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Shane Rattenbury
Leader of the ACT Greens &
Member for Kurrajong

Committee recommends government support Greens’ bill to make housing a human right

4 July, 2025 - Today the cross-party Standing Committee on Legal Affairs has unanimously recommended that the ACT Parliament support the Greens’ legislation to ...

Greens celebrate minimum age of criminal responsibility coming into effect this week

2 July, 2025 - As of this week, the ACT has become the only state or territory in Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility fully to fourteen, diver...

Greens secure significant concessions on Labor’s unfair and regressive health levy

1 July, 2025 - The ACT Greens have secured key concessions on Labor’s unfair health levy, including a reduction of the levy by $150 to $100 and a commitment to ...

ACT Greens reject Labor’s unfair levy on every day Canberrans

26 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens have today announced they will not support the proposal from the ACT’s minority Labor Government to impose a $250 levy on every d...

ACT Labor misses mark in first solo Budget in a decade

24 June, 2025 - Today’s 2025-26 ACT Budget has missed the mark, with the ACT Government seeking to solve its Budget shortfalls by increasing costs put on every ...

Greens not giving up on Rent Relief Fund

17 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens say there’s no sense in scrapping the Rent Relief Fund when its cost to the budget is so small, and its positive impact in the co...

Community sector downpayment must be the start, not the end

13 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens say today’s pre-budget announcement from the minority Labor Government is enough for the community sector to survive, but not eno...

Greens move to fix accountability gap in child abuse law

11 June, 2025 - ACT Greens Leader, Shane Rattenbury will introduce new legislation to broaden vicarious liability for institutions who harboured child abusers. ...

Greens launch big corporation tax to protect essential services in the upcoming Budget

6 June, 2025 - Today Leader of the ACT Greens Shane Rattenbury, alongside Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens, Jo Clay have launched a measured yet ambitious big co...

Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury welcomes new Australian Greens leadership team

15 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Shane Rattenbury, Leader of the ACT Greens  “On behalf of the membership of the ACT Greens, I want to sincerely co...

Questions raised over Labor’s consultation credentials as expert advisory groups axed

14 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Shane Rattenbury, Leader of the ACT Greens  “Today, Greens questioning in the ACT Parliament has revealed that the...

Labor planning bill in question: review finds flaws, Greens offer fix and pathway forward

6 May, 2025 - Today the Committee on Environment, Planning, Transport and City Services released a majority report outlining significant flaws in Labor’s propos...