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Labor’s budget betrays LGBTIQA+ community

15 May, 2024 - Labor’s third budget has betrayed the queer community with all funding for the 10 Year National Action Plan on LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing disa...

A budget for bulldozers puts the environment & nature at risk

15 May, 2024 - Last night’s federal budget saw billions for fossil fuels and fast-tracking destruction but not a cent of new money for nature and wildlife prote...

Billions for US and UK nuclear submarines, budget cuts for people seeking asylum

15 May, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government is determined to ensure there is no daylight between them and the Coalition, handing billions to the US and UK for ...

Independent and scientific review endorses effectiveness of Kangaroo Management Plan

15 May, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has released an independent review into the Eastern Grey Kangaroo Management Plan which praised the effectiveness and an...

Parliament asks Labor Government to come clean on relationship with Israel

15 May, 2024 - The Victorian Labor Government has been asked to come clean on its secretive relationship with Israel’s Defence Ministry, after a motion was pass...

Labor offers no hope to 2.6 million public school kids

15 May, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s budget contains barely no new spending for Australia’s woefully underfunded public schools while they pour an additional $...

Greens welcome government adopting key Senate recommendations for more Antarctic science funding

15 May, 2024 - A Greens-led senate inquiry that resulted in cross-party support for a re-focus on Antarctic science at the AAD has secured its first tangible wi...

Minns knife-jerk invites police harassment and discrimination

15 May, 2024 - The Premier has announced sweeping new powers allowing police to stop and search members of the public in ordinary and public daily settings with...

Women’s safety not a Budget priority

15 May, 2024 - “Last night’s Budget was a betrayal of women experiencing violence, who deserved so much better than rehashed ScoMo policy and re-announced old m...

GREENS CALL FOR BELCONNEN TOWN CENTRE SCHOOL

15 May, 2024 - ACT Greens MLA for Ginninderra, Jo Clay, will today call on the ACT Government to build a much needed primary and secondary school for Belconnen ...

ACT justice reinvestment supports progress towards recidivism target

15 May, 2024 - The ACT Government’s focus on justice reinvestment has contributed to a reduction in recidivism and is helping build a safer Canberra. In 2018...

Greens Biosecurity Bill position

15 May, 2024 - The Greens have formally announced opposition to the government’s proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy. Quotes attributable to Greens spokespe...

UNSURPRISING & UNINSPIRING: LABOR’S 2024 FEDERAL BUDGET DISAPPOINTS

15 May, 2024 - The ACT Greens have expressed their disappointment in the Federal Labor Budget, which has failed to deliver real cost of living support for those...

Labor’s budget falls short on childcare

15 May, 2024 - Greens Early Childhood Education and Care spokesperson Senator Steph Hodgins-May has criticised the Government’s decision to trumpet a surplus ov...

Labor’s budget surplus betrays renters, mortgage holders and students while keeping a future for coal and gas

14 May, 2024 - The Australian Greens say that Labor’s third budget betrays those doing it tough by prioritising a surplus ahead of helping people. It will fuel ...