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Let public schools set the bar: Greens

16 January, 2018 - Public schooling in Australia must be the gold standard so parents do not feel they have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for their ch...

Buildings but no scientists: Turnbull must commit to re-funding Antarctic CRC

16 January, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has called on Malcolm Turnbull to overturn the Abbott-era policy changes ...

Take back control from mining companies: join the Greens

12 January, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett invites Queenslanders who want politicians to stop sacrificing workers, the environment, and climat...

Greens concern at Iran’s crackdown on dissent

10 January, 2018 - Senator Richard Di Natale, leader of the Australian Greens and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, said the Australian Greens remain deeply con...

Gina Rinehart and QLD Labor: prepare for a community backlash

6 January, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett is warning Gina Rinehart and QLD Labor to prepare for the same community backlash that has all but k...

Qld Labor betrays us by extending coal mining lease another 25 years

4 January, 2018 - The state Labor government’s decision to issue a lease to extend the life of the Boundary Hill coal mine betrays Queenslanders while serving t...

Chasing Trump-like company tax cuts makes no sense: Greens

21 December, 2017 - The Liberal Government’s plan to give tax cuts to big corporations to follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump makes as much sense as the rev...

Manus Island crisis re-escalates

21 December, 2017 - The federal government's neglect of refugees and people seeking asylum on Manus Island has led to a re-escalation of tension and danger, Gre...

QLD Labor hoodwinking Cairns community over secretive $1bn waterfront development proposal

20 December, 2017 - QLD Labor hoodwinking Cairns community over secretive $1bn waterfront development proposal QLD Labor are hosting their farcical community co...

Fossil fuel giant BHP turns away from coal, Turnbull needs to stop and smell the carbon

20 December, 2017 - Fossil fuel giant BHP turns away from coal, Turnbull needs to stop and smell the carbon The Turnbull government’s attempts to deny the death...

Climate policy travesty as pollution continues to rise

19 December, 2017 - Climate policy travesty as pollution continues to rise Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today slammed the governm...

Dark day for river communities and Murray Darling Basin

19 December, 2017 - Today is a dark day for the Murray Darling Basin in light of Queensland national MP David Littleproud taking on the water portfolio, and Vic...

Greens stand with South Australians in fight for the Bight

19 December, 2017 - South Australians will not stand for the Government encouraging oil and gas exploration in our pristine marine environment and will continue...

RET cutting power bills, but ALP + Libs cutting RET: Bandt

18 December, 2017 - RET cutting power bills, but ALP + Libs cutting RET: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the A...