Australian Greens

The Australian Greens is one of the newest political parties in Australia. It was formally launched on August 30, 1992, but state-based Greens parties had existed since the early 1980s.

The Greens first came to prominence in Tasmania, where 5 Greens held the balance of power in the Tasmanian Legislative Assembly between 1989-92.

Two Greens senators represented Western Australia during the early 1990s, but Senator Bob Brown from Tasmania was the only representative of the party in the Federal Parliament between 1996-2002. By 2005, there were four Greens Senators.

Party Organisation & History

• National Constitution 2002 (RTF)
• Charter of the Australian Greens
• History of the Australian Greens

Policies

• All Policies - consolidated into one document (PDF) - March 2007

Parliamentary Representation

Official Web Sites

• Australian Greens
  • GreensBlog
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

  • ACT Greens
  • NSW Greens
  • NT Greens
  • Queensland Greens
  • The Greens South Australia
  • Tasmanian Greens
    
  • Victorian Greens
  • The Greens Western Australia

• Senator Bob Brown (Tas)
  • Official biography of Bob Brown
  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • YouTube

• Senator Christine Milne (Tas)
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

• Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW)
  • Facebook
  • MySpace

• Senator Rachel Siewert (WA)
  • YouTube

News Items

• Oct 14: Howard Fails Vision For Australia Say Greens

• May 10: Australian Greens Budget Reply Speech: Senator Bob Brown

• Nov 02: Greens Condemn Secrecy, Abuse Of Parliament
• Aug 11: Senator Rachel Siewert Inaugural Speech
• Aug 07: Greens Say They Will Test New Senate On Day One

2004

• Dec 09: $41.9 Million Paid In Election Funding; Hanson Gets $200,000
• Aug 29: Greens Welcome Spring Election
• Apr 14: Greens Renew Call For Royal Commission On Iraq Intelligence
• Mar 25: Greens Say Schieffer Should Butt Out
• Feb 09: Greens Condemn Free Trade With 'Robber Barons From The Middle Ages'

• Nov 19: Bob Brown Calls For End To Medicare Advertisements
• Nov 19: Greens Call For Abolition Of Health Insurance Rebate
• Nov 18: Greens Attacks Howard's 'Poor Prescription' For Medicare
• Oct 25: Greens Claim Parliament Kowtowed To Chinese President
• Oct 01: Abolish Private Health Insurance Rebate: Greens
• Sep 29: Harsh And Heartless Rewarded In Reshuffle: Greens
• Aug 05: Greens Oppose Howard Stance On Gay Marriages
• May 23: Greens Condemn Howard Over Hollingworth
• May 05: Minor Parties Oppose Free Trade Agreement
• Mar 13: Greens Say Speech Shows PM Is Out Of Touch

• Oct 19: Greens Win Cunningham In Historic By-Election
• Aug 21: Strong Speech By New Greens Senator Kerry Nettle
• Jun 01: Greens Reaffirm Opposition To Telstra Privatisation
• May 31: Brown Gives Howard Hope Of Green Support For Telstra Privatisation

• Dec 03: Democrats Lose NSW Senate Seat To Greens

• Sep 02: How's the Weather? - Senator Bob Brown's Second Reading Speech on the Climate Change (Implementation) Bill

• Aug 20: The Greens, Pauline Hanson and the Death of the Two-Party System - Senator Bob Brown, National Press Club

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