The reef being is being attacked from the west by the Government failing to act on land clearing, from the east by suspending the Coral Sea marine national park and from above by refusing to act on climate change. It’s a triple threat
Read MoreThis is happening in areas Australia recognises as being protected. Protection is meaningless if we turn a blind eye when these laws are being broken.
Read MoreThe Murray Darling Basin isn’t just a negotiation between Federal and State Governments. Ultimately the negotiations are about whether we have a healthy working basin. If you undermine the health of the system the rivers themselves respond and become the toughest negotiators of all.
Read MoreIn Senate Estimates last night it was confirmed that the Turnbull Government is planning to axe the funding for Sounds Australia at the end of this year.
Read MoreJoint media release with: Gai Brodtmann MP, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Defence Personnel, Member for Canberra
Read MoreThe decision to close the research station on Macquarie Island will be a betrayal for Australian Antarctic Research.
Read MoreAs rogue Liberal senators push their own agenda on hate speech laws, it couldn’t be clearer that one year after becoming Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has no authority.
Read MoreOvernight, Christopher Pyne put new changes to Standing Orders on the Notice Paper. They mean Parliament will finish at 8:00pm instead of 9:30pm...
Read MoreJoint Media Release with the Shadow Attorney-General and the Shadow Minister for National Security, Mark Dreyfus QC.
Read MoreJoint Media Release with the Shadow Attorney-General and the Shadow Minister for National Security, Mark Dreyfus QC.
Read MoreJoint Media Release with Leader of the Opposition the Hon. Bill Shorten MP and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon. Penny Wong.
Read MoreScott Morrison today debased the economic debate in the lead-up to the Budget by reverting to outright lying to the Australian people.
Read MoreThe Turnbull Government continues to be plagued by chaos and dysfunction having failed to outline its plans for Malcolm Turnbull’s stunt sitting of Parliament.
Read MoreReports today suggest the Government has decided the best use of its time is to fabricate Labor costings instead of working on its own.
Read MoreJoint Media Release with the Shadow Minister for Families and Payments and the Shadow Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin.
Read MoreIn yet another example of the chaos and dysfunction plaguing the Turnbull Government, conflicting reports have emerged today about the Government's plans on company tax.
Read MoreThe chaos of the Turnbull Government continues today with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the House unable to say for how long the House of Representatives will sit when Parliament returns on Monday, 18 April 2016.
Read MoreJoint Media Release with the Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Shadow Special Minister of State, Brendan O'Connor.
Read MoreSaying the same lie over and over again does not make it true, it just makes you look foolish. Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey learned this lesson the hard way and now Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison are following in their footsteps.
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