Kevill switch coup for Greens

NEW Merewether coach Stacey Sykes believes prized recruit Dan Kevill will provide the X factor that has been missing from the Greens.

City Hall's time is ripe for greening

NEWCASTLE City Hall's clock face will remain a glowing green disc until Earth Hour on Saturday, when chunks of the skyline will be plunged into blackness.

Demons skipper sets his sights on new goal

NEWLY appointed Melbourne Football Club captain Brad Green and wife Anna (pictured) are selling a property in Brighton East.

Slap down of Greens more like slap schtick

One of the less appealing features of political reporting is the expectation that one will, on occasion, be forced to write complete nonsense.

Greens pragmatic on carbon: Brown

GREENS leader Bob Brown says he will be pragmatic and do what it takes to get Labor's carbon tax bill passed, strengthening the likelihood it will become law this year.

Greens see red on Bluescope carbon claims

THE deputy leader of the Greens, Christine Milne, has written to the chairman of Bluescope Steel, Graham Kraehe, demanding he force his chief executive to retract "misleading and completely incorrect" statements about the Greens' attitude to compensation for trade-exposed industries under a carbon tax.

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Greens call for halt to city's western sprawl and more affordable housing

SYDNEY'S urban sprawl should be halted by the end of the next term of parliament and all new homes built within existing suburbs from that time, the NSW Greens say.

Going green gains traction

DEXUS Property Group's 1 Bligh Street will have a six-star green rating - the city's highest - when completed and will set the benchmark for other new developments, according to the group's chief executive, Victor Hoog Antink.

Backing from Greens comes at a price

THE government needs to find another $100 million in budget cuts after it offered concessions to the Greens to secure their support for the $1.8 billion flood levy.

Ministers may be losers as Greens send votes elsewhere

THE government's chance of holding on to two key inner-city seats has been dealt a blow by a decision from local Greens candidates not to direct preferences to Labor.

Ministers look like losers as Greens send votes elsewhere

THE government's chance of holding on to two key inner-city seats has been dealt a blow by a decision from local Greens candidates not to direct preferences to Labor.

Greens with envy as resource giants prosper

THE Greens will use their control of the Senate to press the government to gouge more revenue from the miners after a record profit announcement by BHP Billiton and revelations that the amended mining tax would raise $60 billion less than the original.

Labor blueprint to survive the Greens

LABOR'S inquiry into last year's election urges the party to become more democratic to meet the challenge of the Greens in urban Australia.

Greens slam plan

THE Greens last night slammed Julia Gillard's signal that polluting industries would get adequate compensation in the government's carbon price scheme.

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Melbourne looks to Green pastures

NEW Melbourne captain Brad Green was surrounded by his club's long, proud history at the MCG yesterday.

Executioner gives Green's reputation a pummelling

IF WORLD champion Danny Green needed proof his reputation has been tarnished by Roy Jones jnr's claim he wore illegal wraps into the ring during the "greatest victory in Australia's boxing history", an online interview with Bernard Hopkins has provided it.

Green construction remains in the pink

Sector resilient despite GFC, writes Philip Hopkins.

More green lights for eco-friendly buildings

ECONOMIC uncertainty has not derailed Australia's $21 billion green building market: Queensland registered the largest number of projects last year while activity in NSW was worth the most.