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Government must stop underfunding threatened species: Greens

13 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to drastically increase its funding for biodiversity and threatened species, followi...

Community connection for older Canberrans, veterans and their families

13 October, 2021 - The ACT Government is providing $160,000 in grants for organisations to create a more accessible and connected Canberra for older people, vet...

Greens move for 2030 coal phase-out

12 October, 2021 - With Energy Security Board chairman Kerry Schott’s predicting that the grid could be without coal-fired power as in the early 2030’s, the Gre...

Health worker 'allowance' finally backs up 18 months of frontline heroes rhetoric

12 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the state government will provide frontline health workers with an allowance over the next four ...

Victoria should fund 'catch-up swim program' for kids

12 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to fund a large-scale catch-up swim program so Melbourne children who missed out on ...

Greens urge farmers not to let LNP off lightly

11 October, 2021 - The Greens have warned now is a dangerous time to be distracted from the real climate action needed to support farmers and have urged the Nat...

Raising the age report released

11 October, 2021 - As Australia’s first jurisdiction committed to raising the age of criminal responsibility, the ACT Government has today released an independe...

Food sustainability and relief for Canberrans

10 October, 2021 - Under the ACT 2021-22 Budget, $475,000 over four years will fund long term solutions for food sustainability across Canberra beyond lock...

Budget Reply Speech 2021-22

8 October, 2021 - Speech given in the Legislative Assembly in reply to the 2021-22 ACT Budget by Shane Rattenbury MLA as leader of the ACT Greens

Tripartisan motion recognises International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

8 October, 2021 - Today in the ACT Legislative Assembly, a motion sponsored by ACT Greens, ACT Labor and the Canberra Liberals has recognised International Preg...

Labor's JobKeeper capitulation

7 October, 2021 - Labor’s decision to let big corporations keep JobKeeper profits is a complete capitulation, the Greens say. “We know that $13 billion went to ...

Nationals' quarter trillion climate bomb a dangerous joke

7 October, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Nationals’ proposed $250 billion publicly funded coal and gas bank as robbing public money to chase stranded asset...

Covid recovery pathway must put people in need first

7 October, 2021 - The ACT Government has today agreed to develop a ‘social recovery plan’, proposed by Andrew Braddock MLA, that considers the most impacted and...

Australia cannot abandon refugees in PNG

6 October, 2021 -   The Australian Government cannot just wash its hands of the people it exiled to Papua New Guinea, the Greens say. “Today is a day to rememb...

Snowy a better way to build green hydrogen than handouts to billionaires

6 October, 2021 - The Greens say they do not trust the government to deliver green hydrogen instead of toxic methane, and that there are better ways to turn Aus...