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2023 Rural Resilience Grant recipients announced

13 June, 2023 - Twenty rural landholders in the ACT will share in $287,204 of ACT Government funding, designed to improve farm resilience to the changing climat...

New wind farm to help power an all-electric Canberra

13 June, 2023 - The Berrybank Stage 2 wind farm, located in Victoria’s Western Plains, is now in operation. Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reductio...

ACT reaches milestone preventing new fossil fuel gas connections

8 June, 2023 - The ACT Government’s Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Natural Gas Transition) Amendment Bill will be voted on in the Legislative Asse...

ACT Gov calls for stronger feral horse action ahead of upcoming Environment Ministers Meeting

7 June, 2023 - Today, Minister for the Environment Rebecca Vassarotti will call on neighbouring jurisdictions to take considered and direct action to address th...

New data shows ACT electricity price stability benefits Canberrans

7 June, 2023 - The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has announced its final decision on regulated electricity prices in the ACT. The ...

COMMUNITY CALLS TO PROTECT AINSLIE VOLCANICS AS A NATURE RESERVE

6 June, 2023 - The community and key environmental organisations are asking the ACT Government to protect the Ainslie Grasslands, known as the Ainslie Volcanics...

Planning amendments protect our environment and give Canberrans a voice on development

6 June, 2023 - The ACT Greens have today helped bring in an amended planning bill with strengthened environmental protections, better transparency and the abili...

$500,000 in Environment Grants awarded to safeguard the ACT's natural ecosystem

5 June, 2023 - This World Environment Day, the ACT Government has announced 28 community groups will receive grants to implement projects that protect, conserve...

ACT Greens to Deliver Improved Planning Bill

5 June, 2023 - The ACT Greens have worked on a package of over 100 amendments to address community concerns.  “We in the Greens had a different view to...

GREENS MLA ANDREW BRADDOCK CALLS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GUNGAHLIN

2 June, 2023 - ACT Greens MLA for Yerrabi Andrew Braddock will next week call on the ACT Government to actively promote Gungahlin when attracting economic devel...

Independent review to reduce First Nations over representation in the ACT justice system

2 June, 2023 - Today the ACT Government announced it is commissioning an independent review into its progress in delivering on recommendations aimed at addressi...

Politics in the Office 2. Looking beyond the urban canopy . Feat. Rebecca Vassarotti MLA and ACT Greens members

2 June, 2023 -   Canberrans are proud to live in the bush capital, and with Greens in government, we have always prioritised environmental protection as...

ACT GOVERNMENT AGREES TO GREENS’ CALL TO FIX AND EXPAND BIKE-PATHS AND FOOTPATHS

1 June, 2023 - The ACT Government has agreed to increase government investment in the construction and maintenance of the ACT’s path network and establish an ac...

Greens work for stronger planning laws around environment, climate and housing affordability

1 June, 2023 - The ACT Greens will put forward amendments to the Planning Bill to strengthen environmental protections, improve community consultation and boost...

Protect our community and reduce air pollution by ‘burning better’ this winter

1 June, 2023 - Canberrans using wood heaters and firepits are being encouraged by the ACT Government to help keep our air clean by burning better this winter. ...