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Government needs to act to stop more veterans’ suicides

23 August, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today called on the government to act on the recommendations of the rec...

Government fence-sits on RSPCA following year-long inquiry

23 August, 2016 - After a year-long inquiry the Government’s response to a Parliamentary report on the operations of the RSPCA is a non-event,  Greens MLC Lynn ...

Greens call on Premier to urge Federal Government to abandon plebiscite on marriage equality

23 August, 2016 - Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has called on the Premier to urge his Federal Liberal colleagues to abandon plans to hold a plebiscite on marriage eq...

Change the conversation to change rape culture

23 August, 2016 - Tammy Franks Recently in Parliament, I spoke about rape culture. Starting a conversation about a culture that incites violence against women i...

Greens call on Labor not to proceed with next stage of lockout laws

22 August, 2016 - The Queensland Greens are urging the state Labor government not to proceed with the next stage of Queensland's lockout laws, due to start in F...

Less Pokies and more live music

22 August, 2016 - The NT Greens have promised to lessen the number of pokies in the Territory and commit to funding live music in pubs and clubs across the Terr...

Morrison should take a look in the mirror to see what’s frustrating super funds

22 August, 2016 - Greens spokesperson for finance, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded to Scott Morrison’s exhalations about superannuation funds’ level of in...

Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2015 Speech - Video

22 August, 2016 - Will the Barnett Government's proposed new biodiversity conservation laws stop the heartbreaking extinction rate of Western Australia's unique...

Greens join peak welfare bodies in opposing energy supplement cut

22 August, 2016 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has welcomed a joint letter from peak welfare organisations opposing the Government’s cut to the ener...

GREENS MESSAGES GROWING LEGS

22 August, 2016 - Around Alice Springs, many of the Greens campaign corflutes have gone mysteriously missing.Greens candidate for Braitling, Dalton Dupuy, says,...

Greens say entire plebiscite is a delay tactic against marriage equality

21 August, 2016 - Expect more delays, says Greens Leader Richard Di Natale, unsurprised that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pushed his promised plebiscite ...