The Greens congratulate the Western Downs Alliance for their legal challenge...
The Greens congratulate the Western Downs Alliance for their legal challenge to ensure the water trigger is enforced against CSG in western Queensland."It appears Minister Hunt has ignored the impacts...
View ArticleSimms in the Senate Update - June 2016
This edition of Simms in the Senate covers Senator Robert Simms' recent work on promoting green jobs for SA, protecting the Great Australian Bight, standing with the community against a nuclear waste...
View ArticleGreens launch Mining Jobs in Mine Rehabilitation plan
Greens Senator for NSW Lee Rhiannon and Greens Senate candidate Michael Osborne have commented on the Greens’ National Plan to secure Mining Jobs in Mine Rehabilitation, launched today. The plan builds...
View ArticleGreens to move for Senate Inquiry into mining companies dodging...
Following a leaked report estimating the Queensland Government has failed to collect billions of dollars from coal mining companies for rehabilitation, the Greens will seek support for a federal Senate...
View ArticleGreens congratulate Victoria and push for a national fracking ban
With the ban on fracking announced in Victoria, the Australian Greens will move for a nation-wide ban on fracking to protect farmland and water and call on federal Labor to follow their state...
View ArticleSenate tells Turnbull to rule out public funding for Adani
The Australian Senate today supported a Greens motion calling on the government to rule out any public funding for the Adani coal mine or associated infrastructure, including via the Northern...
View ArticleGreens commit to ground-breaking $2 billion fund to fix Reef water quality
The Greens today announced a plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including a $2 billion fund and a legal cap on run-off pollution fix water quality, as well as action on global warming and a...
View ArticleProtecting our Precious Environment
This 30 page comprehensive report details NSW's diverse natural environments and the dangers they face. This campaign calls for improved protection of our diverse and extraordinary environment.
View ArticleThe Greens launch report calling for improved protection for the Pilliga and...
Greens candidate for New England Mercurius Goldstein and Senator Rhiannon today launched the ‘Protecting our precious environment' campaign that calls for improved environmental protection for the...
View ArticleProtecting the Gardens of Stone National Park
Media release16 JuneThe Greens launch report calling for improved protection for the Gardens of Stone National ParkNSW Senator Lee Rhiannon and Greens candidate for Calare Delanie Sky today launched...
View ArticleThe Greens launch report calling for improved protection for the Blue...
NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon and Greens candidate for Macquarie Terry Morgan have launched the ‘Protecting our precious environment' campaign that calls for improved environmental protection for the Blue...
View ArticleGreens launch report calling for improved protection for the Royal National...
NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon will join Greens Cunningham candidate Cath Blakey and Hughes candidate Phil Smith to launch the ‘Protecting our precious environment' campaign.The campaign calls for improved...
View ArticleBP drilling for oil - Don’t take the Bight out of SA
The Australian Greens are the only party fighting to protect the Great Australian Bight by standing up to mining companies seeking to drill in the pristine marine environment. Greens Senators for South...
View ArticlePFOS at Campvale raises questions over RAAF base excavation
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has called for all excavation works on the Williamtown RAAF base to be suspended until a thorough investigation of onsite contamination is completed and publicly reported...
View Article$300 million for RAAF base, but residents and workers need protection
Greens NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon has commented on Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne’s announcement of a further $300 million of extended defence contracts at Williamtown RAAF base. Minister...
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