Victorian News

PBO report shows Treasurer’s pigheadedness will blow out deficit by $45 billion

3 February, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said that a Parliamentary Budget Office report released today on the government’s unlegislated Bud...

Planned burns not the answer

3 February, 2016 - In supporting this motion we express our sympathies to everyone who has lost lives, homes, property and livestock to fires this summer. We al...

Trucks Off all Local Streets, Premier

3 February, 2016 - The Inner West community has launched its list of demands of the Andrews Government, in response to the Western Distributor Business Case rel...

Greens reject government’s ridiculous TURC secret volume offer

2 February, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Greens Party Room has rejected the government’s last minute offer for o...

Question on notice- Retrospective Price Adjustments

2 February, 2016 - MS DUNN: To ask the Minister for Agriculture: In relation to the 2014/2015 VicForests Annual Report under “Provisions–other provisions” which...

Donations reveal Labor-Liberal debts to property, energy and gambling

1 February, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says it’s a disgrace that it’s taken 19 months to find out who were bankrolling Labor and Liberal with do...

Greens back Fund Our Future campaign for outer suburbs

1 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens have thrown support behind a plan that ensures people living in the expanding outer suburbs of Australia’s capital citi...

Greens: Fix donations this election year

1 February, 2016 - Today's release of last years' political donations data shows disclosure is too slow and corporate donations too influential, say the Austral...

Time to legalise Uber

1 February, 2016 - Greens transport spokesperson Samantha Dunn says it’s time for the Victorian Government to get on with legalising ride sharing service Uber. ...

Turnbull must have the courage to take on Liberal Party base on tax reform: Greens

1 February, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to have the courage to stand up to the Liberal Par...

Turnbull’s first priority to attack people’s rights at work: Greens

1 February, 2016 - Greens Industrial Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said Malcolm Turnbull’s first priority is attacking people’s rights at work afte...

Communities standing up to attacks on forests

28 January, 2016 - 2016 has begun with battles to protect some of south east Australia’s most precious forests, with the Greens throwing their support behind pr...

Greens vote tightens the net on multinational tax avoiders

28 January, 2016 - Australia has this week joined 30 other countries in signing a new agreement to combat multinational tax avoidance, after the Greens supporte...

Health cuts a GST ruse: Turnbull must reinstate funding

28 January, 2016 - In light of the AMA's latest public hospital report card, the Greens are calling on the Turnbull Government to undo Tony Abbott's damage to o...

Turnbull cabinet must start at top with tax reform: Greens

28 January, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that instead of considering a raise to the GST, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his...