Two separate private member's bills to legalise same-sex marriage will be introduced today in a historic move for the gay rights movement. Labor backbencher Stephen Jones will present his bill to legalise gay marriage while Greens MP Adam Bandt and Tasma

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young wants to stop hundreds of so-called Indonesian people smugglers from serving mandatory five-year terms in Australian jails. As Michael Gordon reports, the treatment of small-time players has big consequences. BUDI was wa

The Australian Greens want the dole increased to keep up with the rising cost of living. Australian Greens youth, childhood education and care spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young on Tuesday called for the Newstart allowance and Youth allowance to be reviewed

The Australian Greens want banks to be forced to pass on any official interest rate cuts in full to customers. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says any cuts in official interest rates should result in rate reductions for bank customers and called on th

The Australian Greens believe same-sex marriage will be legal across the country by the end of the year. The Greens on Tuesday will move to refer their 2010 bill supporting same-sex marriage to a Senate committee for investigation. "I am absolutely optim

Sexism is alive and well in Australian politics and Prime Minister Julia Gillard cops the worst of it, the youngest woman in federal parliament says. Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young told reporters on Tuesday she had been the victim of sexist