The Greens have welcomed the release of the Business Roundtable paper into Australia's disaster management amid criticisms that the government continues to underspend on disaster risk mitigation. "The decision of senior business leaders from Westpac, Optus, Munich RE, Investa, and the Insurance Australia Group to seriously engage in the effort to m […]
Significant failures in the prison system demand a new approach to crime and justice in Australia, according to the findings of a Senate Committee initiated by Australian Greens spokesperson for legal affairs Senator Penny Wright. Senator Wright said high rates of indigenous incarceration were particularly significant in the committee's recommendation t […]
The Australian Senate today showed support for the campaign to improve human rights in Bahrain. Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne moved a motion calling on the Kingdom of Bahrain to improve its human rights record: That the Senate: 1. Notes that (a) February 14 marked two years since the outbreak of the 2011 period of major unrest in t […]