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Greens stand with South Australians in fight for the Bight

19 December, 2017 - South Australians will not stand for the Government encouraging oil and gas exploration in our pristine marine environment and will continue...

Valuing teaching will lead to better NAPLAN results: Greens

13 December, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling for an end to the State and Federal Government blame game on NAPLAN results and restore value to the educa...

605GL reduction to southern MDBP is legalised theft: Greens

11 December, 2017 - The Australian Greens will move to disallow the Government’s plan to strip the southern Murray Darling Basin of 605GL of environmental water...

Turnbull rewards Barnaby Joyce’s bad behaviour

6 December, 2017 - Barnaby Joyce returning to the water ministry is devastating for Murray Darling Basin communities, downstream states, and the future of the M...

Agriculture and Water portfolios together is a conflict of interest: Senate

5 December, 2017 - The Senate today has supported an Australian Greens motion calling on the Government to split the Agriculture and Water portfolios.   “This m...

Barnaby may be back, but door to water ministry must stay closed

4 December, 2017 - The Australian Greens are renewing calls for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to keep the keys to the Water Ministry out of the hands of Barna...

Greens secure win for democracy in SA

1 December, 2017 - The Greens are delighted that the South Australian Constitution has now been reformed to make it fairer to all parties and candidates contest...

Greens GM Crops Moratorium Bill passes SA Parliament

28 November, 2017 - The Greens’ Bill to extend the state-wide moratorium on the cultivation of genetically-modified crops has now passed both Houses of the Sout...

Sarah Hanson-Young's marriage equality debate speech

28 November, 2017 - Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia) (11:06):  I rise today to speak to this bill, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedo...

Senate must reject plan to plunge Murray-Darling into further crisis

23 November, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the New South Wales and Federal Governments and the Murray Darling Basin Authority for turning a blind ey...

Greens win extension to GM crops moratorium in SA

15 November, 2017 - The Greens’ Bill to extend the state-wide moratorium on the cultivation of genetically-modified crops passed the Upper House of the South Au...

Greens Bill Passes SA Upper House - Stops the Waste of Money on Nuclear Waste Dump

1 November, 2017 - The Greens Bill to finally end wasteful government spending on the proposed South Australian international nuclear waste dump passed through ...

Greens back ACCC’s NBN debt write-down call

31 October, 2017 - The Australian Greens will investigate legislative options to write-down NBNCo’s debt, backing the suggestions put forward by the ACCC today....

Community Use of Vacant Land - Greens Bill to give Councils lease powers

20 October, 2017 - The Greens have introduced a Bill into State Parliament to allow local councils to take over vacant land for temporary public use in situatio...

Dangerous and dirty gas extraction technique banned in Queensland is set to be approved in SA

19 October, 2017 - A dangerous gas extraction technique responsible for Queensland's biggest ever environmental pollution incident is set to be approved in Sout...