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Australian first as ACT Greens secure commitment to regular pill-testing

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased today to have secured a commitment from ACT Labor to explore a permanent pill-testing site in the ACT this Summer -...

Australian first as ACT Greens secure commitment to regular pill-testing

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased today to have secured a commitment from ACT Labor to explore a pill-testing site in the ACT this Summer - an Austra...

Australian first as Greens secure commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the ACT

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens have secured a commitment from the ACT Government to support raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years - a...

Climate action in Canberra’s planning system to go to a vote: ACT Greens

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens will bring climate action efforts to a vote (Thursday), as a sweeping planning Bill from Greens MLA Caroline Le Couteur in the ...

Ban pokie donations to help restore faith in our democracy: ACT Greens

19 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens will seek to ban gambling entities from donating to political parties, in a major vote due to go before the Legislative Assembl...

Keeping kids locked up “unacceptable by any measure”: ACT Greens to bring age of criminal responsibility to a vote

18 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens are calling on the other parties to commit to raising the age of criminal responsibility from ten to fourteen years, with a vot...

Comment on School Chaplains in Canberra Schools

14 August, 2020 - Disappointed, but unsurprised. Today a Canberra Liberals dominated Committee report pushed for school chaplains to be mandated in Canberra ...

Endangered ecosystems and Indigenous heritage need better protection

13 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens today welcomed a commitment from Chief Minister Barr that the ACT Government will now act to protect a local site of possible I...

Protecting Canberrans from harmful sexuality and gender identity conversion practices

13 August, 2020 - Following a commitment from the ACT Government in 2018, new legislation to ban sexuality and gender identity conversion practices has been int...

Save the Coolo trees battle ramps up: ACT Greens

13 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens have today called on the ACT Government to be transparent with the community about its plans to replace green space with a car ...

Greens welcome ACT Labor’s pre-committed plan on food waste, call for hospitality sector support

10 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens today welcomed ACT Labor’s recycled (!) announcement on food waste collection, while reinforcing the necessity of dealing with ...

Mental health funding boost helping Canberra’s workers

7 August, 2020 - Local workplace mental health and wellbeing program provider OzHelp has received $100,000 as part of the ACT Government’s COVID-19 mental healt...

Planning Minister rams through planning decision despite years of community consultation: ACT Greens

7 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens have today expressed outrage and dismay at the ACT Planning Minister’s decision to again use his call-in powers to ram through a...

2020 Election: ACT Greens release major Drug Law Reform package to help end war on drugs

6 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today unveil a commitment to substantially reform the way drug use and dependency is dealt with in the Territory. This e...

Leadership needed to protect most vulnerable from gaming harm: ACT Greens

6 August, 2020 - As the COVID pandemic continues to impact our community, the Greens have today again called on the ACT Government to deliver a series of modest...