Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Milne): To move-That the Senate-

(a) notes that off-shore tax havens are a vehicle for international corruption with a current value of at least $21 trillion globally;

Christine Milne spoke to the press at the Senate Doors this morning, on UNHCR's scathing report of detention conditions on Manus Island, children in the Pontville asylum seeker detention centre in Tasmania, the Labor party and the election campaign

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Subjects: World Heritage listing, Forestry Tasmania, Craig Thomson, Tony Abbott, NBN

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Subjects: revenue raising, medical research funding, parliamentary reform, asylum seekers, Morris Iemma, Trish Crossin

Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne, welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement of a September 14 election, calling for a public conversation about what kind of country we want to live in and the policies needed to get there.

Senator Milne also called for fixed three year terms.

"The Greens will continue to stand up for a more caring society, and for the environment, against the big business lobby and the old parties leading us further and further down the path to a dog-eat-dog world," said Senator Milne.

"Tony Abbott's proposals for parliamentary reform ring hollow when you recall what the Howard Government did when it had control of both houses of parliament," said Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne.

"Mr Abbott was a senior minister in the Howard Government when it took an axe to parliamentary processes in 2004.

"Destroying the integrity of the Senate Committees made it far harder for elected representatives to critically examine important issues and legislation."

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Subjects: 2013 election, fixed terms, Greens achievements

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Subjects: Natural disaster fund, Whitehaven, Tim Mathieson, Carl Mather, Minerals Resource Rent Tax, EU carbon pricing, Nova Peris

Subjects: Fossil fuel subsidies, MRRT, Bob Katter's party's homophobia