Tag: Australian Greens

The new Greens leader's challenge will be to manage from the lower house what is essentially a Senate party.

The shock resignation comes as former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce announced he would challenge Nationals leader Michael McCormack if there was a move for a leadership spill at Tuesday’s party meeting.

A Labor government would probably have to negotiate with the Greens to get its climate policy through the Senate.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale said with inequality rising, reinvestment in public services should be the priority.

The Australian Greens have a new leader following Senator Milne’s shock resignation.

WATCH: Australian Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young reviews the pleasantries of some of the nastier messages tweeted and posted her way.

The Abbott government accepts the UN's rejection of its application to remove 74,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage Area.

The federal budget is written for big business and the young, sick and vulnerable will be the hardest hit, the Australian Greens say.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's scaled-back paid parental leave scheme might have won over internal critics and maybe the Greens.

The Greens want the Australian government to look at getting more out of wealthy business interests who back the coalition.

The Greens say the environment would come under "massive attack" if wall-to-wall conservative governments take power across Australia.

The Australians Greens have called on the federal government to lift gag orders on staff at Manus Island detention centre.

Gay marriage advocates are putting on a brave face, describing a high court ruling to quash ACT same sex marriage laws a "temporary defeat".

The Government has defended raids by ASIO ahead on an international hearing on an oil and gas treaty with East Timor.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has defended the work of intelligence agencies as leaked documents trigger a debate over privacy.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is refusing to comment on allegations Australian spies targeted the mobile phone of Indonesia's president and his confidants.

An unlikely alliance between the coalition and the Australian Greens could see a vote in the Senate on the carbon tax repeal laws before Christmas.

People smugglers are reported to be offering to put asylum seekers in shipping containers to get them to Australia or New Zealand.

The federal opposition has questioned a directive that immigration staff refer to boat people as “illegal” arrivals.

ELECTION13 | Australian political leaders have made a video pitch to contestants in this year's Big Brother Australia house in the lead-up to Saturday's federal election.

EXPAT FACTOR | As UK campaign manager for the Australian Greens, Mat Hines has managed to combine his full-time career as a lecturer with his passion for politics. He talks to Australian Times about why it's important for Aussie expats to maintain an interest in politics back home, ahead of ...

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the 7 September election looming, Australian expats in the UK are being urged to cast their vote at prepolling facilities at Australia House.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Make your vote count in the 2013 Federal Election by ensuring you correctly complete ballot papers for the House of Representatives and the Senate.

ELECTION 13 | Voting for the people that represent you in parliament is a big responsibility, even when you are living away from home. Australian Times went down to Australia House in London - the biggest polling booth in this year's federal election - to see what all the fuss ...

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Four members of the WikiLeaks Party’s governing National Council have resigned, following the decision of Victorian Senate candidate Leslie Cannold to quit over a dispute over preferences.

WikiLeaks Senate candidate Dr Leslie Cannold has resigned from the party in the aftermath of an internal party dispute over the organisation's allocation of preferences.

ELECTION13 | Three candidates with terminal illnesses have launched the Voluntary Euthanasia Party in Sydney today, with the aim of expanding the political movement worldwide.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Australian Greens have launched their UK campaign this week in order to encourage Australian expats in London to vote Green in the imminent federal election. Former Greens Hobart City Councillor and campaign leader, Mat Hines, believes expats in London may be key to determining the ...

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 | Labor and the coalition say there won’t be any minority government deals after the Australian federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Voters should back the Liberal National candidate if they don’t want to see another hung parliament, coalition Leader Tony Abbott says.

Former Liberal PM Malcolm Fraser will campaign with the Greens to stop Opposition Leader Tony Abbott from controlling the Senate if he wins the election.