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Greens call on Minister to stop the jumps racing season

4 May, 2016 - Greens animal welfare spokesperson Sue Pennicuik, has called for the Andrews Government to immediately suspend the 2016 jumps racing season follow...

Budget fails people outside the major cities

4 May, 2016 - Budget fails people outside the major cities Malcolm Turnbull’s first budget has let down regional and rural Victorians, say the Greens. “This Bud...

Turnbull must drop plebiscite: Greens

4 May, 2016 - Australian Greens marriage equality spokesperson Senator Robert Simms is calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to ditch the $160 million pleb...

Budget missed opportunity for public transport and clean energy in Queensland

4 May, 2016 - The Liberal Government's budget fails to provide public transport or clean energy jobs in Queensland and instead focuses on military spending in o...

Budget a ‘house of cards’; super measures underwhelming

4 May, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the government’s so-called new ‘Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset’ (LISTO) is really just...

Inadequate domestic violence funding which lasts only until just after the election

4 May, 2016 - The Turnbull Budget locks in Abbott's cuts to domestic violence services and subjects women's legal and housing services, which help women escape ...

Turnbull fails to get wheels turning on bike funding

4 May, 2016 - Turnbull fails to get wheels turning on bike funding Turnbull has let down people who ride bikes - or who want to ride bikes - with nothing in the...

Budget missed opportunity for public transport and clean energy in Queensland

4 May, 2016 - 04/05/2016 The Liberal Government’s budget fails to provide public transport or clean energy jobs in Queensland and instead focuses on military sp...

Budget, like Turnbull, a massive let-down: Greens

3 May, 2016 - "This Budget is a massive let-down, just like Malcolm Turnbull has turned out to be," said Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale. "The govern...

Senate acknowledges loss of Bangladeshi LGBTI magazine editor

3 May, 2016 - Australian Greens sexuality spokesperson Senator Robert Simms's and Liberal Senator for WA Dean Smith's motion (below) to offer the Senate's deepe...

The National Housing Supply Council

3 May, 2016 - TREASURYSENATE  QUESTION Notice Given:  18 April 2016 (Question No . 1st session 2978, 2nd  session - 3232) Senator Ludlam, asked the Minister rep...

CSIRO cuts Senate Report: Australia must value the work of our climate scientists

3 May, 2016 - Chair of the Senate Select Committee into the Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures and Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, ...

NAIF shouldn't subsidise dirty industries

3 May, 2016 - I rise to speak on the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016. This bill is a great opportunity. The idea, the concept and the reali...

Labor and Liberal parties vote down motion to support Adnyamathanha traditional owners

3 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Labor and Liberal parties for teaming up to defeat a motion (below) calling on the Government to acknowledg...

Australian Greens statement on the death of John Kaye MP

3 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague and friend John Kaye. Our hearts go out to his partner, Lynne, and his fam...