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Axed energy assessors deserve compensation: Greens

The Federal Government is being asked to compensate household energy-efficiency assessors who do not qualify for its restructured Green Loans scheme. Yahoo!7 Finance News - 12:28 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Greens preselect in inner-Sydney seats

The Greens have now preselected candidates for the two seats in Sydney’s inner city where the party has performed most strongly in the past. These candidates join other prominent Greens ... Tally Room - 5:39 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Rudd prepares to open the uranium floodgates to Russia

On the eve of the most important international disarmament negotiations in a generation, the Rudd Government has foreshadowed uranium sales to Russia, which holds the world's largest stockpile of nuclear ... Greens MPs - 4:49 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Bernardi welcomes legislation to protect children from sexual crimes

After almost two years of battling to protect children from sexual predators through his Private Senator’s bill, Senator Cory Bernardi welcomes the passage of a similar piece of legislation ( ... Liberal Party - 4:34 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Automated calls justified

TREASURER Michael Aird yesterday defended automated telephone calls developed by Labor to warn Tasmanians against voting Green, accusing critics of "moralising". But Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim said Labor's "heartland" ... The Examiner Northern Tasmania - 4:10 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Greens call for ban on mining on prime farmland

18 March 2010 - The Queensland Greens are calling for a ban on mining on Queensland’s prime farmland, after the government’s weak discussion paper on strategic cropping land which would ... Greens QLD - 2:55 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Senate rejects motion on political advertising

The Greens have failed in their bid for the Senate to push for a new political advertising regulator. ABC News federal politics - 2:01 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Greens aim to make Do Not Call registration permanent

Do Not Call -- ever. IT News - 1:16 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Building efficiency disclosure welcome, but Greens' bill would deliver greater benefits

The Greens today welcomed the final arrival of the Rudd government's election promise to require non-residential commercial buildings to disclose their energy efficiency to potential purchasers or lessees. The disclosure ... Greens MPs - 1:02 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Greens harden resolve on NBN study

Stephen Conroy's handling of the National Broadband Network legislation was a case study in how not to run open and transparent government, Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam says. iTWire - Latest Headlines - 10:31 a.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Greens win NSW Upper House support to keep Carramar Nursing Home in public hands

Greens win NSW Upper House support to keep Carramar Nursing Home in public hands Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon won support today in the NSW Upper House for ... Lee Rhiannon - Greens MLC - 10:28 a.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Government Fails the Nuclear Weapons Test

The government and the opposition today voted against a Senate motion that simply noted a number of public statements. "If the government can't even note statements made by its own ... Greens MPs - 10:15 a.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Coal industry - time for a transition plan

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW government to take climate change seriously and consider long-term regional jobs growth by putting the brakes on the rapidly expanding coal ... Lee Rhiannon - Greens MLC - 10:09 a.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

The real wolves in sheeps clothing

Throughout this election campaign the ALP, and the Premier David Bartlett in particular, have harped on about the Greens being the wolves in sheep’s clothing. He would certainly have been ... Pineapple Party Time - 9:35 a.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend