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The Perth Freight Link

10 November, 2015 - The Greens strongly support the community campaign to Rethink the Perth Freight Link project. Lynn has repeatedly called for the immediate s...

Perth's Urban Forest

10 November, 2015 - Lynn and the Greens believe our cities must protect the natural environments which nurture us through healthy air, clean water and places to...

A People's Park for Point Peron

10 November, 2015 - This long beautiful stretch of land, bushland and ocean-front at the southern end of Cockburn Sound, known as Cape Peron, is a popular place...

Senate wishes ‘happy 40th birthday’ to Women’s House – Queensland’s oldest women’s shelter

10 November, 2015 - The Senate has this afternoon supported an Australian Greens' motion marking the 40th birthday of Brisbane's Women's House - Queensland's ol...

The future of transport is electric and local under Greens bill

10 November, 2015 - The future of transport is electric and local under Greens bill Electric, green vehicles and local jobs are the winners under a Greens Bill ...

Truth in Labelling

10 November, 2015 - The free range egg industry in Australia is facing a crisis of classification with  laws surrounding definitions of “free range” egg product...

Collaboration, commitment and consensus

10 November, 2015 - Catherine Garner One of my favourite things about the Greens is our commitment to member-driven policy and this commitment is both wide and ...

Looking ahead

10 November, 2015 - Senator Richard Di Natale Over the weekend we saw the fruits of our party's constitutional reform in action. A highly productive, respectful...

Narrow defeat of Turnbull Government anti-choice abortion Senate motion is alarming

9 November, 2015 - 09/11/2015 The Senate has narrowly defeated a Turnbull Government motion opposing Greens’ state and territory legislation for exclusion ...

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility draft criteria ignore cultural, environmental and social impacts

9 November, 2015 - The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility criteria, released by the Turnbull Government today, fail to rule out the $5 billion facility ...

Court case to argue Turnbull Government failed Reef responsibility in re-approving Adani coal mine

9 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens welcome the Australian Conservation Foundation's legal challenge against the federal government's re-approval of Adani'...

Turnbull must allocate resources to conventions and show true commitment to Constitutional Recognition

9 November, 2015 - To progress the issue of Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples it is essential they have the opportunit...

Labor votes with the Liberals to bring ISDS to Australia via the China Free Trade Agreement

9 November, 2015 - This evening the Greens voted against the enabling legislation for the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA), an agreement that expos...

Treasurer should include carbon tax in Tax White Paper: Greens

9 November, 2015 - Greens treasury spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called on Treasurer Scott Morrison to include a carbon tax in the government’s Tax White Pap...

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility draft criteria ignore cultural, environmental and social impacts

9 November, 2015 - The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility criteria, released by the Turnbull Government today, fail to rule out the $5 billion facility ...