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Forced deportations begin on Manus Island

9 February, 2017 - The Australian government must urgently intervene to halt the forced deportation of Australia's detainees on Manus Island. "Under the cover o...

Greens back Outer Harbour proposal for Kwinana Industrial Strip

9 February, 2017 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren says contrary to misinformation frequently spread by the Barnett Government, environmental effects of a new Outer Ha...

National Electricity Market fails SA again

9 February, 2017 - The Greens will move in SA Parliament next week to expand the current upper house inquiry into the September state-wide power blackout to inc...

One White House phone call and Australia is at war

9 February, 2017 - The Australian Greens have reintroduced the ‘war powers’ bill, which would require Parliamentary approval before Australian forces are sent t...

SA energy privatisation failure – AEMO to face Senate inquiry tomorrow

9 February, 2017 - Modernising the energy grid and investing in storage technology is the only way to future-proof South Australia’s supply of electricity follo...

Celebrating Women and Girls in Science

9 February, 2017 - Emma Davidson and Rosanne Bersten On 11 February, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Australian women have con...

Parliament should have the power to block Trump

8 February, 2017 - The Greens will move to amend Australia's visa laws to give Parliament the power to block foreign leaders from visiting Australia on the grou...

Senate calls on Cardinal Pell to return to Australia

8 February, 2017 - A Greens motion calling on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist Victorian police in investigating his alleged criminal condu...

Deal with crossbench tries to sneak through four week wait and other nasties

8 February, 2017 - The secret deal between the Government and crossbenchers on the family tax benefit sneaks through nasty cuts to the social safety net that hu...

Value capture proposal not the silver bullet for high speed rail

8 February, 2017 - The Greens have warned that a Parliamentary Committee’s support for value capture for high speed rail along Australia’s east coast is fraught...

Senate demands the Government come clean on US "deal"

8 February, 2017 - The Government has been ordered by the Senate to produce the details of its agreement with the United States to consider resettling some peop...

“This is fascism in larval form. This is a time to resist” – Ludlam speech on Trump

8 February, 2017 - On his first day back in the senate chamber, Australian Greens Co-Deputy Leader and Foreign Policy Spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam outlined...

Greens battery solar grants scheme to kick-start WA power storage

8 February, 2017 - Residential solar users could claim a 50 per cent tax rebate of up to $5000 to install battery storage under a Greens plan that could see 120...

Senate calls on Cardinal Pell to return to Australia

8 February, 2017 - A Greens motion calling on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist Victorian police in investigating his alleged criminal condu...

Forest campaigning is not going to go away

8 February, 2017 - I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This document is the regional forest agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and t...