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No plan to protect Aussie troops from Iran attack
Saturday, 3 June 2006, 6:16 pm | Australian Green Party
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle said today it was incredible that Defence had no plan to protect Australian troops in the Gulf if the US attacks Iran. More >>
Aboriginal culture: MP needs to go back to school
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 9:20 pm | Australian Green Party
"Calls by the Federal Education Minister, Julie Bishop to stop teaching Aboriginal culture in remote schools clearly demonstrate that she knows nothing about the problems facing remote schools and the best way to engage their students," said Senator ... More >>
Aust. Defence Force Timor role still unanswered
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 9:02 pm | Australian Green Party
Big questions still remain over the role of the Australian Defence Forces in East Timor prior to this month's unrest, Greens Senator Kerry Nettle said today after questioning Defence officials about the extent of Australia's influence on the East ... More >>
Incommunicado detention of refugee family must end
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 8:58 pm | Australian Green Party
Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle called on the Immigration Minister to act with humanity toward a family of Afghan asylum seekers being held incommunicado in Brisbane and allow them legal access and for their claims for asylum to be processed ... More >>
International experts: Japanese whaling unlawful
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 8:55 pm | Australian Green Party
"Australia needs to mount an international legal challenge to Japan's brutal whale hunt immediately," said Senator Rachel Siewert today. More >>
Australian Greens push for high seas moratorium
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 8:43 pm | Australian Green Party
"While Senator Campbell is flying around the Pacific in a valiant effort to save the whales, the Government is failing to act on other equally important marine issues where it has an opportunity to make a real impact." More >>
Australia poised to send child to detention - Naru
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 9:46 pm | Australian Green Party
Greens Immigration Spokesperson Senator Kerry Nettle has warned that any move to send the Afghani family who has arrived on Thursday Island seeking asylum to Nauru would represent the reintroduction of the policy of locking up children and be a ... More >>
Sorry Day - NSW yet to repay Stolen Wages
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 9:43 pm | Australian Green Party
Sorry Day is a good opportunity for the NSW government to promise that the state budget will include a missing $65 million owed to Aboriginal families for wages stolen from them over many decades, Greens MLC Ian Cohen said today. More >>
Aust: Rejecting W. Papuan asylum seeker condemned
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 9:06 pm | Australian Green Party
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle today condemned as 'politically motived' the decision to reject the asylum claim of the last remaining West Papuan refugee on Christmas Island. More >>
Ausatralia's Nuclear Reactor in your backyard?
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 8:03 pm | Australian Green Party
Any government prepared to enter into the nuclear debate must also be prepared to name which communities it will impose any proposed nuclear facilities upon, said Greens MLC Ian Cohen today. More >>
Australia's Downer shows contempt for democracy
Monday, 22 May 2006, 8:36 pm | Australian Green Party
The Minister for Foreign Affairs' subservient agreement to recognise Jakarta's control over West Papua shows an enormous contempt for democracy and freedom in our neighbourhood, Greens leader Bob Brown said today. More >>
Howard invites Indonesia to become nuclear power
Monday, 22 May 2006, 8:10 pm | Australian Green Party
The Prime Minister's advocacy of an expanded nuclear industry in Australia sends a message of approval for Indonesia to become a nuclear power too, Greens leader Bob Brown said today. More >>
West Papuans in Torres Strait still imprisoned
Monday, 22 May 2006, 8:07 pm | Australian Green Party
West Papuans in Torres Strait still imprisoned after 14 days: face return or imprisonment on Nauru More >>
Downer must act on new West Papuan killings
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 9:10 pm | Australian Green Party
Greens Senator Kerry Nettle today called on Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to seek an explanation from Indonesia following further revelations of demonstrators being shot and killed by police in West Papua. More >>
Woodside in Mauritania referred to Aust. Police
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 9:01 pm | Australian Green Party
Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne today confirmed that she had asked the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate Woodside's activities in Mauritania. More >>
Australia does not need nuclear power
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 8:52 pm | Australian Green Party
The Australian Greens today rejected Prime Minister John Howard's contention that nuclear power might be 'desirable' for Australia and challenged the government to show true leadership on climate change and nuclear non-proliferation. More >>
Australia: 'Leasing' uranium for nuclear fuel
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 8:47 pm | Australian Green Party
Turning Australia into a dumping ground for spent nuclear fuel from India is unacceptable. If there is no safe disposal, there is no justification for mining in the first place, Australian Greens energy spokesperson Senator Christine Milne said today. More >>
'Leave Iraq' call as warships head for East Timor
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 8:36 pm | Australian Green Party
"The colossal blunder of involving Australia in Iraq is highlighted by neighbourhood tensions in East Timor, West Papua, Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and Fiji and the strain on Australia's military capacity, Greens leader Bob Brown said today as ... More >>
Aust.: No accountability for Solon's deportation
Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 8:29 pm | Australian Green Party
Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle noted today that no one has yet been held to account for the Vivian Solon scandal and that the email released today confirms the Ms Solon's case was known at the highest levels. More >>
Forest hero’s arrest highlights Lennon-Howard fail
Friday, 12 May 2006, 10:43 am | Australian Green Party
The use of a highly-trained special squad of police, dropped from a helicopter, to arrest forest hero Peter Firth in the Styx Valley of the Giants this morning highlights the failure of Tasmanian Premier Lennon and Prime Minister Howard to protect Australia’s ... More >>
