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Telstra cuts show why public services must stay in public hands for public good; Greens

20 June, 2018 - Wednesday, 20th June 2018 After a week of national service outages, Telstra have announced they will be cutting a quarter of their Australian wo...

Alinta misleading consumers shows why we need to re-regulate electricity prices: Bandt

20 June, 2018 - Alinta misleading consumers shows why we need to re-regulate electricity prices: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt ...

World Refugee Day

20 June, 2018 - Australia has much to lament this World Refugee Day, Greens Immigration Spokesperson Nick McKim says. “There are still hundreds of men, women an...

Crimes Amendment (Unlicensed Drivers) Bill 2018

20 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) (14:34:40) — I rise to speak on the private members bill, the Crimes Amendment (Unlicensed Drivers) Bi...

Auto pay rise for MPs must stop

20 June, 2018 - Greens MLC Mark Parnell has introduced a Bill into State Parliament to stop the automatic flow-on of Federal MP pay rises to State MPs and to gi...

Merger talks must not risk South Australians accessing university

19 June, 2018 - The Greens won’t support any Uni SA/University of Adelaide merger if it means cutting courses, cutting jobs, closing campuses or compromising on...

Australian Greens urge crossbench to oppose trial to drug test income support recipients

19 June, 2018 - The Australian Greens have urged the crossbench not to cave in and wave through drug testing trials of income support recipients that would hurt...

South Australians worse off if tax cuts pass

18 June, 2018 - South Australia is set to lose $554 million in funding for essential services if the Turnbull Government’s income tax cuts pass the Senate this ...

450GL must be legislated to restore faith and help save the River

18 June, 2018 - The Australian Greens will move an amendment to the Water Amendment Bill 2018, listed on the Senate schedule for today, to include the delivery ...

Libs move to sell off ABC electorally toxic

16 June, 2018 - The Liberal Party Council has exposed Malcolm Turnbull’s secret plan to sell off the ABC, the Australian Greens say. “Malcolm Turnbull’s secret ...

Waters to return to the Senate in September

16 June, 2018 - Former Greens Senator Larissa Waters will become the first senator section 44’d to return to the seat she won, as Senator Andrew Bartlett who re...

Re-regulation of prices needed to fix power mess: Greens

15 June, 2018 - Re-regulation of prices needed to fix power mess: Greens Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the latest ...

Death on Nauru

15 June, 2018 - The death of person who sought asylum in Australia but was exiled offshore for five years is a another bloody stain on Australia’s national cons...