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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...

No to Jones: Greens support community petition to remove Alan Jones from back of buses

18 September, 2019 - The ACT Greens are proud today to support a community petition to ensure that Transport Canberra to immediately remove from bus advertising...

School Strikers for Climate Action message to ACT parliamentarians: This is a climate emergency.

18 September, 2019 - The ACT Greens will today (Wednesday) welcome a contingent from the Canberra School Strikers for Climate Action to the ACT Legislative Asse...

The Canberra Liberals have no plan for climate change, put the ‘con’ in conservative: ACT Greens

17 September, 2019 - The Canberra Liberals have no plan for climate action in the ACT. In an interview this morning with 666 Canberra, leader of the Canberra...

ACT to deliver next major phase of climate action

16 September, 2019 - The ACT Climate Change Strategy 2019-2025 and Canberra’s Living Infrastructure Plan, the ACT Government’s next steps in the response to the...

More Canberra households to save energy, reduce emissions and cut energy bills

15 September, 2019 - The ACT Government’s highly successful Energy Efficiency Improvement Scheme (EEIS) will now be expanded and extended to support even more C...

New auction will future-proof 100% renewables and bring large-scale battery to ACT

12 September, 2019 - The ACT’s reverse auction scheme to reach 100% renewable electricity has already leveraged more than $2 billion of investment into 10 large...

Next steps underway for ACT Government’s first coffee cup trial

11 September, 2019 - The ACT Government has today called for expressions of interest for organisations to deliver a reusable coffee cup trial program in Canberr...

Light Rail to start journey to Woden

10 September, 2019 - The ACT Greens have welcomed the ACT Government announcement that Light Rail will begin its journey to Woden, via a Stage 2A from Alinga St...