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Water Minister Must Come Clean on Sydney’s Water Quality

17 February, 2020 - The Water Minister must come clean as to why Warragamba Dam was temporarily shut down recently, what contaminants caused it to shut down, an...

More legal protections needed for seniors, say ACT Greens

17 February, 2020 - More can be done to better protect vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse – including seniors, the Greens said today.   A recent ...

Environment restoration rorts to be referred to Auditor General

15 February, 2020 - The Greens will refer the Environment Restoration Fund and the Communities Environment Program to the Auditor General for investigation, aft...

'Climate Trigger' laws introduced to Senate to stop making climate crisis worse

13 February, 2020 - New laws that would require climate impacts and carbon emissions to be assessed before large-scale projects are given environmental approval...

ACT Greens deliver an Australian Parliamentary first: ACT to deliver bushfire smoke and air quality strategy

13 February, 2020 - As a result of Greens leadership, the ACT has today become the first Australian parliament to commit to a whole-of-government strategy on bu...

After Canberra’s ‘summer of smoke’, ACT Greens plan for future smoke crises

13 February, 2020 - Following Canberra’s recent smoke crisis, the ACT Greens will today put forward a motion calling on the ACT Government to deliver a comprehe...

2019 ACT State of Environment report released

13 February, 2020 - Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury has today welcomed recommendations and actions made in the 2019 ACT State of...

$4 million extra for ACT climate change action

13 February, 2020 - Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury has today announced new funding to help reduce carbon emissions and to stren...

Premier must Intervene and Protect Threatened Species Habitat after Fires

13 February, 2020 - The NSW Premier must urgently intervene to ensure remaining threatened species habitat in the state is protected after a list of threatened ...

A quarter of a million personal searches by police to meet arbitrary annual quotas

13 February, 2020 - The NSW Police Force is stopping and searching people almost a quarter of a million times every year to meet arbitrary quotas. Police are al...

After Canberra’s ‘summer of smoke’, Greens plan for future smoke crises

13 February, 2020 - Following Canberra’s recent smoke crisis, the ACT Greens will today put forward a motion calling on the ACT Government to deliver a comprehe...

NSW moratorium on floodplain harvesting must be reinstated

12 February, 2020 - The NSW Government is again putting the Murray-Darling river system in jeopardy by lifting the moratorium on floodplain harvesting before wa...

Bandt: Greens pitch Green New Deal to business leaders

12 February, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt, MP has reached out to the CEOs of Australia’s leading peak business and industry bodies to discu...

Water Minister Betrays Downstream Communities for Big Irrigator Mates

12 February, 2020 - The NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey is so under the thumb of big corporate irrigators that she is prepared to rob downstream communities al...

Supreme Court challenge highlights broken process for major infrastructure projects

12 February, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the newly launched Supreme Court challenge to the North East Link, saying it highlights Victoria’s broken...