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$4.5 million COVID-19 mental health support package to help Canberrans

6 May, 2020 - The ACT Government today announced $4.5 million in additional funding for mental health services to address increased demand by many Canberrans im...

Greens Back Social Housing As Stimulus

5 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has backed a call from a coalition of peak housing and homelessness groups to ramp u...

Visa Holders

5 May, 2020 - The Australian government should develop and publicly release criteria for temporary visa holders to be allowed to return to Australia. During the...

Business on the money, we’ve got tackle the climate crisis and the economic recovery together

5 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens have thrown their support behind the push from big business to tackle the climate crisis and the economic recovery from the ...

NSW needs an Arts Minister and Carriageworks a Rescue Package. Now. 

5 May, 2020 - With news of Carriageworks slipping into voluntary administration overnight, the Premier needs to scrap the Powerhouse Museum relocation and save ...

Green Issue: Editorial April 2020

5 May, 2020 - By the Green Issue Editorial Team Over the last two months our lives have been turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic, but to different...

Greens welcome ICC Chief Prosecutor's announcement on Palestine

4 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens welcome the recent announcement by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that she believes the court has ...

Government Bending Over Backwards To Deny Higher Ed Support

4 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has labelled the government’s latest change to JobKeeper eligibility rules farcica...

Alison Xamon’s April Update

4 May, 2020 - Reacting to the COVID-19 crisis, in the areas of mental health, family and domestic violence, disability, education and internees (asylum seekers ...

Tim Clifford’s April Update

4 May, 2020 - The immediate need is protecting the economically vulnerable, but not forgetting the need for ongoing climate action, and bringing it all together...

Diane Evers’ April Update

4 May, 2020 - Adjusting to COVID-19, while not forgetting our environmental concerns, and looking ahead to a better future By Hon. Diane Evers, MLC, Member f...

Robin Chapple’s April Update

4 May, 2020 - Helping communities in the pandemic emergency, scrutinizing the Government response, but otherwise confined to the computer By Hon. Robin Chapp...

Rachel Siewert’s April Update

4 May, 2020 - At long last, a rise in Newstart (as Jobkeeper), but fighting to keep it and advocating for those who have fallen through the cracks of the pandem...

Creative locals stand up (and walk!) for their forest

4 May, 2020 - Fresh correspondence from the Planning Minister Rob Stokes to Greens MP David Shoebridge shows the Minister and Department are aware of the immine...

Housing and COVID-19

4 May, 2020 - In addition to the usual social justice aspects of evictions there are now compelling public health reasons to stop them By Kate Davis, long te...