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Fundraising movie “Tashi and the Monk”

25 November, 2015 - Award winning documentary. Look at the Facebook Link for more details. All proceeds to the Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community in the Himal...

Getting around should be quicker, cheaper and easier

25 November, 2015 - In every single major Australian city, people are stuck in their cars. It is making us late for appointments, costing us at the petrol pump ...

Greens secure Inquiry into white-collar crime penalties

25 November, 2015 - The Senate has voted to support a Greens motion to establish a Senate Inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime. Greens spokesperson for...

We can and must end the discrimination of trans and gender diverse people

25 November, 2015 - Last Friday, we marked Transgender Day of Remembrance, an important day on the calendar of the transgender and gender diverse community both...

People’s Climate Marches in Rural WA

25 November, 2015 - In addition to the People’s Climate March taking place in Perth, several marches will also be happening in country towns. Marches have been...

Senate calls on the Treasurer to abandon suggestions that income support cuts are needed to pay for the NDIS

25 November, 2015 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed senate support for her motion calling on the Government to deliver the NDIS but not at...

Case for Melbourne Airport train line continues to grow

25 November, 2015 - The case for a train line to Melbourne Airport continues to grow as passenger movements reached record levels in October 2015.  Greens trans...

Police ‘show of force’ at Beeliar Wetlands fuelled protest

24 November, 2015 - Greens Member for South Metropolitan Lynn MacLaren MLC says the heavy police force this morning to Beeliar Wetlands was a leading cause of, ...

Government Squibs it on the Effects Test

24 November, 2015 - The Federal Government’s decision to squib the introduction of an effects test is disappointing but not surprising, Greens spokesperson for ...

Nationals play chameleon in Senate chamber on farmers’ rights to say no to CSG

24 November, 2015 - Nationals Senators have failed to stand by their own claims that they believe landholders should have the right to say no to coal seam gas b...

Boosted oversight of foreign owned land and water a win for WA

24 November, 2015 -   The Greens have secured an Australian-first register of foreign owned water entitlements, in agreeing to support government legislation th...

Greens oppose Bill that seeks to punish job seekers and call on the Government to fix Centrelink administration

24 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens have tabled a dissenting report calling on the Parliament to not pass a Bill that aims to further ‘streamline’ the job...

Time for Hodgman and Turnbull to Accept Umpire’s Call on World Heritage Logging

24 November, 2015 - The arrival of the United Nations Reactive Monitoring Mission in Tasmania puts the onus on Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to reject ...

Greens stand against expansion of Government funding for for-profit universities

24 November, 2015 - I rise today to speak to Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015. The Greens hope to support this Bill tod...

Greens call on PM Turnbull to end bombing of Syria, Iraq

24 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens have welcomed Malcolm Turnbull's departure from the divisive and aggressive language of Tony Abbott, calling on the ne...