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ACT Greens call for static pill testing site as NSW Coroner recommendations released

15 October, 2019 - Responding to a draft recommendation of the NSW coroner that pill testing be provided at music festivals, the ACT Greens have today called fo...

Ministerial Statement - Suicide Prevention in the ACT

15 October, 2019 - Madam Speaker, I rise to make the following statement on suicide in the ACT, in accordance with the motion moved by Ms Bresnan and passed ...

Native trees best for beating urban heat

14 October, 2019 - Yellow box and kurrajongs were some of the top ranked trees to beat the heat in a report which assessed 211 tree species used in Canberra’s u...

ACT Greens call for optional voting for 16 and 17 year olds

10 October, 2019 - The ACT Greens today have called for the introduction of optional voting for 16 and 17 year olds in the 2020 Territory election. ...

Action still needed to realise minimum standards in rentals: ACT Greens

3 October, 2019 - The Greens have today welcomed news that a range of renters rights will come into effect sooner – but called on the Government to take this fu...

Canberrans encouraged to check on each other during Mental Health Month

1 October, 2019 - To mark the start of Mental Health Month ACT 2019 the Canberra community are encouraged start conversations about mental health and wellbeing,...

Final infrastructure in place as ACT set to deliver on 100% renewable electricity target

1 October, 2019 - The ACT now has infrastructure in place to achieve 100% renewable electricity in 2020 and beyond, the Minister for Climate Change and Sustaina...

Community grants to encourage sustainable action

27 September, 2019 - Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury has today announced recipients of two community grants programs who will sh...

Greens push for truth in electoral advertising

27 September, 2019 - Canberrans will be able to have greater trust in our democracy if a Greens proposal to ban factually incorrect electoral material during lo...

Cannabis scheme a step in the right direction, could have been improved: ACT Greens

25 September, 2019 - The Greens today expressed disappointment that a number of Greens amendments, designed to make the Drugs of Dependence (Personal Cannabis U...

Climate change sceptic Liberals let down Canberra’s most vulnerable

24 September, 2019 - The Canberra Liberals have no plan to address climate change, are waging a fearmongering campaign about the ACT’s climate change actions, a...

Climate skeptics Canberra Liberals sink to new lows, opposing climate change action as well as assistance for low income households

19 September, 2019 - The climate skeptics in the Canberra Liberals have sunk to new lows, the ACT Greens said today. “The Canberra Liberals have really shown...