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Drop the Warrant, Give back his Passport

5 February, 2016 - After the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found in his favour, the UK government should cancel the arrest warrant ...

Liberal flat-tax proposal throwback to Joh Bjelke-Petersen

5 February, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP said the flat-tax proposal for income tax floated by Liberals MP Dan Tehan today is a throwback to...

What Assistance did the Australian Government provide to the Sri Lankan Criminal Investigation Department (CID)?

5 February, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam: asked the Attorney-General on 20 November 2015: With reference to Australian Government assistance provided to the Sri ...

Greens Condemn Rushed Referendum Seeking More Power For Politicians

5 February, 2016 - 05/02/2016 The Queensland Greens say the Labor and Liberal parties are trying to sneak through a referendum aimed at giving them more po...

PM must condemn Dutton’s racist dog-whistle

5 February, 2016 - The draft cabinet briefing, reportedly prepared for the Immigration Minister and leaked to the media today, proposing a radical overhaul of t...

Drop the Warrant, Give back his Passport

5 February, 2016 - After the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found in his favour, the UK government should cancel the arrest warrant ...

Greens slam Queensland’s ‘Secret Referendum’‏

5 February, 2016 - 05/02/2016 The Greens say the state government is treating Queenslanders and the state’s local Councils with contempt by failing to give...

What Assistance did the Australian Government provide to the Sri Lankan Criminal Investigation Department (CID)?

5 February, 2016 - Senator Scott Ludlam: asked the Attorney-General on 20 November 2015: With reference to Australian Government assistance provided to the Sri ...

Sacred art continues to be vandalised

4 February, 2016 - Tuesday, 2 February The continual vandalising of ancient Indigenous rock art in the Burrup peninsula has reached crisis point, says Greens ML...

After David Bulmer-Rizzi's death, we must recognise foreign same-sex marriages

4 February, 2016 - In considering this legislation today, what we are calling upon the government to do and all members of parliament to do is this. We are sayi...

Gutting CSIRO climate science is the enemy of innovation

4 February, 2016 - News that the Turnbull Liberal Government is sacking more CSIRO scientists, gutting climate science in Australia, shows what a climate-denial...

O'Week 2016

4 February, 2016 - Mon, 2016-02-15 (All day) - Fri, 2016-02-26 (All day) Universities Australia-wide Universitie...

Save Our Scholarships

4 February, 2016 - Last year, Labor and the Liberals came together to hike up HELP fees for university students by converting the Student Start-Up Scholarship i...

Human Rights Abuses in Australia's name? Overdue Questions on Notice

4 February, 2016 - Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia-Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:02):  That is a little breakdown in communication which actu...

Turnbull ‘mum’ on fate of refugee babies & children

4 February, 2016 - In response to his first question since yesterday’s High Court decision concerning the fate of the 37 babies and 90 children living in Austra...