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For a while Bob Brown was the only Australian Green in Parliament House, but from 1 July, 2011 there will be ten Australian Greens representing every state in Australia and the more than 1.6 million...
View ArticleExperts, Greens call on Gov. to care for refugees
The Australian Greens say the Government must heed the warnings of the Australian Medical Association and support a bill put forward by Greens’ Senators Sarah Hanson-Young and Richard Di Natale that...
View ArticleGreens say Australia should take Rohingyan refugees
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale says it's time for Australia to step up and help huge numbers of people fleeing persecution in our region."These people are in desperate need of help. They are refugees...
View ArticleGreens call for emergency intake of 20,000 Syrian refugees
Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale is calling on the Australian government to initiate an emergency intake of 20,000 refugees fleeing sectarian violence in Syria's ongoing civil war, where over...
View ArticleSyrian air strikes: PM Abbott throws Australia onto the wrong side of history
The Australian Greens have condemned the Abbott Government's decision to commence airstrikes in Syria, warning it will worsen the refugee crisis and aggravate extremism."At a time when our community is...
View ArticleGreens say Paris attacks should inspire empathy with asylum seekers
The Australian Greens have welcomed the Syrian refugees beginning to arrive under Australia's emergency intake, cautioning the world against lashing out in anger over the horrific attacks in Paris."A...
View ArticleGreens urge PM to accept Victorian offer to let asylum seekers stay
The Australian Greens have today urged Malcolm Turnbull to accept the Victorian Government's offer to give refuge to the 267 asylum seekers slated for deportation to Nauru.If Malcolm Turnbull is truly...
View ArticleJoint press conference: mining and asylum seekers
TRANSCRIPTSubjects: mining, increasing the humanitarian intake, health of asylum seekers in detention, environmental protections, Tony AbbottCHRISTINE MILNE: The Australian Greens have been calling for...
View ArticleFirst, do no harm: Greens move to establish Expert Health Care Panel for...
The Australian Greens today announced that they will introduce a bill in the Senate to establish an independent panel of expert physicians to oversee the health and mental health of asylum seekers and...
View ArticleRefugees’ health; we should care
A Senate inquiry report has been released today in which the Greens recommend an independent panel be urgently created to oversee the physical and mental health of refugees in detention offshore.“It...
View ArticleSpeech: Asylum-seeker debate sinks to new lows
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria Richard Di Natale made this speech to the Senate condemning the Coalition for their recent call for "behavioural protocols" for refugees and notifying communities...
View ArticleRefugee Independent Health Advisory Panel
The Greens plan for an expert panel to monitor the health of refugees in offshore detention.Conditions in Australia’s offshore refugee camps are harsh and dangerously inadequate, with no safeguards or...
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