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Year-round pill testing can be realised: ACT Greens

2 March, 2020 - Ahead of April’s Groovin the Moo music festival, the Greens have again called for routine pill testing in the ACT. It comes following the suc...

Tree efforts welcomed, but still so much more to do: ACT Greens

27 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens have again called on the Government to demonstrate its commitment to urgent action at a time of climate emergency, by plantin...

ACT Government to investigate mobile phone detection cameras

26 February, 2020 - The ACT Government is investigating the introduction of mobile phone detection cameras to help address the significant safety concerns arisi...

ACT Greens: New Woden CIT campus a chance to 'give back to the community'

26 February, 2020 - “Like so many in the Woden Valley, the Greens have long argued that Woden is in desperate need of urban renewal," ACT Greens Member for Murr...

ACT Greens disappointed at TU closure

24 February, 2020 - Ahead of its closure this Friday, the ACT Greens say they are disappointed at the Government’s handling of the Tenants Union (TU) tender pro...

Greens call on Government to count the women whose lives are lost and under threat

21 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens have today called on the ACT Government to better account for the impact of domestic violence in the ACT. The Greens say t...

ACT Greens act to protect ACT endangered woodlands from development

20 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased to pass a resolution in the Assembly today that will improve protections for Canberra’s endangered woodlands and ...

ACT Greens act to protect ACT endangered woodlands from development

20 February, 2020 - The Greens are committed to protect our environment & everything that depends on it. The ACT Greens are pleased to pass a resolution ...

ACT Greens seek protection for threatened ACT woodlands

20 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today call on the Assembly to help improve the protection of Canberra's threatened ecological communities by incorporati...

ACT Greens urge other parties to back ‘fair fines’ to help prevent social disadvantage in Canberra

19 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens have urged the other parties to support new laws for ‘fairer fines’ in the ACT to help address social disadvantage in the ACT...

ACT Greens secure housing accessibility commitments

18 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens today secured amendments to make it easier for people who require accessible housing to find appropriate homes. “If you’r...

ACT Greens welcome heritage changes; call for sacred scarred trees protection

18 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens have lobbied for improvements that would help protect scarred trees of cultural significance to Canberra’s Ngunnawal communit...

More legal protections needed for seniors, say ACT Greens

17 February, 2020 - More can be done to better protect vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse – including seniors, the Greens said today.   A recent ...

After Canberra’s ‘summer of smoke’, ACT Greens plan for future smoke crises

13 February, 2020 - Following Canberra’s recent smoke crisis, the ACT Greens will today put forward a motion calling on the ACT Government to deliver a comprehe...

$4 million extra for ACT climate change action

13 February, 2020 - Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury has today announced new funding to help reduce carbon emissions and to stren...