerns that many fam...

Future looks less bleak for VET sector

2 December, 2015 - The Greens joined with the Government, Labor and crossbenchers to support a raft of changes through the Senate that will help arrest the wors...

Keep Radio Adelaide on air

2 December, 2015 - South Australian Senator Robert Simms calls on Adelaide University to secure the future of Radio Adelaide. Adelaide University are citing fin...

Malcolm Turnbull's last chance to get kids out by Christmas

2 December, 2015 - Malcolm Turnbull has one last chance to get children out of detention by Christmas. Will he do the right thing and let them live, learn and p...

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 motion to acknowledge World AIDS Day

1 December, 2015 - Notice of MotionMr PresidentWe give notice that, on the next day of sitting, we shall move - That the Senate-(1) Notes that:(a) 1 December 20...

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...

BP must be held to account in NOPSEMA hearings.

30 November, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia, Robert Simms, said BP must be held to account for their shocking environmental record and poo...