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Shane Rattenbury
Leader of the ACT Greens &
Member for Kurrajong

Community garden and zero emissions grants available

4 May, 2020 - The popular ACT Government grants for community gardens and zero emissions projects are now open with $167,000 available to help community groups ...

New Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment appointed

4 May, 2020 - Dr Sophie Lewis has been appointed as the new Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, the Minister for Climate Change and Sustainabil...

Vale Deb Foskey

1 May, 2020 - Shane Rattenbury, ACT Greens leader and Member for Kurrajong Caroline Le Couteur MLA, Member for Murrumbidgee The ACT Greens are saddened by t...

ACT Greens welcome support for international students and temporary visa holders affected by COVID-19

28 April, 2020 - The ACT Greens today welcomed a commitment from the ACT Government to provide financial support for international students and temporary visa h...

ACT Government condemns rise in racist incidents in response to COVID 19

23 April, 2020 - The ACT Government is today dismayed and disappointed to learn of a number of reports of racist, discriminatory incidents that have taken place...

Driver licence extensions due to COVID-19

17 April, 2020 - ACT learner licence holders will have their licence renewal date extended under temporary changes to the ACT’s driver licensing scheme in respo...

ACT COVID-19 latest: News for our community (12 March 2020)

12 March, 2020 - The ACT Greens, and the ACT Government, understand that the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic will be unlike anything our society has experience...

Wellbeing indicators welcomed

12 March, 2020 - The ACT Greens have welcomed the launch of the ACT Government’s new Wellbeing Indicators Framework. ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury says ...

ACT gas phase-out gaining momentum

4 March, 2020 - Canberrans are voting with their feet, transitioning away from natural gas and making the switch to 100% renewable electricity – again cementing...

Year-round pill testing can be realised: ACT Greens

2 March, 2020 - Ahead of April’s Groovin the Moo music festival, the Greens have again called for routine pill testing in the ACT. It comes following the suc...

ACT Greens act to protect ACT endangered woodlands from development

20 February, 2020 - The Greens are committed to protect our environment & everything that depends on it. The ACT Greens are pleased to pass a resolution ...

ACT Greens act to protect ACT endangered woodlands from development

20 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased to pass a resolution in the Assembly today that will improve protections for Canberra’s endangered woodlands and ...