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Charting a new course

22 March, 2017 - Emma Davidson Going to listen to a National Press Club speech is usually all about the menu, and who you might be sitting with. The speech is j...

Senate calls for action on Aboriginal hearing health

21 March, 2017 - The Greens have secured Senate support for a motion calling on Australian Governments to urgently address hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres...

Justice for teargassed youth at Don Dale welcome: Greens

21 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the decision by Justice Judith Kelly to award damages to four teenagers who were tear-gas...

Greens oppose harsh omnibus bill and call on crossbench to do the same

21 March, 2017 - The Greens will oppose the Omnibus Bill proposed by the Government that would cut billions from the social safety net. The Greens have tabled a...

Justice for teargassed youth at Don Dale welcome: Greens

21 March, 2017 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed the decision by Justice Judith Kelly to award damages to four teenagers who were tear-gas...

An independent international fact finding mission into human rights abuses in Rakhine State

21 March, 2017 - I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that The Senate –      1. notes: a. the deeply concerning reports of the persecution...

Senate calls for action on Aboriginal hearing health

21 March, 2017 - The Greens have secured Senate support for a motion calling on Australian Governments to urgently address hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres...

Senate calls for federal investment for people who ride bikes

21 March, 2017 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion acknowledging the importance of bike riding for millions of Australians and calling on the federal gov...

Reallocate Roe 8 funding to rehabilitation and public transport

21 March, 2017 - I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that The Senate — [a]    Notes: (i)      the resounding defeat of the Barnett Govern...

Greens oppose harsh omnibus bill and call on crossbench to do the same

21 March, 2017 - The Greens will oppose the Omnibus Bill proposed by the Government that would cut billions from the social safety net. The Greens have tabled a...

The Business of Government

21 March, 2017 - Fergus Halliday Even if we contort ourselves enough to discount the uncomfortably close ties between big corporations and certain major politi...

Strengthening our global network

21 March, 2017 - Felicity Gray 'Think Globally, Act Locally' has long been a catch cry of the Green Party movement, and every five to seven years, we put that i...

Our precious heritage

21 March, 2017 - Ellen Sandell Late last year, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria published Remember Melbourne 1850-1960. The book details the loss of mor...

Australian Greens respond to Native Title Amendment Bill 2017

20 March, 2017 - Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues Senator Rachel Siewert says:   “The proposed amendments to the N...

Australian Greens respond to Native Title Amendment Bill 2017

20 March, 2017 - Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues Senator Rachel Siewert says:   “The proposed amendments to the N...