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Carla’s love of pink no justification for gender assignment surgery

8 December, 2016 - The Greens say that the 5-year-old Australian child known as Carla should have been allowed to choose their own gender at an appropriate time...

Greens welcome recommendations on Tasmanian bushfires

8 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens welcome a Senate committee report calling for better preparedness for bushfires in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Herit...

ACT Greens MLAs welcome Victorian steps forward on Dying with Dignity legislation

8 December, 2016 - ACT Greens MLAs Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur have welcomed the Victorian Government’s decision today to allow a conscience vote o...

Greens women take the lead in Victorian Councils

8 December, 2016 - Naomi Blackburn The news for Victorian Greens just keeps getting better. After our biggest local government election yet, in which we increas...

A crystal of hope

8 December, 2016 - Stephen Luntz I've been covering science for a long time. I'm very familiar with technologies that looked hugely exciting, but ended up going...

Greens urge all MPs to support decriminalisation of begging

7 December, 2016 - Greens Justice Spokesperson, Sue Pennicuik MLC, introduced legislation today to amend the Summary Offences Act 1966 to repeal the law against...

Morrison needs to end the austerity drive and invest in public infrastructure

7 December, 2016 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says that the quarterly economic figures show that the Government needs to urgently...

SA schools already struggling should not face further budget cuts

6 December, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed fears for the future of public education after it was revealed today many Adelaide high schools are stru...

Greens welcome KPMG calls for an increase to Newstart

6 December, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed reaffirmed calls by KPMG for a significant increase to Newstart of $50 a week in its re...

Greens welcome Government bill to legalise assisted dying

6 December, 2016 - The Greens have welcomed news that the Victorian Government will introduce a bill to legalise assisted dying. A parliamentary committee this ...

Adjustments to aged care cuts a step in the right direction but changes must go to a senate inquiry: Greens

6 December, 2016 - Although proposed changes to aged care funding are a step in the right direction Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has emphasised that...

Labor’s private schools obsession a threat to fair funding: Greens

5 December, 2016 - Labor’s refusal to reduce the amount  of money going to overfunded private schools and reinvest it into the public schools that need it most ...

Barnaby must scrap APVMA move

5 December, 2016 - The Greens have called on the federal government to scrap the proposal to move the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, ...

Cutting funding while increasing Uni debt not the answer

5 December, 2016 - Targeting university students and increasing their debt is not the answer to the long term sustainability of Australia’s higher education sec...