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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...

Greens’ integrity body scores top marks; PM’s model “weakest in country”

6 October, 2021 - The Greens’ model for a National Integrity Commission, which passed the Senate two years ago, has been given top marks by The Centre for Publi...

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...