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Senator Christine Milne announces her resignation as leader of the Australian Greens. Senator Richard Di Natale is elected as the new leader.
2015-05-6

Voters in the Australian state of Western Australia go to the polls for a Federal Senate election.
2014-04-5

Malaysia detains Australian Senator Nick Xenophon who was visiting as part of a delegation to discuss forthcoming elections and seeks to deport him for taking part in a protest in Kuala Lumpur last year.
2013-02-16

Bob Brown resigns as Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and from the Senate.
2012-04-13

Julian Assange announces plans to run for the Senate of Australia despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom.
2012-03-17

Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr is sworn in as a member of the Senate of Australia, replacing Mark Arbib, representing New South Wales.
2012-03-13

The International Air Transport Association calls for the United Nations to intervene in the dispute between the People's Republic of China and the European Union over airlines' involvement in the EU's carbon tax scheme for airlines.
2012-02-12

Thousands of people gather in Canberra, Australia to protest the introduction of a carbon tax, Prime Minister Julia Gillard met the Australian Youth Climate Coalition which is pushing for a price on emissions, while climate change mitigation activists including the Australian Council of Trade Unions delivered a petition to Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet signed by about 10,000 "working Australians" urging the government to take action.
2011-03-23

Australia's Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, says that the government's plans to impose a carbon tax, part of a phase-in of an emissions trading program, will impact less than 1,000 companies.
2011-03-7

The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard announces a carbon pricing scheme to start on July 1, 2012.
2011-02-24