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GREENS WILL MAKE AMBULANCES FREE

17 June, 2024 - The ACT Greens say public healthcare should be free, and in a cost of living crisis there’s no reason to charge Canberrans for emergency service...

Australia’s first intermediary conference to bring together world-leading experts

17 June, 2024 - A national conference exploring the vital role of intermediaries in supporting vulnerable individuals within the justice system opens tomorrow, ...

Focus on community mental health services in ACT Budget

16 June, 2024 - The ACT Government is supporting the community access help earlier and more easily in their mental health journey, so they can get support when ...

PILL TESTING IS LONG OVERDUE, THE NEW PREMIER MUST ENSURE NO MORE DELAYS 

16 June, 2024 - The Victorian Greens call on the Labor government to fast track pill testing which is already long overdue, following leaked reports that Labor ...

Statement on Visit of Chinese Premier to Australia

15 June, 2024 - The Australian Greens are urging the Prime Minister and Australian Government to raise human rights abuses with the Premier of the People’s Repu...

Bonded asbestos, low risk until it isn't

14 June, 2024 - The NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer has today, 14 June, released a discussion paper on the management of asbestos in recovered fines and reco...

Safe haven opens for the threatened Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby

14 June, 2024 - The ACT Government has officially opened the Jedbinbilla Safe Haven at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve to help protect the critically endangered sout...

Free support and assessments for autism, ADHD

13 June, 2024 - The ACT Greens have today announced they will deliver a Centre for Neurodivergence to provide free support to neurodivergent Canberrans, includi...

Australian Greens call on Labor to finally condemn State of Israel and Hamas’ war crimes in parliament

13 June, 2024 - The Australian Greens have lashed Labor for their refusal to condemn the war crimes committed by the State of Israel and Hamas, after the govern...

Additional aid funding for Gaza is necessary but Government needs to do far more

12 June, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and International Aid and Global Justice Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has stated that while the Albanese Government’...

Labor Stalling on Disability Royal Commission Response

12 June, 2024 - It’s time the Government implemented the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with ...

Dutton’s climate threats nothing more than hot air, with climate laws already Dutton-proof

12 June, 2024 - The Australian Greens have called Peter Dutton’s climate target comments ‘a waste of breath’, given the Liberals have zero chance of winning gov...

Canberra’s first food strategy gets green light in ACT Budget

12 June, 2024 - The ACT Government is investing $455,000 as part of the 2024-25 ACT Budget towards the implementation of the Canberra Region Local Food Strategy...

Forestry Corporation only identifies 27% of required koala trees in the Great Koala National Park

11 June, 2024 - The NSW Forestry Corporation’s operation at Orara East State Forest, near Coffs Harbour, has been reported to the Environment Protection Authori...

Naturalisation of Tuggeranong Creek improves habitat and waterway health

11 June, 2024 - Sections of Tuggeranong Creek in Calwell have been restored, with native plants and grasses replacing concrete to help improve habitat and the q...