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History-denying Prime Minister unfit to lead: Greens

21 January, 2021 - A Prime Minister that denies this country’s true history is a Prime Minister unfit to lead.  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today refused ...

Climate Action an ACT Budget priority

21 January, 2021 - The ACT Government recognises that climate change poses a real and immediate threat to our city, our country, and the world. Through the 2...

Release of refugees from hotel detention a belated humanitarian step

20 January, 2021 -   The overdue release of dozens of refugees from immigration detention is a very welcome glimmer of humanity in Australia’s refugee policy, ...

Supporting Canberrans in need

20 January, 2021 - The Productivity Commission has released the first set of data as part of the 2021 Report on Government Services, demonstrating that the ACT ...

Stocking Canberra’s lakes with native fish

20 January, 2021 - More than 25,000 native Murray Cod have been released into Lake Ginninderra as part of the ACT Government’s annual fish stocking program. ...

Government abandons Banking Royal Commission recommendations

19 January, 2021 - The government’s delay or abandonment of most of the recommendations from the Banking Royal Commission is a commitment to the hands off appro...

BLOG: We should all have a safe place to sleep at night

18 January, 2021 - In a wealthy place like Perth, everyone should have a roof over their head and access to a strong social safety net. Yet more than 9,000 W...

Failure of Chevron's Gorgon Project shows carbon capture is an expensive myth

16 January, 2021 - The failure of Chevron’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage project is a symbol of the total failure of the CCS industry, the Greens have said...

Auditor-General asked to investigate dodgy Yeelirrie uranium mine approval

15 January, 2021 - The Greens have asked the Auditor-General to investigate the approval of the Yeelirrie uranium mine in Western Australia by former federal en...

Coalition and Labor light the fuse on Beetaloo gas bomb

14 January, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Liberals and Labor for today throwing $217 million in road funding to enable the Beetaloo Basin gas project, sayi...

Rooftop solar boom

14 January, 2021 - Canberra’s rooftops are playing a larger part in ACT’s 100% renewable electricity supply, as the number of solar generators increased by over...

Decades of manufacturing decline limits vaccine options, publicly-owned vaccine manufacturer could save lives

13 January, 2021 - The Greens say that decades of decline in Australian manufacturing puts the nation at risk of having fewer options when it comes to Covid-19 ...

Craig Kelly should be booted off his cushy $23k committee role

13 January, 2021 - The Greens have called upon the Prime Minister to boot Craig Kelly from his role chairing a parliamentary committee, following weeks of disin...

Statement on Michael McCormack

12 January, 2021 - “McCormack's actions over the last two days are an attempt to take Australia down the dangerous path of post-truth politics.  “The facts are ...

MEDIA RELEASE The Battle for Beeliar: remembered and far from over

12 January, 2021 - On 12 January 2017, over one thousand protesters gathered early in the morning to stop the bulldozers at Beeliar Wetlands.  That morning...