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National security measures must be consistent with internationally recognised human rights. 

The decision to send Australians into combat is a decision that must debated by the Parliament, not simply made by the Government of the day. The Greens are the only party to demand an end to the military presence in Afghanistan, and successfully secured the first parliamentary debate into troop deployment in 2010.

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Greens welcome troop withdrawal

26 Mar 2013
The Greens welcome the decision to bring home 1,000 Australian troops from Afghanistan. We must continue to work in A...
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Abbott undermines Australia's Defence capability: Greens

25 Mar 2013
The Special Report on Climate Change and Defence released by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute today underlines just ho...
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Greens renew call for Iraq War Inquiry on 10th anniversary of invasion

19 Mar 2013
On the 10 year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Australian Greens are calling again for an Inquiry into Australia's dec...
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Question on Iraq inquiry

19 Mar 2013
Christine Milne asked a question Question Time - when will we have an inquiry into the Iraq war?
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Transcript: Christine Milne: carbon, national security

23 Jan 2013
Christine Milne gave a press conference to comment on the latest figures of the carbon price, the Greenpeace report on projecte...
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Global warming gap in PM’s National Security speech

23 Jan 2013
The Greens welcome the Prime Minister's focus on our region and clear commitment to multilateralism in today's National Securit...
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Press conference: launch of Greens' arts policy

18 Jan 2013
Christine Milne held a press conference to launch the Greens' initiatives to support the arts, and comment on ot...
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Greens welcome apology and inquiry on Defence abuse cases

26 Nov 2012
The Australian Greens welcomed today's apology to victims of sexual assault in the defence forces and the announcement of a hig...
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No plan for bringing troops home from Afghanistan

31 Oct 2012
The Prime Minister's statement on Afghanistan failed to commit to withdraw Australian combat troops in a specified timeframe, t...
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Greens express condolences at loss of another Australian soldier in Afghanistan

22 Oct 2012
The Australian Greens today expressed great sadness at the loss of another young Australian soldier's life in Afghanistan.
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