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Two years of CanTEST drug checking service

20 August, 2024 - The CanTEST Health and Drug Checking Service, which provides chemical analysis of drugs and pills, has now been running for two years in the A...

Harmful products spread with full knowledge of former Liberal Government

20 August, 2024 - Former Cabinet Minister Matt Kean knew that contaminated recycled waste products were being distributed across the environment and communities...

Environment laws 'too weak' as climate court case dropped

19 August, 2024 - The announcement today that the Australian Conservation Foundation will drop its legal action against Woodside’s mammoth gas project at S...

Labor and the Liberals cut deal for rushed, deeply flawed legislation

19 August, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said Labor and the Liberals have teamed up to ram through rushed CFMEU legislation in an unprecedented attack on th...

Court rules that restorative justice demands community participation in Forestry crimes

19 August, 2024 - The Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) will be allowed to give advice to the Land and Environment Court of NSW during the sentence hearing of ...

50 days of free labour, a bad deal for women

19 August, 2024 - On Equal Pay Day this year, women will have worked an extra 50 days, on average, to earn the same as men.  The current national gender...

ACT GREENS WILL DOUBLE ARTS FUNDING

17 August, 2024 - Today the ACT Greens have announced their plan to support Canberra’s vibrant arts scene to thrive, not dive, in the midst of this cost-of-livi...

Tackling youth homelessness with a new youth foyer based in Woden

16 August, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has announced funding for a new youth foyer based at the CIT Woden campus which will support young people to finish t...

Will Labor listen to its own Threatened Species Scientific Committee or toxic salmon companies?

16 August, 2024 - The Albanese government must heed new advice from its own Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) and remove salmon farming from Macqua...

Greens back Aboriginal Ranger Groups & Landcare

16 August, 2024 - The NT Greens are proud to commit to NT Landcare's ask of $2 million over five years to support their vital work. Appropriate funding for c...

Railton cement plant

16 August, 2024 - A $53 million grant given to upgrade Cement Australia's Railton kiln will fund the burning of native forest woodchips, documents revealed to t...

Labor leaving older Australians in the dark on new Aged Care Act

16 August, 2024 - The Greens say Labor is keeping older Australians in the dark on its new Aged Care Act, with the community growing increasingly anxious about ...

Greens secure reforms that strengthen children's human rights and safety

16 August, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have supported the passage of the Youth Justice Bill after securing a number of reforms that will strengthen children’s h...

Labor risks delaying group voting until after the next election

16 August, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have slammed the Victorian Labor government for dragging their feet and delaying the abolition of group voting in Victori...

Parliament denies Labor the mandate to force public housing evictions

16 August, 2024 - The Victorian Parliament has denied Labor the support to pursue legal action and force evictions of public housing residents in North Melbourn...