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Education meeting failure; no road-map towards needs-based funding

23 September, 2016 - The Australian Greens have criticised today's meeting of Education Minister's as a talk-fest, saying that it has done nothing to move towar...

Senate Reform – Nick's Speech

23 September, 2016 - Senator McKIM I am very proud to rise to support the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016, legislation that puts the power over prefe...

Labor must rule out a plebiscite once and for all

23 September, 2016 - Labor must rule out a plebiscite once and for all The Greens have called on Labor to immediately and completely rule out supporting a harmf...

Greens to Palaszczuk - Don't let Rio Tinto get away with sacrificing rehab jobs at Blair Athol coal mine

23 September, 2016 - Responding to the reported cut-price sale of Blair Athol coal mine by Rio Tinto to minor player TerraCom announced to the ASX today, the Qu...

Living with dementia

23 September, 2016 - Emma Davidson “It really concerns me that we're developing an aged care system with the haves and have-nots. If you've got money, you can g...

Pretty speeches abroad, human rights violations at home

22 September, 2016 - The Prime Minister's pitch for UN Human Rights Council Membership appears to be operating in a parallel universe, the Australian Greens sai...

Needs based funding required, not government excuses for funding cuts

22 September, 2016 - Needs based support for schools must be guaranteed beyond the funding cliff set up by the Abbott/Turnbull government, the Australian Greens...

Melbourne train overcrowding worsens, again...

22 September, 2016 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says new PTV data shows train overcrowding has gotten worse in the past year. "After four years in oppo...

Pretty speeches abroad, human rights violations at home

22 September, 2016 - The Prime Minister's pitch for UN Human Rights Council Membership appears to be operating in a parallel universe, the Australian Greens sai...

Australia's Humanitarian Intake

21 September, 2016 - Prime Minister Turnbull has confirmed overnight that Australia’s humanitarian intake will remain below 2012-13 levels, Greens Immigration s...

Same-old same-old as Government continues punitive approaches to income support

21 September, 2016 - Yesterday Minister Porter described the proposed welfare overhaul as ‘revolutionary’ and then went on to talk about the same old paternalis...

Greens call on Morrison and Joyce to come to Tasmania to face the music on the backpacker tax

21 September, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson and Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, says that Barnaby Joyce and Scott Morrison need to take responsi...

PM begging for TPP trade agreement against Aus interest

20 September, 2016 - Malcolm Turnbull should stop begging the United States to pass the disastrous Trans-Pacific Partnership and instead act in the national int...