Tag: Christine Milne

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

Christine Milne says bushfires expose Federal Government's nonsense and inaction on climate change.

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

Australian leaders have echoed those around the world paying tribute to Nelson Mandela.

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.

There is mounting pressure for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to call Vladimir Putin and obtain the release of an Australian Greenpeace activist being detained in a Russian prison.

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.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt has abolished the Climate Commission and begun work on getting rid of the Climate Change Authority, in what has been described as a black day in the fight against global warming in Australia.

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.

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.

BREAKING | A riot has broken out on Nauru, leading to around 300 asylum seekers escaping from the island's detention centre. This break-out comes in the aftermath of Australian PM Kevin Rudd's announcement of a new hard-line approach to boat people.