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The Fantasy Economics of the SA Royal Commission

24 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia—Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:05): I would like to briefly take note of Senator Canavan's...

More money for military hardware despite no change to threat level

24 February, 2016 - Senator Whish-Wilson said, "Reports today about the Defence White Paper suggest that the paper will indicate that the threat level to Austra...

Dennis Jensen calling Aboriginal people ‘noble savages’ is abhorrent

24 February, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert comments on Dennis Jensen referring to Aboriginal peoples living in remote communities as ‘noble sa...

Senate condemns WA anti-protest laws

24 February, 2016 - A Greens motion calling on the WA Government to abandon its anti-protest laws that have been condemned by United Nations has been supported ...

Bill to save petroleum titles over marine parks raced into legislation with the help of Labor

24 February, 2016 - “It is disappointing that the Government and the ALP have moved to validate offshore petroleum titles in marine parks that were deemed inval...

The Fantasy Economics of the SA Royal Commission

24 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia—Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:05): I would like to briefly take note of Senator Canavan's...

Greens welcome passage of medicinal cannabis legislation

24 February, 2016 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale has today welcomed the passage of legislation to establish a national licensing scheme for the...

Auditor finds no evidence PSOs improve safety

24 February, 2016 - Greens transport spokeperson Samantha Dunn says the latest Auditor General report has found no evidence that PSOs improve safety at railway ...

The World's Greatest Shave

24 February, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam has risen to the challenge and hopes to raise $10,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation in the World’s Greatest Shave. He ex...

We need more than a Band-Aid approach to help Pacific neighbours with extreme weather

24 February, 2016 - Responding to the devastation Cyclone Winston brought to Fiji, the Greens have called for more humanitarian assistance for Fiji, an overall ...

Senate condemns WA anti-protest laws

24 February, 2016 - A Greens motion calling on the WA Government to abandon its anti-protest laws that have been condemned by United Nations has been supported ...

They have had 25 years to fix the date say the Greens

24 February, 2016 - 24/02/2016 The Electoral Commission Queensland has just released the Official Yes and No Cases for the upcoming referendum. The arguments ha...

The Yarra unsafe and unhealthy

24 February, 2016 - Doncaster, Victoria – Samantha Dunn, Greens MP for Eastern Metropolitan, says the Yarra River is often unsafe to swimmers and has been pollu...

Government and ALP join to keep cashless welfare card trials alive

23 February, 2016 - A Greens disallowance motion that would block the trial of the cashless welfare card trial in Ceduna has been opposed by the Coalition and t...

Greens call for inquiry into homophobia and transphobia in schools as PM muscles in on Safe Schools Coalition

23 February, 2016 - The Australian Greens will tomorrow move for a Senate inquiry into homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools, as the Prime Minister cal...