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Considering the ‘social cost of carbon’

16 October, 2021 - In the lead up to Glasgow climate change summit, the ACT has become the first Australian jurisdiction to put a dollar value on climate inacti...

Greens call for urgent national COVID safe school plan as students return

15 October, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt, Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Greens Health spokesperson Jordon Steele-John have joined ...

Climate Targets Panel blows the whistle on 2050 fraud

15 October, 2021 - The independent Climate Targets Panel, headed by former Liberal Party Leader, John Hewson, has today made it clear that a ‘net zero by 2050’ ...

One year on: two-party government is delivering for Canberrans

15 October, 2021 - Today marks one year since the 2020 ACT Election that delivered the Greens 24 per cent of seats in the ACT Legislative Assembly, and balance ...

Gambling donations a stain on our democracy, but Liberals, Nationals and Labor happy to keep cashing in

14 October, 2021 - Forensic research by the ABC has shed new light on just how important a ban on political donations from the gambiling industry is. The ABC’s ...

Future Fund investments must be subject to FOI laws

14 October, 2021 - The Federal Government has comprehensively failed to make the case for trying to exempt the Future Fund’s investments from Freedom of Informa...

2030 targets must be law

14 October, 2021 - As the climate corner that Scott Morrison has painted himself into grows smaller, the Greens say any attempt to spin 2030 targets that are ne...

Greens launch plan to limit harms of a Melbourne casino post-Royal Commission

14 October, 2021 - The next Melbourne Casino would be forced to pay its fair share in tax and reduce its gaming machines by half under a post-Royal Commission p...

Labor and Liberals vote to allow gas drilling at 12 Apostles

14 October, 2021 - The Victorian Labor Government and the Victorian Liberal National Opposition have voted down a Greens motion that would have prevented new ga...

Taylor's gas and coal expansion exposes 2050 target fraud

13 October, 2021 - Energy Minister, Angus Taylor, in a bid to help the Morrison government secure a net-zero 2050 target with the National Party has promised mo...

Another day, another rort: Greens to push for vote on their National Integrity Commission bill

13 October, 2021 - The Green says revelations that community grants from the Building Better Regions Fund were disproportionately awarded to Coalition seats onc...

Government must stop underfunding threatened species: Greens

13 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to drastically increase its funding for biodiversity and threatened species, followi...

Community connection for older Canberrans, veterans and their families

13 October, 2021 - The ACT Government is providing $160,000 in grants for organisations to create a more accessible and connected Canberra for older people, vet...

Greens move for 2030 coal phase-out

12 October, 2021 - With Energy Security Board chairman Kerry Schott’s predicting that the grid could be without coal-fired power as in the early 2030’s, the Gre...

Health worker 'allowance' finally backs up 18 months of frontline heroes rhetoric

12 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the state government will provide frontline health workers with an allowance over the next four ...