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ACT Drug and Alcohol Court review shows positive results for the community

9 August, 2022 - The ACT Drug and Alcohol Court is reducing re-offending, helping offenders get their lives on track, and saving the community money, according ...

Budget 22-23 reply speech. Ft. Shane Rattenbury

4 August, 2022 - On behalf of the ACT Greens, I rise to respond to the 2022-23 Budget. With your indulgence I’d like to start this Budget reply with a brief ...

Powering Canberra: Our Pathway to Electrification

4 August, 2022 - The ACT Government today announced that it will phase out fossil fuel gas by 2045 by electrifying Canberra over the next two decades.   ...

Counting diversity for a truly representative ACT Public Service

3 August, 2022 - Tomorrow Andrew Braddock MLA will call on the ACT Government to improve how the ACT Public Service recruits, retains and supports people from a...

ACT Greens push Government to strive for progressive policy

2 August, 2022 - “The 2022-23 ACT Budget demonstrates the impact of having Greens in government and how a collaborative approach to politics can result in good ...

Improving mental health services at the AMC

2 August, 2022 - The ACT Government’s Response to ACT Auditor-General’s Report into Management of Detainee Mental Health Service at the Alexander Maconochie Cen...

Cladding concessional loan details announced

1 August, 2022 - To support owners corporations with the upfront costs of rectifying combustible cladding on private buildings, the ACT Government has announced...

A stronger mental health system for Canberrans

31 July, 2022 - The 2022-23 ACT Budget will deliver more services and support in our public mental health system. Through a funding partnership with the Comm...

Platypus Month is back better than ever this August

29 July, 2022 - Canberrans are encouraged to pick up a pair of binoculars and join Waterwatch volunteers to help monitor platypuses at dusk and dawn for the nin...

Draft legislation to improve ACT tenancy laws

27 July, 2022 - The ACT Government has released a draft bill on rental reforms in the ACT to give Canberrans more security when leasing a home. The ACT Gove...

Please don’t mow our habitat - Jo Clay moves to protect grassy ecosystems from routine destruction

27 July, 2022 - Next week Jo Clay MLA will move a motion in the ACT Legislative Assembly to protect urban land care plantings from mowing and to support educati...

Additional funding to reduce over representation of First Nations people in ACT justice system

24 July, 2022 - To help reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT’s criminal justice system, the ACT Government will allocate...

Funding certainty for critical legal assistance services

23 July, 2022 - To ensure vulnerable Canberrans have access to critical legal assistance, the ACT Government will provide funding certainty in the 2022-23 ACT B...

More funding for the ACT community sector

22 July, 2022 - The upcoming ACT Budget prioritises funding for community sector organisations that provide essential services and programs to Canberrans when t...

Nation leading action to drive zero emissions vehicle uptake in the ACT

20 July, 2022 - Canberrans will have greater access to vehicles that are cheaper to run and better for the environment with a new strategy released today by the...