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Have your say on expanding voting rights to young people in the ACT

14 December, 2021 - Today the Justice and Community Safety Committee in the ACT Legislative Assembly announced an inquiry into extending voting rights to 16 and...

Accommodation partner announced for 2022 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival

14 December, 2021 - For the first time in its history, the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival will have an accommodation partner, with the heritage-listed Me...

New electric vehicle charging outlook to guide future investment

13 December, 2021 - A new Electric Vehicle Charging Outlook for the ACT has been released today, providing guidance for industry to ensure a strategic rollout o...

Energy operator maps path to renewable superpower future: Greens

10 December, 2021 - Liberal and Labor need to join with the Greens in making the energy operator's plan for a renewable superpower a reality, Greens Leader Adam...

Greens will not cower to Murdoch pressure and call on other parties to back regulatory reform

10 December, 2021 - The Greens will go to the election fighting for a judicial inquiry into media regulation and ownership in Australia and will push for the in...

We need deep, genuine consultation with the community to get planning right in the ACT

10 December, 2021 - In light of the release of the District Planning Engagement Report last week, and the Planning Review Project Update Paper today, the ACT Gr...

Reform the whole system to end political corruption

9 December, 2021 - The Greens have announced a policy to reform the political system, clean up politics, and strengthen democracy. At the end of a bruising poli...

Senate committee backs judicial inquiry into media regulation in Australia

9 December, 2021 - The Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity has today recommended that a judicial inquiry with the powers of a royal commission be established to...

Reform the whole system to end political corruption

9 December, 2021 - Media Release  The Greens have announced a policy to reform the political system, clean up politics, and strengthen democracy. At the...

Senate committee backs judicial inquiry into media regulation in Australia

9 December, 2021 - Media release  The Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity has today recommended that a judicial inquiry with the powers of a royal commi...

More needed to protect vulnerable people living in residential park communities in NSW

9 December, 2021 - The Member for Ballina says the devil is in the detail in the 48 recommendations of the Statutory Review of the Residential (Land Lease) Comm...

Celebrating climate action champions in ACT schools

9 December, 2021 - Today the ACT is celebrating students and staff for their sustainability projects and efforts to reduce emissions at this year’s Actsmart Sch...

Greens launch Swimmable Rivers and Lakes at Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary

8 December, 2021 - Media release  The Greens will today call for Australia’s rivers and lakes to be swimmable again, pledging $150m for intensive enviro...

Greens reject macho ‘my way or the highway’ politics on climate

7 December, 2021 - The Greens today rejected Labor’s ‘take it or leave it’ approach to climate, saying people wanted parties to work together on something as im...

Border permit scheme failed stranded Victorians

7 December, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the Ombudsman’s report into the state’s border permit scheme and say it echoes concerns they had in August...