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Tim Clifford’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - Confronting cash for access and the need for rental assistance By Hon. Tim Clifford, MLC for East Metropolitan As the pandemic in Aust...

Diane Evers’ August Update

2 September, 2020 - Ending native forest logging, preventing river damming, reviving railways and generally working towards regional regeneration By Hon. Dia...

Robin Chapple’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - Still dealing with the Juukan Gorge Cave destruction, and further threats to our northern environment, such as fracking By Hon. Robin Ch...

Alison Xamon’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - In a number of areas, there is increasing concern about the lack of transparency in Government processes By Hon. Alison Xamon, MLC, Membe...

Rachel Siewert’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - Time to step down, but plenty to do during this critical time and before I leave the Senate By Senator Rachel Siewert Many of you will...

Fear and Despair

2 September, 2020 - Searching for a sane and healthy response to nuclear and climate crises By Rob Delves, Green Issue Co-editor Hope, denial, fear, desp...

Outliving Nuclear Weapons

2 September, 2020 - Has the ongoing nuclear weapons standoff really prevented another world war, or are we just lucky, so far? By Adrian Glamorgan, a writer ...

Greens launch major plan to tackle Canberra’s growing inequality crisis

2 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today launch their ‘Supporting the Community Sector’ package - a comprehensive action plan to tackle Canberra’s growing ...

Mayors for Peace

2 September, 2020 - Local government definitely has a role to play in nuclear disarmament and engendering global peace By Dr Brad Pettitt, Mayor of Fremantl...

Rental scheme failing newly unemployed Victorians

2 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have released damning figures that show the state government’s rental relief scheme is failing newly unemployed renters...

COVID-19 Mental Health Grant winners announced

2 September, 2020 - Minister for Mental Health Shane Rattenbury has announced the recipients of the COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Innovation Grants Progr...

ACT Government announces first all-electric public hospital in Australia (if not the world)

2 September, 2020 - The ACT Government has today announced that the Canberra Hospital Expansion will run on the ACT’s 100% renewable electricity - a world-leadi...

Senate Sends Strong Message To Gov On Unis Bill

1 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Senate has fired a warning shot at the Morrison Government...

Rental Snapshot Shows Gov Must Invest In Social Housing, Retain JobSeeker Rate

1 September, 2020 - The Greens have said that Anglicare Australia’s latest Rental Affordability Snapshot update, released today, has shown that only a tiny perc...

Greens will campaign to defeat gaslighting of Australia’s Green Bank

1 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt says his party will fight to defeat the government's attempt to amend the Clean Energy Finance Corporati...