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Statement on electricity prices

6 April, 2021 - “The ACT Government has been a leader in investing in renewable energy, making the significant and necessary transition away from polluting foss...

New repair program a positive step for better sustainability

5 April, 2021 - A new repair program will allow Canberrans to repair their out-of-warranty phone and laptop products instead of buying something new, in a posit...

Death of Great Barrier Reef is a political choice

1 April, 2021 - Yet another devastating climate change report details that the Great Barrier Reef is all but doomed without radical climate action. It begs the ...

Help shape the ACT’s new Natural Resource Management Plan

1 April, 2021 - The Canberra community is being encouraged to contribute to the ACT Government’s Natural Resource Management (NRM) Plan that will guide how we p...

Greens call for urgent independent review into vaccine rollout

31 March, 2021 - The Australian Greens are calling for an urgent independent review into the serious and widespread problems with Australia’s vaccine rollout. “...

Morrison government’s failings exposed as Australia’s gender gap widens

31 March, 2021 - Australia has fallen six places to 50th in the World Economic Forum’s latest global rankings on gender equality, reflecting a growing divide be...

Urgent action needed to save the Tasmanian devil

31 March, 2021 - Over 30 Tasmanian devils have been killed on Woolnorth Road in the state’s North West in the past two months, prompting the Greens to call for ...

Greens lament ALP joining Morrison on gas & 2030 targets

31 March, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says Labor at its national conference has joined the Liberals by backing gas and having no 2030 target, leaving vote...

Emma Davidson Speech - Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide

31 March, 2021 - Madam Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are currently serving, or who have...

Queensland pays the price for Morrison’s flawed vaccine rollout

30 March, 2021 - The Greens have laid the blame for Brisbane’s three-day COVID lockdown at the Morrison government’s door, saying its failure to ensure all fron...

Minister Wynne's support of dodgy housing deal in Yarra 'heartless'

30 March, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed Yarra Council’s rejection of a development proposal in Abbotsford that would have seen public land ripped fr...

Jo Clay - Speech on the Plastics Reduction Bill 2020

30 March, 2021 - The Greens are pleased to support this Bill. When China brought in its ban on receiving waste from other countries in early 2018, it was a w...

Greens call on Minister to support renters at risk of homelessness

30 March, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have written to Minister Horne and urged her to ensure no renter is forced into homelessness now that COVID-specific prote...

Cliff edge plunge for native forest profits is opportunity to get chainsaws out of North Coast forests forever

30 March, 2021 - Public native forests are being logged for a net return of less than 20 cents per mature tree, according to forestry data analysed by the NSW G...

Greens welcome neighbourhood forests plan

30 March, 2021 - The Urban Forest Strategy released today by the ACT Government delivers the ACT Greens’ commitment for a comprehensive plan to cover 30% of Can...