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Leave science to the scientists: Guy Barnett must release bushfire information

10 September, 2020 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has called on Tasmanian Minister for Resources Guy Barnett to not withhold critical information needed for bushf...

Cost of fast-tracking tax cuts could fund $225b of recovery investment instead, new PBO costings reveal

10 September, 2020 - As calls grow for a $220b infrastructure spend to tackle the recession, new costings completed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, at the r...

Horse Register Commitment Welcome But Now The Work Must Begin

10 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Australian Government’s response to the Senate inquir...

Extra $1.1 million local investment in clean, green energy projects

10 September, 2020 - The latest round of the ACT Government’s Renewable Energy Innovation Fund (REIF) Direct Grants will provide the sector more than $1.1 milli...

Greens plan to put community back at the heart of the Canberra’s community clubs

10 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens will deliver a network of pokie-free clubs around Canberra as part of a comprehensive package to curb community clubs’ depen...

Senator Lidia Thorpe takes on First Nations portfolio

9 September, 2020 - Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman, Senator Lidia Thorpe, is thrilled to have been handed the responsibility of the First Nations portfolio in the...

Australian Greens build anti-racism strategy to combat rising alt-right hate

9 September, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt, has today announced a portfolio redistribution that will see Lidia Thorpe and Mehreen Faruqi ta...

Time for vote on ICAC bill one year on

9 September, 2020 - The Morrison government still refuses to call the Greens bill to establish a federal corruption watchdog on for a vote, one year after it pa...

Greens announce new party room lineup to push for Green New Deal and compassionate pandemic recovery

9 September, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP has announced the lineup of his new Greens team, following Lidia Thorpe's first Party Room Me...

Electric buses now

9 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens welcome ACT Labor’s commitment to transition the ACT’s public bus fleet to zero emissions over time - however, this commitmen...

ACT Greens position on new waste facility proposals

8 September, 2020 - September 2020 Introduction Waste and recycling are part of a vital ongoing national conversation about how to ensure the future livea...

Victorian Government must announce 'recovery plan' to help people through lockdown

8 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Andrews Government to release a ‘recovery plan’ to create jobs and give people hope, after the gover...

Big batteries part of Canberra’s next renewable energy plan

8 September, 2020 - The winners of the ACT’s fifth Renewables Reverse Auction will build large scale battery storage systems in the ACT. The big batteries wi...

What Tasmania tells the world about threatened species

7 September, 2020 - On National Threatened Species Day, Senator Whish-Wilson and Rosalie Woodruff MP highlight proposed EPBC law changes and the implications th...

Greens call again for roadside corflute ban

7 September, 2020 - As election corflutes begin littering Canberra streets, the ACT Greens have again called for a ban on roadside electoral signs during local ...