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Respite Effect and Recovery Grants open for people with disability and carers

16 April, 2021 - The ACT Government has today made $100,000 available to support people with disability, their families and carers under the ACT COVID-19 Disabi...

Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing on track to drive positive change

15 April, 2021 - The ACT’s Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing has been found to have an excellent reputation – offering credible leadership, delivering earl...

Statement on 30th Anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

15 April, 2021 - Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which handed down its final report on 15 April 1991...

Funding to help Canberra clubs cut costs and create new revenue sources

13 April, 2021 - Seven community clubs have received funding as part of the ACT Government’s Diversification and Sustainability Support Fund, which helps Canber...

Greater support for mental health patients transitioning back into the community

8 April, 2021 - The ACT Government has bolstered support for people receiving inpatient mental health care to transition back to everyday living in the communit...

New investigation into state of ACT lakes and waterways

8 April, 2021 - The ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment will undertake an investigation into the state of lakes and waterways in the ACT, wh...

Statement on electricity prices

6 April, 2021 - “The ACT Government has been a leader in investing in renewable energy, making the significant and necessary transition away from polluting foss...

New repair program a positive step for better sustainability

5 April, 2021 - A new repair program will allow Canberrans to repair their out-of-warranty phone and laptop products instead of buying something new, in a posit...

Help shape the ACT’s new Natural Resource Management Plan

1 April, 2021 - The Canberra community is being encouraged to contribute to the ACT Government’s Natural Resource Management (NRM) Plan that will guide how we p...

Emma Davidson Speech - Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide

31 March, 2021 - Madam Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are currently serving, or who have...

Greens welcome neighbourhood forests plan

30 March, 2021 - The Urban Forest Strategy released today by the ACT Government delivers the ACT Greens’ commitment for a comprehensive plan to cover 30% of Can...

Jo Clay - Speech on the Plastics Reduction Bill 2020

30 March, 2021 - The Greens are pleased to support this Bill. When China brought in its ban on receiving waste from other countries in early 2018, it was a w...

Andrew Braddock Op Ed: Canberra’s Tree Canopy Target

29 March, 2021 - To paraphrase the late American R & B musician Luther Ingram, If Loving Trees Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right. Maybe not everyone is wi...

Trial floating wetland for Lake Tuggeranong

29 March, 2021 - A new wetland has been created in Lake Tuggeranong to help keep our water clean as part of the ACT Healthy Waterways program. Minister for W...

Australia’s first public hydrogen refuelling station opens in Canberra

26 March, 2021 - The first publicly available hydrogen refuelling station in Australia has today opened in Fyshwick. Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduct...