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Greens slam reckless ANU cuts, call on local ministers to step up and defend universities

9 July, 2025 - Both federal and territory governments must take urgent action to protect the integrity of higher education, as the Australian National Universit...

Committee recommends government support Greens’ bill to make housing a human right

4 July, 2025 - Today the cross-party Standing Committee on Legal Affairs has unanimously recommended that the ACT Parliament support the Greens’ legislation to ...

Greens celebrate minimum age of criminal responsibility coming into effect this week

2 July, 2025 - As of this week, the ACT has become the only state or territory in Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility fully to fourteen, diver...

Greens secure significant concessions on Labor’s unfair and regressive health levy

1 July, 2025 - The ACT Greens have secured key concessions on Labor’s unfair health levy, including a reduction of the levy by $150 to $100 and a commitment to ...

ACT Greens reject Labor’s unfair levy on every day Canberrans

26 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens have today announced they will not support the proposal from the ACT’s minority Labor Government to impose a $250 levy on every d...

ACT Labor misses mark in first solo Budget in a decade

24 June, 2025 - Today’s 2025-26 ACT Budget has missed the mark, with the ACT Government seeking to solve its Budget shortfalls by increasing costs put on every ...

Greens not giving up on Rent Relief Fund

17 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens say there’s no sense in scrapping the Rent Relief Fund when its cost to the budget is so small, and its positive impact in the co...

Community sector downpayment must be the start, not the end

13 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens say today’s pre-budget announcement from the minority Labor Government is enough for the community sector to survive, but not eno...

Greens move to fix accountability gap in child abuse law

11 June, 2025 - ACT Greens Leader, Shane Rattenbury will introduce new legislation to broaden vicarious liability for institutions who harboured child abusers. ...

Reopen Ginninderra Falls to the public

11 June, 2025 - ACT Greens MLA for Ginninderra Jo Clay has backed community petitions calling for Ginninderra Falls to be reopened to the public as part of its ...

Greens launch big corporation tax to protect essential services in the upcoming Budget

6 June, 2025 - Today Leader of the ACT Greens Shane Rattenbury, alongside Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens, Jo Clay have launched a measured yet ambitious big co...

Greens welcome standalone birth centre after years advocating with community

23 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens Jo Clay: “The ACT Greens have advocated with midwives, mothers, parents and everyday Ca...

Greens drive better outcomes for homes and environment

20 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens Jo Clay: “On the crossbench, the ACT Greens have effectively pushed the government to b...

Damning report reveals Transport Minister was warned about botched MyWay+ system pre-launch and did nothing

19 May, 2025 - Today, a damning independent report undertaken in the month before MyWay+ went live. The report revealed that the Transport Minister, Chris Steel...

Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury welcomes new Australian Greens leadership team

15 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Shane Rattenbury, Leader of the ACT Greens  “On behalf of the membership of the ACT Greens, I want to sincerely co...