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  Global Greens -
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  Australian Greens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Australian Greens is the national Greens party in Australia.
There was one MP in the Australian House of Representatives (Michael Organ), who was elected at a by-election in 2002, but he lost his seat at the 2004 elections.
The Australian Greens have much political common ground with the Australian Democrats, particularly on environmental and social issues, a fact that has led to occasional suggestions of a merger between the two parties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Greens   (1002 words)

  
 Australian Greens -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Australian Greens is the national (additional info and facts about Greens party) Greens party in (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia.
The Australian Greens do not have a formal leadership, but Senator Brown of (An Australian state on the island of Tasmania) Tasmania is treated in the media as the party's leader.
Although the Greens see themselves as representing a "new politics" which is distinct from the traditional categories of "left" and "right", they are seen by many Australians as a "left-wing" or radical party, and have become the party which attracts most of the left-wing vote.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/au/australian_greens.htm   (459 words)

  
 Learn more about Worldwide green parties in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Green Parties are part of, but do not exclusively represent, a larger political movement to reform human governance to better fit the constraints of the biosphere -- usually called the Green movement to contrast it from the electoral participation of the legally-registered Parties.
Many people also confuse Green Parties with Greenpeace, a global NGO prominent in the ecology movement, which was founded in the 1970s as the green parties and shares some green goals and values, but does work with different methods and isn't organized as a political party.
Green Parties are often formed in a given jurisdiction by a coalition of scientific ecologists, community environmentalists and local (or national) leftist groups or groups concerned with peace or citizens rights.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/wo/worldwide_green_parties.html   (3216 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Australian Greens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.
Global Greens Charter: ecological wisdom · social justice · participatory democracy · nonviolence · sustainability · respect diversity The Global Greens Charter is a document that 800 delegates from the Green parties of 70 countries decided upon a first gathering of the Global Greens in Canberra, Australia in April 2001.
While ulitmately not winning the seat, the Greens increased their vote by 11% to 38.96% from the 28.47% they received [3] in the 2003 State election they received; this result [4] was the highest lower house vote yet for a Greens candidate in Australia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australian-Greens   (2996 words)

  
 Worldwide green parties
Green platforms draw terminology from the science of ecology, and policy from Feminism, political liberalism (U.S. style), libertarian socialism (Social Ecology) and even sometimes libertarian survivalists.
A Red-Green Alliance is an alliance between Green Parties and left-wing or social democratic parties for elections (mostly in first-after-the-post election systems) or after elections to form a government.
As of December 2003, the European Federation of Green Parties is planning to announce a further step towards a singular organisation in 2004: The formation of a European Green Party.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/worldwide_green_parties.html   (3138 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Nationwide Rallies in Australia Support Chinese Defectors
Melbourne: Greens Party member David Risstrom said there should be a senate enquiry into the Australian government's handling of the two Chinese defectors.
They urged the Australian government to grant political asylum to both defectors, saying that their lives would be in severe danger should they return to China.
Greens Party member and former Melbourne City Councillor, David Risstrom, said there should be a Senate inquiry into the Government's handling of the issue.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-6-12/29484.html   (331 words)

  
 Global Greens
The Global Greens is the international network of Green parties and political movements.
Ukraine: Partija Zelenych Ukrajiny/Party of Greens of Ukraine
Moldova (Republic of): Partidul Ecologist "Alianta Verde" diu Moldova/Ecological party "Green Alliance" of Moldova
www.globalgreens.info   (441 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Australian Greens Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
At the federal level there are two Greens in the Australian Senate (Senators Bob Brown and Kerry Nettle) and one MP in the Australian House of Representatives (Michael Organ), who was elected at a by-election in 2002.
The Australian Greens do not have a formal leadership, but Senator Bob Brown of Tasmania is treated in the media as the party's leader.
Currently there are Green members in the parliaments of New South Wales (2), Western Australia (5), Tasmania (4) and the Australian Capital Territory (2).
www.ipedia.com /australian_greens.html   (314 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Australian Greens: party organisation and political processes.: An article from: The Australian Journal ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
This paper shows how the Greens are organisationally different from other parties currently active in Australian politics due to both their internal processes and their parliamentary practices.
We examine the Greens' party organisation by analysing the interdependent relationships between the party membership, the state and national offices, and Green MPs.
The structure of the Greens is distinctive among Australian parties but emulates parties elsewhere that are strongly connected with civil society.
www.amazon.com /Australian-Greens-organisation-political-processes/dp/B000JJ4K4O   (740 words)

  
 28/2/2002 -- GREEN PARTY: A grassroots party with international connections
She said that the party is now fully registered and has joined the network of 70 Greens party around the world.
She said that the PNG Greens party is about greater democracy for all people, and to give the grassroots people a real voice in the development of mining and logging projects.
But she said the PNG Greens party believes that the people in the project areas should have a major voice and part in the decision making process when these projects are being started so that the people do not become marginalised and left destitute after the projects have finished.
forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=8522   (830 words)

  
 Australasia News : Australian security at risk over Chinese asylum bid, ( Kerala news, India News,Us,UK,Kerala ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
SYDNEY - The Australian government has been accused of putting security at risk by failing to properly investigate claims by a Chinese diplomat seeking asylum that 1,000 Chinese spies and informants are operating in Australia.
Greens Party leader Bob Brown, who has helped the diplomat formally apply for political asylum, said the Australian Security Intelligence Agency (ASIO) had yet to contact the diplomat who made public his asylum bid and spy claims last Saturday.
The Australian Greens party called on Prime Minister John Howard's government to offer Chen protection and to thoroughly investigate his claims of a Chinese spy network in Australia.
www.keralanext.com /news?id=225975   (394 words)

  
 Nuala Ahern - australian green party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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 Greens to target Australian voters - Green Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Green Party Co-convenor Christine Dann will be in Australia from July 12 - 26 to network with Australian Green Party members and to target New Zealand voters who live down under.
"This is a key group the Green Party will be targeting in the coming election and we will be encouraging them to use their special votes to vote Green," she said.
During her trip Christine Dann will be meeting with Australian Greens to discuss an amendment to the ANZFA Act.
www.greens.org.nz /searchdocs/PR3900.html   (241 words)

  
 Nicholas Wood and His Political Viewpoints.
The Ideals that the Australian Democrats share are the exact Ideals that I have.
Unlike the older parties, Where getting to the top means a lot of kicking ass, treading on peoples heads as you climb up the ladder.
The other major weakness of the party is that they have forgotten that the idea of running a party is to win the election.
www.geocities.com /theunholyrat/politics.html   (498 words)

  
 Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Asia - Australian Greens Party claims guests vetted for Hu address   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A minor Australian political party, the Australian Greens, says a Chinese agent stopped Tibetan and Chinese democratic leaders from attending a joint sitting of parliament on Friday.
A Greens senator, Bob Brown, has accused the Speaker of the House of taking advice from a Chinese secret service agent in refusing to allow three guests of the Greens into the public gallery for an address by China's president, Hu Jintao.
Senator Brown and fellow Greens senator, Kerry Nettle, did not attend the address after being suspended for 24 hours by Mr Andrews on Thursday for speaking out during an address by the United States' president, George W Bush.
www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_974466.htm   (282 words)

  
 List of Green party issues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Green Party of England and Wales (England and Wales)
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (New Zealand)
Persons that were or are important in and for Green parties around the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_green_party_issues   (356 words)

  
 Radio Australia - News - Australian government faces criticism over law change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The minor Australian Greens party have accused the government of abusing the parliament and the trust of the Australian people.
The Greens senator, Bob Brown, says the government concocted the urgency for its own political purposes.
The leader of the main opposition Labor Party, Kim Beazley was briefed on the urgent legislation.
www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1499066.htm   (324 words)

  
 History of the Australian Greens
Although the Sydney Greens became the first nationally registered Greens party, in 1983, and state Greens parties had also formed in Queensland in 1985 and South Australian in 1989, the Tasmanian Greens were the old hands of the Greens movement in Australia, with the advantage of five seats in their state parliament.
In 1992 the New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmanian Greens representatives agreed to join the three state Greens parties to form a national greens party.
On Sunday 30 August 1992 in Lavender Bay, North Sydney, Greens from Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania, with observers from Victoria, the ACT and Western Australia, held a press conference to announce the formation of the Australian Greens.
www.australianpolitics.com /parties/greens/history.shtml   (304 words)

  
 China defector says would rather die than go home
In a letter to Australia's Immigration Department last month and released by the minority Australian Greens party on Thursday, Chen said his role at China's Sydney consulate persecuting Falun Gong practitioners had given him nightmares.
But Greens party leader Bob Brown said the Australian government was just trying not to offend China.
Chen, who is in hiding with his wife and 6-year-old daughter, made his political asylum bid public on Saturday when he spoke at a Sydney rally to mark the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
www.ezilon.com /information/printer_5466.shtml   (639 words)

  
 Gerard McManus - SourceWatch
Gerard McManus is a journalist with the Canberra bureau of the Herald Sun, a Melbourne tabloid newspaper published by News Limited, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
After the election Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown lodged a formal complaint on the story with the Australian Press Council (APC) the newspaper industry self-regulatory body.
If Bob Brown seriously thinks tens of thousands of Australians changed their minds on a vote for the Greens based on a page three story in the Herald Sun, then he's in dreamland," he said.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Gerard_McManus   (373 words)

  
 TCS: Tech Central Station - "Evidence-Based Scientific Research"?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Risstrom's Australian Greens party has itself proved again that "evidence-based scientific research'' is actually something it ignores as desperately as Big Tobacco ever does when its vital interests are threatened, and facts trump its faith.
The Australian public broadcaster, the ABC, reported that the Greens were marking the 18th anniversary of the explosion at
The ABC went on: "The Greens claim thousands of people have died and are still dying as a result of radioactive poisoning after a nuclear meltdown at the plant."
www.techcentralstation.com /052004B.html   (824 words)

  
 Bastards Inc.: I'm calling 'Bullshit' on this one   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Now, flash forward to 2003-2005 and the Australian Greens party, the environmental scare mongers of the Australian political arena.
With the recent call for debate on nuclear energy to minimise the impact of that other bogey 'global warming', the Greens have not taken this approach to the future of power supply in Australia, all that well.
Finally, the Australian Greens argument for the anti-war stance in Iraq has just been destroyed in one fell swoop by Nettle, inadvertently.
bastardsinc.blogs.com /bastardsinc/2005/06/im_calling_bull.html   (1023 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bush hecklers ordered out - Oct. 23, 2003
Facing criticism both inside and outside the Australian parliament, the U.S. president defended the war in Iraq.
Anti-war politicians from the minority Australian Greens Party, Sen. Bob Brown and Sen. Kerry Nettle, jeered Bush during his speech, forcing him to stop his address.
The son of Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib -- who is being held at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of training with al Qaeda -- was removed from parliament's public gallery.
cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/23/apec.special.bush.heckle   (547 words)

  
 AM Archive - WA Greens to introduce euthanasia bill
LINDA MOTTRAM: Well among others campaigning for the decriminalisation of euthanasia is the West Australian Greens Party which plans to introduce into the State Parliament a private members bill to that end.
TANYA NOLAN: Greens Upper House Member Robin Chapple plans to introduce his private members bill to the West Australian Parliament in three weeks time but according to the State Government, any private members bill is unlikely to be debated before the end of the year.
The euthanasia issue is left to a conscience vote within the Labor Party and one Party source has told AM that such a bill is likely to have enough support amongst individual members of government to be successful.
www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s563077.htm   (401 words)

  
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