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ACT legislates for National Preventive Mechanism, strengthening oversight of places of detention

16 May, 2024 - The ACT Government has taken steps to further safeguard the rights of people in detention and ensure greater oversight of places of detention wit...

Labor must save greater gliders, overhaul logging operations and investigate killing

16 May, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have demanded Labor immediately halt and overhaul Forest Fire Management Victoria’s (FFMV) logging operations, after an enda...

Greens kill Labor’s gas fast-track bill

16 May, 2024 - The Greens have secured an agreement with the government to shelve Labor’s offshore gas fast track plan that silenced First Nations voices. After...

GREENS WIN NEW SCHOOL FOR BELCONNEN TOWN CENTRE

15 May, 2024 - The ACT Greens have today won parliamentary support for a new primary and secondary school in Belconnen Town Centre. “The ACT Greens want Canb...

Labor's Budget Leaves Disabled People Behind

15 May, 2024 - In last night's budget, the Labor Government removed $14.4 billion from the National Disability Insurance Scheme. This is a deliberate decision t...

Labor’s budget completely fails students on placement poverty and student debt

15 May, 2024 - Deputy Greens Leader and Higher Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the Government’s budget, which was billed as havin...

Billions for US and UK nuclear submarines, budget cuts for people seeking asylum

15 May, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government is determined to ensure there is no daylight between them and the Coalition, handing billions to the US and UK for ...

Community stops logging in Sheas Nob State Forests as Premier Minns fails to protect Endangered Greater Gliders

15 May, 2024 - Logging operations have been brought to a stand still in Sheas Nob Rock State Forest today as community members take action to regulate the non-c...

Labor’s budget betrays LGBTIQA+ community

15 May, 2024 - Labor’s third budget has betrayed the queer community with all funding for the 10 Year National Action Plan on LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing disa...

A budget for bulldozers puts the environment & nature at risk

15 May, 2024 - Last night’s federal budget saw billions for fossil fuels and fast-tracking destruction but not a cent of new money for nature and wildlife prote...

Billions for US and UK nuclear submarines, budget cuts for people seeking asylum

15 May, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government is determined to ensure there is no daylight between them and the Coalition, handing billions to the US and UK for ...

Independent and scientific review endorses effectiveness of Kangaroo Management Plan

15 May, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has released an independent review into the Eastern Grey Kangaroo Management Plan which praised the effectiveness and an...

Labor offers no hope to 2.6 million public school kids

15 May, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s budget contains barely no new spending for Australia’s woefully underfunded public schools while they pour an additional $...

Parliament asks Labor Government to come clean on relationship with Israel

15 May, 2024 - The Victorian Labor Government has been asked to come clean on its secretive relationship with Israel’s Defence Ministry, after a motion was pass...

Greens welcome government adopting key Senate recommendations for more Antarctic science funding

15 May, 2024 - A Greens-led senate inquiry that resulted in cross-party support for a re-focus on Antarctic science at the AAD has secured its first tangible wi...