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The activity test must go and early childhood education and care workers deserve a pay rise now

19 April, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce’s recomm...

ACT Seniors Card providing support for older Canberrans

19 April, 2023 - The ACT Seniors Card is a valued support for older Canberrans but not all eligible people are aware of the concessions available to them, a rec...

Government must heed the advice of its Women's Economic Equality Taskforce

19 April, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the Government to accept all recommendations of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce (WEET) in the May Budget, and...

Labor making the wrong choices, again, on JobSeeker

19 April, 2023 - The Greens have slammed the Labor Government’s refusal to substantially increase job seeker and rent assistance, despite the recommendations of...

EV strategy needs a target and strong fuel efficiency standards: Greens

19 April, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says the government’s Electric Vehicle strategy is still stuck in the slow lane and needs to accelerate. Mr Bandt s...

Greens say Ministerial diaries must be open, following release of Operation Daintree report

19 April, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have said IBAC’s Operation Daintree report has reinforced the urgent need to open ministerial diaries to the public in Vic...

Australian first partnership helps Canberrans make their next choice electric

19 April, 2023 - The ACT Government and CHOICE have collaborated to create a new free online tool to make it easier for Canberrans to start thinking about trans...

New ACT Heritage Council appointed

19 April, 2023 - A new Heritage Council has been appointed by the Minister for Heritage under the Heritage Act 2004 for an interim period to lead the ...

Greens launch Parliamentary Survey to get Dental into Medicare. 

18 April, 2023 - A survey to hear about the community's dental experiences has been launched as part of the Greens-led, Senate Inquiry into the Provision of and...

Labor betrays millions of Australians with student debt

18 April, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has lashed the Government for refusing to back her bill which...

Government has a choice this Budget: cut vital health services or make big banks and corporations pay

17 April, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have said foreshadowed cuts to preventive health services and rail projects are not inevitable if the Victorian Labor Gove...

Relief fund launches to support Canberrans experiencing rental stress

17 April, 2023 - Canberrans experiencing financial stress or hardship paying their rent can apply for financial assistance from the ACT Government from 17 April...

Spit Hoods leave the Neighbourhood

14 April, 2023 - ACT Greens Police spokesperson Andrew Braddock MLA for Yerrabi has welcomed today’s decision by the Australian Federal Police to discontinue th...

Labor must clean-up Morrison’s Job Ready Graduates mess

13 April, 2023 - Submissions to the University Accord process show that the fee hikes and funding cuts associated with the Job Ready Graduates scheme should be ...

Review of offences will better protect vulnerable people

13 April, 2023 - The ACT Government is asking Canberrans to have their say on three criminal offences introduced in 2021 to better protect vulnerable people fro...