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Robin’s page

1 January, 2017 - Hon Robin Chapple MLC Last month, as part of our Home is Heritage campaign, I tabled a draft of my Prevention of Forced Closure of Remote Abor...

Why sport matters

1 January, 2017 - Emma Davidson Have you ever picked up the newspaper and felt like there's a lot of column inches given to discussions about rugby league or cr...

Sea Shepherd doing the government's job in the Southern Ocean

23 December, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Whaling, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson says that the Australian Government's failure to keep their promise to monitor J...

Glenside – let the Significant Tree slaughter begin

21 December, 2016 - "The likely destruction in the new year of 83 significant and regulated trees from the Glenside Health Campus is unnecessary, premature and ...

Young people lose out in MYEFO as generation gap worsens

20 December, 2016 - Australian Greens Finance and Youth spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed the Turnbull government for its inaction in bridging...

PC report into copyright changes must not be the trojan horse for further attacks on Australian arts

20 December, 2016 - Proposed changes to copyright laws in Australia do nothing to protect artists and devalue their contribution to our society, The Australian ...

Alinta Energy must protect our farmers and commit to frack-free gas

19 December, 2016 - Jules Kirby Despite being opposed to unconventional gas and fracking, many West Australians would be shocked to discover that they have inad...

The City – Country Separation

19 December, 2016 - Adrian Price A few generations ago, most city people had relatives or friends in the country areas, indeed in the 1950s, Osborne Park and ot...

Editorial: towards a state election

19 December, 2016 - Rob Delves Along with many others (including dozens of Greens members), several of my pre-Christmas mornings have been spent keeping watch a...

Greens on a roll in Victorian local government elections

19 December, 2016 - Rob Salter  The Greens success in the recent Victorian local government election should be a source of encouragement – and lessons – for our...

Racism down through the years

19 December, 2016 - Chris Johansen Recent overt manifestations of racism in Australia (e.g. 'stop the boats, the resurgence of Pauline Hansons One Nation) and g...

Forests for Life

19 December, 2016 - Jess Beckerling On Sunday 11th December economic think tank The Australia Institute published its latest report Barking Up The Wrong Trees, ...

Telling our social justice education story

19 December, 2016 - Rob Delves The Education policy story that The WA Greens want to tell in 2017 is a story about social justice. It begins with a strong state...

Indoctrinating Isabella

19 December, 2016 - Cuttlewoman What are trees? I do not know. I expect they are alien. They are killed by the sky. Thats why there are not so many of them. Can...

Watching a Beetle

19 December, 2016 - Renee Pettitt-Schipp I watch the beetle make her slow way along the path, her journey knows every rise in concrete, every sweep of mortar. ...