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Time For Community To Have Voice Heard On Marriage Equality
On Thursday the 18th of November, in a historic step towards marriage equality, the Greens Member for Melbourne, Adam Bandt won support of the Lower House for his motion calling on Members of Parliament to consult with their constituents around marriage equality. This is the first time a house of the Australian Parliament has acknowledged this kind of discrimination against same-sex couples and provides an important opportunity for the community to have its voice heard.
Greens negotiate safeguards for public NBN
The Australian Greens have secured safeguards making any future privatisation of the National Broadband Network subject to a full public inquiry and vote in parliament.
"The point of this exercise is to make it as difficult as possible for a future Government to put us through a repeat of the Telstra privatisation debacle," Senator Scott Ludlam said.
"If we're going to the expense of $11 billion to bring Telstra's networks back into public hands, we'd rather not repeat the whole privatisation mess in 13 years time."
Greens offer unwavering support for mental health services
The Greens have today reaffirmed their commitment to developing effective, long term mental health strategies while responding to a GetUp campaign calling for The Greens to support a Coalition motion on mental health.
“Anyone who has read the Green's policy on mental health would know how committed we are to this issue,” Senator Rachel Siewert said today.
“Last week, we were unable to support a Coalition motion on mental health which simply restated their election policy and focused on one part of our systemic mental health problems.
“We opposed the motion because while it did cover some important issues, other critical issues were overlooked.
“We know that the key to effective mental health policy is making sure it is comprehensive enough to deliver the outcomes we need.
“I am sure that by taking a collaborative approach with the Coalition on this issue we can develop a much stronger position.
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