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Not enough to fix broken aged care and mental health systems, fails to address poverty

11 May, 2021 - “This budget is a surplus of scatter gun approaches and tinkering around the edges.  “This is a budget that continues the ongoing disdain this Go...

BUDGET 2021: Budget a pre-election gift to Liberals' billionaire mates

11 May, 2021 - Tonight’s Budget is a pre-election sweetener that fails to make billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax, while growing ineq...

Join the ACT Climate Change Council

11 May, 2021 - Applications are now open for new members to join the ACT Climate Change Council. Minister for Emissions Reduction Shane Rattenbury is encoura...

Greens seek to build a better normal in Gungahlin’s Town Centre

11 May, 2021 - An ACT Greens motion in the Legislative Assembly today seeks to improve livability in Gungahlin as infill targets and affordable housing targets ...

It's gas vs renewables: Greens call on Labor to join fight against Liberal's 'gas-led recovery'

7 May, 2021 - Plans to spend nearly $60 million more of taxpayers money on gas projects will result in a slower transition to renewable energy in Australia. Bud...

Swift parrots’ future being cut down

7 May, 2021 - More than 50 swift parrots have been sighted in Canberra over the past week, as the critically endangered bird migrates from Tasmania to mainland ...

US patent waiver support leaves Australia isolated

6 May, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to support the patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines. The Greens say that the United States’ announ...

Spoiler alert: Evidence-based respectful relationships education works

6 May, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed today’s release of the positive evaluation of Our Watch’s primary school education program, Respectful Relatio...

Parliament set to inquire into Floodplain Harvesting following disallowance

6 May, 2021 - Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and spokesperson for water has given notice of a select committee into the NSW Government’s management of Floodplain Har...

EV tax passes lower house, bringing Victoria one step closer to becoming a laughing stock

6 May, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have urged the upper house to block the Victorian Labor Government’s proposed tax on people who drive electric vehicles, foll...

Kicking the Gas Habit - Shane Rattenbury Op-ed

6 May, 2021 - By Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Shane Rattenbury  Australia’s so-called “gas led recovery” is shaping up to be even more h...

Privatising Reef protection the wrong way to go

5 May, 2021 - The ‘Implementation of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership’ audit report has confirmed longstanding concerns from the Greens of a dodgy ...

Budget must address mental health crisis

5 May, 2021 - The Greens say fixing Australia’s mental health crisis must be a budget priority. “At the moment mental health care is not accessible, it’s unaffo...

Greens call out Government's gas greenwash

5 May, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has called out the increasing greenwashing of the government’s gas agenda. The Greens have emphasised since the proclam...

How to Think in Circles - an ACT perspective - Jo Clay Op-Ed

5 May, 2021 - Jo Clay is the ACT Greens spokesperson for the Circular Economy. I've worked in the recycling industry for over a decade. When I began, the...