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Increased protections for Canberrans buying off-the-plan

9 November, 2021 - Canberrans purchasing residential properties off-the-plan will have greater protection under proposed changes to the use of sunset and develo...

Australia a Pitt of despair in Glasgow

8 November, 2021 - Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to comments made today by Resources Minister Keith Pitt and the response in Glasgow to...

PM’s feeble integrity body would be unable to investigate Sukkar allegations

8 November, 2021 - The Greens say that the government’s proposed integrity body would be incapable of investigating new revelations that Assistant Treasurer Mic...

Consultation opens for insulation requirements of ACT rental properties

8 November, 2021 - Rental properties across the territory will be required to meet a minimum standard for ceiling insulation under a proposal from the ACT Gover...

Morrison sacrifices Great Barrier Reef for fossil fuel cash

5 November, 2021 - The Greens say today’s report that more than 98% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral reefs have suffered bleaching is a damning indictment of t...

ACT Government Glasgow pledge demonstrates the need for Greens in Federal parliament

5 November, 2021 - The signing of the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition statement by the ACT government, which took place as part of the UN Conference of Pa...

Strong support for raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility

5 November, 2021 - Public consultation on the ACT Government’s reform to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility in the ACT has shown there is strong s...

ACT joins global call to accelerate the transition away from coal

5 November, 2021 - The ACT Government has signed onto the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition statement, reaffirming its commitment to accelerate a transition...

40 countries pledge to quit coal; Australia continues climate sabotage

4 November, 2021 - Scott Morrison has departed Glasgow after committing Australia to the international consortium of climate sabotage alongside Russia and Saudi...

ACT lodges submission to NSW Government on approach to feral horse management

4 November, 2021 - The ACT Government has provided a submission on the NSW Government’s draft Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan durin...

As the world moves on from methane, Morrison's misinformation and farm fearmongering holds Australia back

3 November, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the PM’s refusal to sign the EU and US global methane pledge, after it was announced this morning that over 100 count...

Weeds Forum strives for best practice weed management

3 November, 2021 - Today, the ACT Government met with stakeholders, volunteer environmental groups and Landcare ACT at the ACT Weeds Forum to discuss how to bes...

Greens launch plan to shut down racing

2 November, 2021 - The Greens have today launched a Horse Racing Transition Plan to shut down commercial horse racing in Australia. After years of exposes on th...

Morrison's climate finance disappointment

2 November, 2021 - Australian Greens International Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to Scott Morrison’s commitment to an additional...

Morrison and Taylor put on show for gas giants at Glasgow

2 November, 2021 - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young commenting from COP26 in Glasgow this morning local time:  “Mr Morrison has had a disaster of a world trip ...