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ACT Government calls for national meeting on preparedness for H5N1 avian influenza

11 September, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has called for a national meeting to align preparedness across state and territory borders for the potential arriv...

Drug and Alcohol Sentencing helps improve safety and life outcomes 

10 September, 2024 - An independent evaluation by KMPG has found the ACT’s Drug and Alcohol Sentencing List has improved social and health outcomes for particip...

Greens Eye Public Retirement Village as part of Housing Crisis Plan

10 September, 2024 - Today, the ACT Greens have announced an election initiative to establish a dedicated fund to fill gaps in housing options for people facing...

Supporting those who need it most on their pathway to electrification

10 September, 2024 - Public housing tenants and low-income renters and owner occupiers have reported improvements to wellbeing, comfort, climate resilience and ...

New electric vehicles join City Services fleet in time for World EV Day

9 September, 2024 - Today is World EV Day, and you will see more ACT Government electric vehicles out and about. Five new electric vehicles including a ute, ...

New minimum energy efficiency standards delivering comfortable homes for renters

9 September, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has released a report showing that changes to energy efficiency standards made in April last year have improved liv...

CARE ABOUT COST OF LIVING? FREEZE RENTS

8 September, 2024 - Today ACT Greens MLA Jo Clay has introduced a bill to help defend Canberra’s renters against the housing crisis, by putting a two-year freez...

ACT Government releases new plan to protect the Grey-headed Flying Fox

7 September, 2024 - The ACT Government has today released the Native Species Conservation Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox, which outlines strategic actions ...

ACT Government to reduce emissions through low carbon concrete in government projects

6 September, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has committed to using low carbon concrete in all future government construction projects, where it is appropriate ...

Review highlights next steps to reduce First Nations incarceration rates

6 September, 2024 - The first phase of an independent review by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Syd...

Staged implementation for electronic monitoring

6 September, 2024 - The ACT Government is preparing to introduce electronic monitoring for existing community-based orders in a staged approach to implementing ...

Old Parties Choose Horse Racing and Gambling Over Housing (Again and Indefinitely)

5 September, 2024 - ACT Labor and the Canberra Liberals have today voted to not consider alternatives for the future of Thoroughbred Park, doubling down on thei...

Upgrading the Watson Health Precinct

5 September, 2024 - The ACT Government is building the health infrastructure our growing city needs, with plans to upgrade the Watson Health Precinct conditiona...

FREE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND SET KIDS UP FOR SUCCESS

4 September, 2024 - The ACT Greens have announced a plan to provide 18 hours of free early childhood education and care to all 3 and 4 year olds in order to set...

ACT Greens motion on Labor’s pokies conflict passes Assembly

3 September, 2024 - An ACT Greens motion calling on the Labor party to sever its ties to pokies and donate its pokies-seeded investment capital to the Alliance ...