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Shane Rattenbury
Leader of the ACT Greens &
Member for Kurrajong

Legislating ACT climate action – a decade in review

2 December, 2021 - After ten years in operation, a review of the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010 has found the legislation continues t...

New laws will protect homebuyers from rescission clause misuse

1 December, 2021 - Homebuyers will be protected from sunset and development delay clauses in illegitimate and unjustifiable circumstances after the Legislative ...

Significant progress on Parliamentary & Governing Agreement

27 November, 2021 - Protecting and creating secure local jobs, maintaining Canberra’s natural environment, supporting the transition to a net zero emissions fut...

New Rental Relief Fund to support tenants as eviction moratorium ends

26 November, 2021 - As the ACT Government’s moratorium on evictions for rent arrears for COVID-19 impacted households ends, struggling Canberrans will still rec...

Justice McCallum appointed as ACT Chief Justice

23 November, 2021 - Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury today announced Justice Lucy McCallum will become the next Chief Justice of the ACT Supreme Court. Atto...

Scope 3 emissions in the ACT. A video conversation.

18 November, 2021 - Featuring: Dr Sophie Lewis, Minister Shane Rattenbury MLA and Minister Rebecca Vassarotti MLA, and Tim Hollo Last night Dr Sophie Lewis, ACT...

ACT and NT call on Attorneys-General to support Territory Rights on Voluntary Assisted Dying

12 November, 2021 - At today’s Meeting of Attorneys-General, ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury and Northern Territory Attorney-General the Honourable Selena...

Magistrate Boss resigns

12 November, 2021 - Dr Bernadette Boss CSC is leaving the ACT Magistrates Court with her resignation as a judicial officer taking effect from 14 November 2021. ...

Talking Climate - COP26, Glasgow, and what it means for you - Recording

12 November, 2021 - A recording of an online panel discussion about the COP26 United Nations climate summit currently underway in Glasgow. Shane Rattenbury, ...

ACT explores new emissions reduction opportunities beyond borders

11 November, 2021 - The ACT has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to calculate the community’s indirect greenhouse gas emissions from the goods and ser...

ACT signs COP26 declaration to accelerate transition to 100% zero-emission vehicles

11 November, 2021 - The ACT Government has signed onto the COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission vehicles. At the UN Confere...

Future Fuels Strategy fails to introduce any meaningful measures

9 November, 2021 - “The Federal Government seems to have finally admitted that electric vehicles are not going to wreck the weekend and have moved on to pretend...