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Back off Barnaby, and take your cruel games with you

4 May, 2017 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan for spruiking a cruel deal to Whyalla steelworker...

Schools funding needs to be fixed, not cut

2 May, 2017 - Schools funding in Australia needs to be reformed to reflect a genuine needs based model, but that can’t be done by cutting funding across the cou...

Students already doing more than enough to contribute their fair share

2 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens will vote against the Government’s assault on students and young people in its cruel university funding model. “By investing...

New $1 per trip SA transport tax should end when taxi compo ends

1 May, 2017 - The Greens will again move in State Parliament to ensure that the $1 per trip levy on all taxi, Uber and chauffeur rides will end once the taxi co...

Uni students and young Australians to cop it in Turnbull’s Budget

1 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens are concerned that, in the lead up to the Federal Budget, the government’s loyalties seem to lie with property investors and...

Turnbull turns the screws on struggling students

29 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for its planned attack on Australian university students in the 2017 budget. “This i...

Greens launch #SaveKidsTV campaign to defend Australian children’s television

27 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have today launched the #SaveKidsTV campaign to protect children’s storytelling in Australia. #SaveKidsTV will seek to pr...

Greens' inquiry to probe government's 457 visa changes

24 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have announced that they will move to establish a Senate inquiry into the government's 457 visa changes when parliament r...

The Australian Greens stand with Australia's students and universities

24 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have pledged to use their power in the Parliament to protect Australia's higher education sector from any further funding...

Chevron’s greedy tax fight proves it can’t be trusted with the Bight

21 April, 2017 - Chevron has proven it cannot be trusted with the pristine environment of the Great Australian Bight if they refuse to play by Australia’s tax r...

NAPLAN testing riddled with errors – not just with the online roll out

20 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens are calling on the NAPLAN testing model to be reviewed following the latest flaw, a failed online roll-out, and reports t...

Government to put university out of reach for low income students

19 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Government’s plans to hit university students with higher fees and force graduates to pay their HELP/HEC...

Time to let go of the past and back five-minute rule

12 April, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young is calling on Malcolm Turnbull to prove himself as the bold, innovative Prime ...

Xenophon's big biz tax cuts

31 March, 2017 - Statement on the Nick Xenophon Political Party’s big business tax cuts;   "Billions of dollars that should have gone to our schools and hospita...

SA strides ahead into renewable energy future

30 March, 2017 - The announcement of a billion-dollar solar farm and energy storage facility in South Australia shows that the state is leading the way into a c...