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McGowan government must clarify its election promise to fund disability advocacy groups: Greens

14 December, 2017 - The McGowan Government must clarify its position on funding individual disability advocacy services under the NDIS after state disability se...

Qld Labor needs to act on Senate Report into Shark Mitigation and Deterrence 

13 December, 2017 - In light of the new Senate report into shark mitigation and deterrence, Greens State MP Michael Berkman and Greens Senator for Queensland An...

Serious lack of honesty, transparency and accountability at all levels of NBN rollout: Greens

13 December, 2017 - The rollout of the National Broadband Network is suffering from a serious lack of honesty, transparency and accountability at all levels – G...

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...

Australian Greens call for more details of WA government's decision to join federal approach to NDIS

12 December, 2017 - The Australian Greens have welcomed a decision by the West Australian government to become part of the federal approach to the National Disa...

Sick and disturbing that emissions continue to rise: Bandt

11 December, 2017 - Sick and disturbing that emissions continue to rise: Bandt In response to reports that Australia’s emissions over the past year are rising, ...

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...

Report shows the harm of income management, Government must listen and dump income management

8 December, 2017 - A new report by the University of Sydney that shows a link between income management and lower birthweights and school attendance must be car...

High Court ruling means right to strike at risk

8 December, 2017 - High Court ruling means right to strike at risk Greens industrial relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the judgement handed d...

It's time for a new kind of politics

7 December, 2017 - "It’s time for a new kind of politics," said Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett in his Maiden Speech yesterday.  "People have asked me...

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...

Greens oppose cashless welfare card expansion entirely, Labor should do the same 

6 December, 2017 - The Australian Greens oppose the Government’s bill to expand the cashless welfare card trials in its entirety, and have dissented from the Co...

Senate Inquiry reports that warming oceans are putting the Australian way of life at risk

6 December, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of the Senate inquiry repo...