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Greens push for a more accessible Canberra

11 February, 2020 - The Greens today announced a push on the major parties to make Canberra’s housing market more accessible. “If you’re a person with limite...

BREAKING NEWS:  Indigenous heritage will now be assessed at major Canberra development

7 February, 2020 - Canberrans were outraged to learn this week that the development proposed at the old CSIRO site, on the foothills of Mount Ainslie, could hav...

ACT announces $214m COVID stimulus package

4 February, 2020 - Last week we announced the ACT Government’s first rapid response to the COVID crisis - a $137 million investment to help support our economy ...

ACT Government condemns rise in racist incidents in response to COVID 19

4 February, 2020 - The ACT Government is today dismayed and disappointed to learn of a number of reports of racist, discriminatory incidents that have taken pla...

Thank You Richard Di Natale

3 February, 2020 - Today we thank Senator Richard Di Natale for his wonderful contribution as Australian Greens leader. We all come to play a role in the Gre...

ACT Government COVID-19 Budget stimulus package

1 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens, and the ACT Government, understand that the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic will be unlike anything our society has experien...

Government’s planning changes would fail on trees and climate

27 January, 2020 - As Canberra swelters through another record-breaking summer, the Greens today expressed concern that proposed Government rule changes will fa...

New road transport laws: Helmet exemption paves a road to inclusion

22 January, 2020 - The ACT has recently introduced an exemption, on religious grounds, to mandatory helmet laws while riding a bicycle or personal mobility devi...

Registration bans on the cards for offensive vehicles

21 January, 2020 - Vehicles bearing indecent, insulting or offensive words or images may have their registration refused, cancelled or suspended in the ACT if t...

ACT Corrective Services supporting bushfire aircrew staff

20 January, 2020 - Detainees and staff at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) have been supporting bushfire aircrew staff in NSW by providing much needed meal...

Now we’re cooking with … electricity! Gas no longer a requirement in Canberra suburbs

17 January, 2020 - Changes in the ACT mean new suburbs no longer require a gas connection, allowing them the opportunity to be zero emissions and to have cheape...

Bus lane removal is wrong approach: Greens

16 January, 2020 - Removing part of a bus lane to encourage more private car use is ultimately bad for commuters and out-of-step with the Government’s climate a...

Bus lane removal is wrong approach: ACT Greens

13 January, 2020 - Removing part of a bus lane to encourage more private car use is ultimately bad for commuters and out-of-step with the Government’s climate a...

Greens call again for roadside corflute ban

7 January, 2020 - As election corflutes begin littering Canberra streets, the ACT Greens have again called for a ban on roadside electoral signs during local el...

Start your scooters: E-scooters and similar devices legalised in ACT

17 December, 2019 - Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety, Shane Rattenbury, today announced changes that mean e-scooters and similar e-mobilit...