Using original data gathered from two surveys of Australian Greens party members and supporters undertaken in 2012 and 2013, the political activity, associational membership, ideological position, and demographic characteristics of these two groups are compared. While active party members are distinctive ...
He becomes the first member of the lower house of Australia's Parliament, the House of Representatives, to lead the Greens, a political party in Australia, while all of his predecessors having been members of the Senate. Addressing the media after his election, Bandt made his intentions clear...
The citizenship crisis first took hold in Parliament when two minor Greens party senators, Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters, quit days apart after discovering they were still citizens of their birth countries. Ludlam was born in New Zealand and Waters was born in Canada. Both left as children an...
However, with the Opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Greens party refusing to back the proposal, Turnbull required the support of nine of 11 Senate crossbenchers to achieve the cuts, a feat which is impossible without One Nation's support. In a column appearing on News Corp Australia...
The nine-member rate-setting board would still have six outside members, which the Liberal-National opposition said could be used by the ruling Labor Party to include appointees friendly towards the current government. Just two weeks ago, the Liberal-National coalition opposed the ...
The left-wing Greens party and some independent politicians have said they would support the referendum. Image:Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, surrounded by members of the First Nations Referendum Working Group, at Parliament House in Canberra ...
Gillard’s first minority government since WWII but passing of 561 pieces of legislation; lower primary vote and rise of independents and Greens; Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison – studied ordinaryiness) Conclusion – In the Age of COVID I’m not going to go through the details: you’ll need ...
Political parties such as the Greens party in Australia are publicly committed to closing the coal industry (Central Coast Express Advocate, 2013) while the majors, the Labor party and the Coalition are equivocal about the industry (SMH, 2014). The subject of climate change has become mainstream...
but have not won a seat. If they manage to increase their vote to 5%, they will receive 6 seats in the House of Representatives. If this happens, Labour and the Alliance will need Green Party support to form government. The Greens have committed themselves to support a Labour government. ...
The event brought community members together to commemorate Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. Yom HazikaronUniting in sorrow By Sharyn Kolieb Honour and rememberBefore the celebrations, we remember By Gareth Narunsky Celebrating terrorism Greens deputy leader shares terror song on...