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ACT Landlords encouraged to consider scheme to increase affordable rental properties

13 May, 2021 - The ACT Government has indefinitely extended land tax exemptions for landlords who rent their properties at less than 75% market rates, to help a...

A Win for Rural NSW as Health Inquiry Hearings Live Streamed

13 May, 2021 - The next two public hearings of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and ...

So-called “women’s budget” falls well short

12 May, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s much-touted spending announcements for women have barely moved the needle on economic security and safety. Greens...

Whale deaths must not be in vain

12 May, 2021 - The Greens have called for action following the death of two whales which have been "dislodged" from the bottom of a Royal Australian Navy ship a...

Community and MPs united in call for support for India

12 May, 2021 - Representatives from across the Indian diaspora in Australia, together with State and Federal Greens MPs, held a press conference on 10 May calli...

Not enough to fix broken aged care and mental health systems, fails to address poverty

11 May, 2021 - “This budget is a surplus of scatter gun approaches and tinkering around the edges.  “This is a budget that continues the ongoing disdain this Go...

BUDGET 2021: Budget a pre-election gift to Liberals' billionaire mates

11 May, 2021 - Tonight’s Budget is a pre-election sweetener that fails to make billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax, while growing ineq...

Join the ACT Climate Change Council

11 May, 2021 - Applications are now open for new members to join the ACT Climate Change Council. Minister for Emissions Reduction Shane Rattenbury is encoura...

Greens seek to build a better normal in Gungahlin’s Town Centre

11 May, 2021 - An ACT Greens motion in the Legislative Assembly today seeks to improve livability in Gungahlin as infill targets and affordable housing targets ...

It's gas vs renewables: Greens call on Labor to join fight against Liberal's 'gas-led recovery'

7 May, 2021 - Plans to spend nearly $60 million more of taxpayers money on gas projects will result in a slower transition to renewable energy in Australia. Bud...

Swift parrots’ future being cut down

7 May, 2021 - More than 50 swift parrots have been sighted in Canberra over the past week, as the critically endangered bird migrates from Tasmania to mainland ...

Spoiler alert: Evidence-based respectful relationships education works

6 May, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed today’s release of the positive evaluation of Our Watch’s primary school education program, Respectful Relatio...

US patent waiver support leaves Australia isolated

6 May, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to support the patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines. The Greens say that the United States’ announ...

Parliament set to inquire into Floodplain Harvesting following disallowance

6 May, 2021 - Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and spokesperson for water has given notice of a select committee into the NSW Government’s management of Floodplain Har...