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New plan to preserve native fish in the ACT

21 September, 2023 - Today the ACT Government has released the ACT Fisheries Management Plan: Fish Stocking 2022-2027, a five-year strategy which plans the ongo...

Greens MPs take action for transparency on flood recovery

20 September, 2023 - Greens MPs and Northern Rivers locals Tamara Smith and Sue Higginson are pushing ahead with questions and orders for documents relating to ...

Statement on incident at ANU

20 September, 2023 - The incident that occurred at the Australian National University (ANU) this week is distressing. Our thoughts are with the students that we...

Greens slam Alan Joyce’s $21.4M pay - 300x more than staff - while Qantas nosedived

20 September, 2023 - Lines attributable to Elizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan and Greens spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities: ...

Specialised legal support for sexual assault victim-survivors

20 September, 2023 - Today, the ACT Government has welcomed Canberra’s first dedicated legal service for victim-survivors of sexual violence as a significant st...

LABOR’S HOUSING STATEMENT ABANDONS RENTERS AND COULD SIGNAL END OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN VICTORIA

20 September, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have labelled the release of the government’s housing statement this morning as “classic Andrews Labor”, saying that b...

Nationals' failure on biosecurity means varroa mite is here to stay

20 September, 2023 - News today that the National Management Group on the Varroa Mite has decided to cease efforts to eradicate the invasive pest will come as b...

Changes to income support payments are tinkering around the edges of a broken system

20 September, 2023 - Today the new rates of income support payments that were announced at the federal budget come into effect. The government’s increase wil...

Great Koala National Park Funding falls $51.5 million short of promise

19 September, 2023 - The NSW Government has only committed $1.5 million in this year’s budget for the Great Koala National Park and $28.5 million out to 2027. T...

Brisbane Braces for Access to Dental Services Inquiry

19 September, 2023 - Senator Jordon Steele-John will chair a hearing of the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services ...

PRESSURE WORKS ON VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT BUT TUMBLEWEEDS FOR RENTERS: GREENS

19 September, 2023 - Today the Albanese and Andrews governments announced an urgently needed redevelopment of public housing blocks will go ahead thanks to the ...

Greens launch plan to protect native forests and fight the climate crisis

19 September, 2023 - Senator Janet Rice: Our forests should be protected, not commodified. We need a permanent, national ban on native forest logging.

ACT Government to ban harmful wildlife fruit netting in move to protect native species

19 September, 2023 - Today, the ACT Government will introduce legislation to ban the use of harmful wildlife fruit netting in gardens across Canberra.  ...

Environment Minister Lawyers up with Coal Companies against Environment, Community: Greens

18 September, 2023 - "Minister Plibersek has one job as the Environment Minister, but rather than protecting the environment today, she is on the same side as c...