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Building and Construction Industry Bill 2013

19 April, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I rise today to speak against the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 [No. 2]. This governm...

Senate demands government’s Wilson documents

19 April, 2016 - The Senate has supported a Greens motion ordering the government to table all contracts that it holds with Wilson Security and any information ...

Greens lodge disallowance motion to stop East Kimberley cashless welfare card trial

19 April, 2016 - With the cashless welfare card running in South Australia and making life more difficult for residents in Ceduna, Senator Rachel Siewert has mo...

February 2016 Estimates QoN ME and CFS

19 April, 2016 - Senate Community Affairs Committee ANSWERS TO ESTIMATES QUESTIONS ON NOTICE HEALTH PORTFOLIO Additional Estimates 2015 - 2016, 10 February 2016...

Labor and Liberal vote against SA jobs and Whyalla Steel

19 April, 2016 - The Labor and Liberal parties combined to defeat a motion* from SA Green Senators Robert Simms and Sarah Hanson-Young in support of the steel i...

Address-in-Reply

19 April, 2016 - Senator DI NATALE I rise to speak to the message delivered to the Senate by the Governor-General. It is extraordinary that we are meeting here ...

February 2016 Estimates QoN: Local content on Pay TV

19 April, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM: It is a useful point. You can take this on notice. Let us leave sport aside for a sec, because there is a whole variety of othe...

Greens call for Qld government to provide extra legal support for asylum seekers

19 April, 2016 - 19/04/2016 The Greens call on the Queensland Labor government to follow the lead of the Victorian government in boosting funding for community ...

Scott Ludlam vs the ABCC

18 April, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia-Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (17:36):  What is it exactly that we are doing here? A prorogation...

Legal Aid urgently needs funding boost given high demand for domestic violence family law services

18 April, 2016 - 18/04/2016 With new analysis showing 79 per cent of Legal-Aid-assisted family law cases include domestic violence, the Greens today renewed the...

ABCC is an attack on more than a million Australians at work

18 April, 2016 -   I rise to speak on the legislation to bring forward the Australian Building and Construction Commission. The Australian Greens stand strongly...

Richard's address in reply to the Governor-General

18 April, 2016 - Senator Di Natale respond's to the Governor-General's specch to Parliament, as sittings begin to consider the Government's ABCC legislation.

The importance of significant funding proposals being accompanied by detailed business cases

18 April, 2016 - NOTICE OF MOTION 18 April 2016 I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that - 1.       The Senate notes: a.       As Prime M...

Legal Aid urgently needs funding boost given high demand for domestic violence family law services

18 April, 2016 - With new analysis showing 79 per cent of Legal-Aid-assisted family law cases include domestic violence, the Greens today renewed their call for...

Senator Di Natale speaks in opposition to the ABCC bill

18 April, 2016 - Senator Richard Di Natale reject's the government's ABCC legislation, which threatens the basic rights of workers and unions.