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Supported accommodation opens door to mental health recovery

15 April, 2019 - A new, purpose-built home in Canberra’s north will allow four individuals with a long term mental illness to live in and belong to a community ...

Time to secure EPIC’s future

12 April, 2019 - EPIC, or Exhibition Park, holds a special place in the cultural heart of our city. Home to great events like the Lifeline Bookfair, Royal Canbe...

Leading the way in recovery through person-centred education

10 April, 2019 - People with a lived experience of mental illness are set to benefit from the ACT Recovery College trial which will offer free courses on mental...

Monaro Highway proposal threatens sustainable Canberra vision: ACT Greens

10 April, 2019 - A proposed major realignment of the Monaro Highway at Hume that would skirt nature reserves, cut through a local solar farm and further imperil...

Culture, not wars: Old parties turn blind eye to weapons manufacturers funding our national institutions

4 April, 2019 - The major parties today voiced no opposition to major weapons manufacturers funding our national institutions. “Today the Greens spoke agains...

Greens: Election Budget Won't Impress Canberrans

3 April, 2019 - The Election Budget delivered by the Morrison Government last night will do nothing to impress Canberrans crying out for action on climate chang...

Greens to oppose War Memorial expansion, redirect funds to National Cultural Institutions

29 March, 2019 - The Greens are today announcing that they will oppose the unnecessary $498m expansion of the Australian War Memorial, using the $178m of those ...

Restore Territory Rights so Assembly can debate and legislate: ACT Greens

21 March, 2019 - As the Assembly’s end of life committee wraps up, the Greens today again called on the Federal Government to lift restrictions barring the ACT ...

NCA urged to get with the times and reverse Monash Drive decision: ACT Greens

18 March, 2019 - The ACT Greens today urged the National Capital Authority (NCA) to reverse their decision to leave Monash Drive on the National Capital Plan. ...

Letter to our Canberra School Strikers for Climate (ACT Greens)

14 March, 2019 - Congratulations to all the school students involved in the climate strike. You are admirable young leaders and you’re to be congratulated for y...

Supported home birth improvements needed: Greens

14 March, 2019 - The ACT Greens have today called for improvements to the ACT’s home birthing scheme. “In uncomplicated pregnancies, home birth is a safe and...

Federal Government efforts to weaken Integrity Commission shows contempt for ACT: Greens

12 March, 2019 - The Morrison Government’s contempt for the people of the ACT is on display in their efforts to weaken the powers of the ACT’s Integrity Commiss...

Federal Government efforts to weaken Integrity Commission shows contempt for ACT: Greens

12 March, 2019 - The Morrison Government’s contempt for the people of the ACT is on display in their efforts to weaken the powers of the ACT’s Integrity Commiss...

Greens: Canberra electorate at risk, ready to act on climate

11 March, 2019 - The new electorate of Canberra is the 17th most at-risk electorate in the country in the face of climate change, according to modelling by the ...