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Brandis should resign

13 March, 2015 - Senator Penny Wright As the foremost law officer in the land, his job is to uphold the rule of law. Instead, Attorney-General George Brandis ha...

Nurturing our commons

13 March, 2015 - Sarah Davis I love what I do. I work with communities at the grassroots, 'Transition Town' style. My realisation came during the 2008 Global Fi...

Beyond marriage equality

4 March, 2015 - Simon Copland and Joel Dignam Just one step in a long road By Simon Copland Marriage equality campaigns have gained huge support, and while you...

Green Institute news

4 March, 2015 - Margaret Blakers Fracking the future Webinar with Mark Ogge 8 pm Thursday 23 April 2015 The unprecedented expansion of unconventional gas (such ...

It's too hot!

27 February, 2015 - Grahame Bowland (WA Co-Convenor) In the three weeks since Ive updated you on happenings in the west, weve seen the centre of Perth shut down...

The yoof of today ain't political

27 February, 2015 - Ben Moroney A common accusation levelled at young people is that we “don't engage with politics.” In particular, it is even levelled at youn...

Building on experience

27 February, 2015 - Lynn MacLaren, WA MP Popular opinion about marriage equality has been overwhelmingly in favour for years. Noting the polls and perhaps refle...

Nuclear Industry On Trial?

26 February, 2015 - Senator Scott Ludlam At first glance, the decision to call a Royal Commission into nuclear technology in South Australia seems like a curiou...

Women are watching

26 February, 2015 - Mehreen Faruqi, NSW MP Over the past 10 years in NSW we have seen the number of women in leadership roles stagnate, a pay gap that gets no c...

Safe, legal, affordable

23 February, 2015 - Senator Larissa Waters Even in 2015 in Australia, there are still a few ultra-right-wing, out-dated voices trying to undermine women's repro...

How you can Green the planet...

18 February, 2015 - Josh Wyndham-Kidd ...On your home computer Have you been following the dramatic rise of the Greens in the UK? Adam Ramsay, a Scottish Green...

O Week Ahoy!

17 February, 2015 - Ben Moroney Campus life, uni clubs, political groups — it can all feel overwhelming when you thought you were just turning up for 20 hours a...

Navigating high school

17 February, 2015 - Robert Delves Left to right: Ashley, Morgan, Beth, Ajla, Alyssa (Photo by Rob Delves) I'm a co-convenor of the Fremantle Greens and a teac...

No debt sentence for higher education

16 February, 2015 - Senator Lee Rhiannon Australia enjoyed a free TAFE and university education system from 1974 to 1988. Many of today's political leaders b...

Music to their ears

16 February, 2015 - Heather King and Rosanne Bersten It's been 10 years since the National Review of School Music and yet fewer than 20% of primary schools acro...