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Repeal of GM Crops Free Areas Bill restricts freedom to choose

23 March, 2016 - The Barnett Government has moved to expose all WA agriculture to GM contamination risking the premium non-GM farmers now enjoy, Greens MLC Lynn...

Greens call for $90 million funding boost for Reef Marine Park Authority and Reef scientists

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are calling for a funding boost for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority by $82 million over four years to help t...

CEIF: Turnbull’s climate con

23 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens have criticised Malcolm Turnbull's new Clean Energy Innovation Fund for trying to make a cut in clean energy funding look...

We did it!

23 March, 2016 - Jonathan Sri Alright. I'm calling it. We won. We actually won. Despite a tiny campaign budget, strong opposing candidates and every political c...

ATO tax data strengthens case for ending unfair tax breaks in Budget: Greens

22 March, 2016 - Data released by the Australian Tax Office today on how much Australia’s richest companies paid in tax strengthens the case for the government ...

Greens will oppose company tax cut for big business

22 March, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today announced that the Greens will not support any cut to the company tax rate for big business. “...

Greens welcome calmer Government approach to sharks

22 March, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has cautiously welcomed the Government’s decision not to try to kill sharks under its so-called serious threat guideli...

Turnbull desperate to distract from chaotic and divided government

21 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull is using the ABCC as an excuse to dissolve Parliament and distract from his divided government. “In ...

Level 3 bleaching event makes choice even more stark – it’s coral or coal

21 March, 2016 - The Greens are calling on the Turnbull and Palaszczuk governments to stop allowing new coal mines in the wake of the coral bleaching threat inc...

Homophobic attack on Safe Schools initiative harmful for LGBTI youth

21 March, 2016 - An attack on the Safe Schools Coalition could result in long-lasting damage to LBGTI youth, Greens sexuality and gender identity spokesperson L...

Level 3 bleaching event makes choice even more stark – it’s coral or coal

21 March, 2016 - 21/03/2016 The Greens are calling on the Turnbull and Palaszczuk governments to stop allowing new coal mines in the wake of the coral bleaching...

Greens urge Palaszczuk Govt to protect Safe Schools against federal attacks

20 March, 2016 - 20/03/2016 The Greens call on the Queensland government to follow their counterparts in Victoria and guarantee long-term funding for the Safe S...

PBO shows Greens’ immigration policy saves $8b

19 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens will go to the election with a policy of closing down the detention camps on Manus Island and Nauru and holding people ...

Greens MP to attend opening of the duck shooting season in protest

18 March, 2016 - Media Alert Who: Sue Pennicuik MLC, Victorian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson When: Saturday 19 March, sunrise Where: North West Victoria Vi...

Voters will decide next election result

18 March, 2016 - The Australian Greens are proud to have reformed the Senate voting system to allow voters to choose their own preferences above the line, and n...