Victorian News

National Day of Unity: Mothers shouldn’t have to fear divisive legislation

13 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale has spoken at the National Day of Unity launch at Parliament House, calling on the community, the ...

Turnbull government derails call to reallocate East West Link money to public transport

13 October, 2015 - Turnbull government derails call to reallocate East West Link money to public transport The Turnbull government has voted down a motion in th...

Greens introduce bill to help prevent future 7-Eleven style worker exploitation

12 October, 2015 - Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today introduced into Parliament a bill to help prevent franchise employees from being...

Greens welcome Robert Simms as new Senator for South Australia

12 October, 2015 - Robert Simms has been sworn in this morning as the Australian Greens' new Senator for South Australia, replacing Penny Wright who stood down ...

Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance

12 October, 2015 - Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance Labor Senators joined with the government and members of the crossbench to vote down th...

Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance

12 October, 2015 - Labor joins government to vote down work/life balance Labor Senators joined with the government and members of the crossbench to vote down th...

Penalty rates highlight the government's attacks on workers

12 October, 2015 - I am very pleased to be speaking today on the Turnbull Liberal government's attack on penalty rates. This is a critical issue for our society...

Federal reform on medicinal cannabis needed urgently: Greens

11 October, 2015 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale today called on the federal Labor and Liberal parties to get behind his cross-party bill to est...

Greens condemn anti-Muslim protesters

9 October, 2015 - The Victorian Greens condemn any extremist groups that will protest against Islam outside any of Victoria’s mosques this weekend as part of a ...

PM Turnbull should have dumped – not appointed – Wind Farm Commissioner

9 October, 2015 - The Australian Greens say today's appointment of a Wind Farm Commissioner is a sign that Malcolm Turnbull will continue to pander to those in ...

Climate Change

8 October, 2015 - Mr BARBER (Northern Metropolitan) — We are now seeing on our TV screens images that we never wanted to see but knew that we would see again — ...

Government failing booming V/Line

8 October, 2015 - Victorian Greens transport spokesperson Samantha Dunn says the Government has been caught without a plan to deal with a surge in V/Line patron...

Greens call for reform of political donation laws in Victoria

8 October, 2015 - In parliament this week, the ALP, Liberal and National parties voted against a Greens motion to refer political donations reform to the Electo...

Questions without notice- Climate Change

8 October, 2015 - Mr BARBER (Northern Metropolitan) — My question is for Mr Jennings representing the Premier. The Bureau of Meteorology yesterday updated its c...

Questions without notice- Points of Order

8 October, 2015 - Mr Barber — On a point of order, President, Ms Dunn's questions to Ms Pulford, both the initial and supplementary questions, were quite specif...