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Disappointing that Senate voted down disallowance to stop cashless welfare card trials: Greens

9 February, 2018 - It is disappointing that the Senate has voted down the Greens disallowance motion to immediately stop the cashless welfare card trials in the...

Don’t go to water over threats from greedy upstream states

9 February, 2018 - Australian Greens Murray-Darling Basin spokesperson and Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young is urging her SA colleagues to hold fi...

Allegations of lies and corruption risk South Australia’s vital water source

8 February, 2018 - Today’s revelations that South Australia has been sold down the river about how much water it would lose if the Government’s change to the Mu...

Greens to close Government’s gambling advertising loopholes for broadcasters

8 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for allowing loopholes that gets Foxtel out of a blanket ban on playing gambling a...

Greens motion calling for Turnbull Government action on abortion passes Senate

7 February, 2018 - The Senate has today passed a Greens motion calling on the government to ensure safe, surgical abortions are available in public hospitals ac...

Labor deceived Queenslanders about Adani jobs claim to win the state election

7 February, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett says Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s complaints about non-existent Adani jobs shows their pre-elect...

Government must reconsider response to gaming inquiry in the name of innovation: Greens

6 February, 2018 - This Government’s repeated attacks on Australia’s video games industry, climaxing last week in the tabling of a totally inadequate government...

Political denial over the Murray Darling Basin Plan will kill the river: Greens

5 February, 2018 - Today’s intervention by prominent scientists and economists warning that the roll-out of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is failing should be a...

Power to the people

2 February, 2018 - Power to the people: towards a publicly owned electricity grid   The Greens will seek to return the national electricity grid into public han...

No Coincidence: Batman forces Bill to back blocking of Galilee rail

2 February, 2018 - Within 24 hours of the news of a by-election in the Greens/Labor marginal seat of Batman, Federal Labor reaffirm they do not support taxpayer...

Investing in our children helps families, and the community

2 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens will move to legislate raising the guaranteed minimum hours of subsidised early childhood education in an effort to hel...

Transurban’s donations to old parties put mega toll roads into question, say the Greens

2 February, 2018 - Political donations data released this week shows that private toll road giant Transurban has made significant donations to both the Labor an...

Dutton's contempt for judicial independence and the rule of law

1 February, 2018 - Peter Dutton's latest potshot at the judiciary shows an alarming contempt for the rule of law, Greens Justice spokesperson Senator Nick McKim...

Shift in support for changing the date cannot be ignored: Greens

1 February, 2018 - Polling in Fairfax media today that reveals more Australians have gotten onboard with changing the date of Australia Day in the last year sho...