Audio from Sarah's doorstop on science behind draft plan; Villawood riot inquiry
Audio from Sarah's door stop in Adelaide on the science behind the Murray Darling draft plan and the tabling of a report from an independent inquiry into the Villawood and Christmas Island riots.
View ArticleScience behind basin plan already flawed
The CSIRO's assessment of the Murray Darling Basin Authority's draft plan backs up what the Australian Greens have been saying all along, by showing water and ecology targets will not be met without...
View ArticleLabor lurches to the right and loses touch
Opening the Labor Party conference, Julia Gillard told her party faithful she wanted the ALP to be the party that says "yes to the future".Opening the Labor Party conference, Julia Gillard told her...
View ArticleGovt should stay course with community release of asylum seekers
Despite concerns from some quarters, the Gillard government is right to be moving more asylum seekers into the community when they have been assessed as safe to do so, the Australian Greens said...
View ArticleThe Murray-Darling Basin Plan must provide for the future, not set us up for...
On Monday 28 November the Murray Darling Basin Authority released a Draft Plan for winding back the over-allocation of water and restoring precious ecosystems so they can keep sustaining Australia. But...
View ArticleCoalition’s comments on ‘deodorant for migrants’ unhelpful and destructive
The remarks by Teresa Gambaro that migrants, including those on temporary visas, need compulsory training about hygiene are unhelpful, the Australian Greens said today.The remarks by Teresa Gambaro...
View ArticleGovt should heed Wentworth Group on Murray Darling draft plan
The Gillard government should heed the advice of the Wentworth Group's report into the Murray Darling Basin Authority's draft plan and commit to having the flawed science corrected. The government...
View ArticleGreens invite UNHCR chief to inspect a detention centre
The Australian Greens have invited UNHCR High Commissioner, Antonio Guterres, to visit a detention centre when he's in the country this month to see conditions for himself.The Australian Greens have...
View ArticleAudio of Sarah and marriage equality advocates on referring Greens' bill to...
Audio from Sarah's door stop in Canberra on referring the Greens' marriage equality bill to a Senate inquiry. Also joined by Alex Greenwich from Australian Marriage Equality and Shelley Argent from...
View ArticleGreens urge govt to release legal advice on Murray Darling draft plan...
The Australian Greens have today called on the Gillard government to release legal advice on whether the Murray Darling Basin Authority's draft plan complies with the Commonwealth Water Act."As the...
View Article‘Daily Tele’ misses a chance to tell truth about community release of asylum...
The Daily Telegraph has blown an opportunity to tell its readers the reality of what happens when asylum seekers are released into the community, the Australian Greens said today.The Daily Telegraph...
View ArticleGreens call on government to fix legal black hole for impoverished Indonesians
The Australian Greens are the only political party trying to change unjust laws which are keeping Indonesian children and adults stuck in prison without charge for longer than people accused of serious...
View ArticleGreens to send Murray Darling Basin draft plan to Senate inquiry
The Greens have today announced they will move for a Senate inquiry into the Murray Darling Basin Authority's draft plan when Parliament resumes next week so parliamentarians can scrutinise what is...
View ArticleBasin Plan will lead to river devastation
The Australian Greens will be moving to improve the inadequate Plan that was revealed by Tony Burke today. “This is a Plan for big irrigators and not the environment,” the Greens Murray Darling...
View ArticleCanning NT’s container deposit scheme bad for SA
Coca-Cola’s legal challenge to the Northern Territory’s container deposit scheme, which is beginning in Sydney today, represents a serious risk for South Australian businesses, the Greens said.“If...
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