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One month to go: Have your say on the new Office for Mental Health

8 January, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Minister for Mental Health Shane Rattenbury is encouraging Canberrans with an interest in mental health services to part...

Gina Rinehart and QLD Labor: prepare for a community backlash

6 January, 2018 - Queensland Greens Senator Andrew Bartlett is warning Gina Rinehart and QLD Labor to prepare for the same community backlash that has all but k...

Qld Labor betrays us by extending coal mining lease another 25 years

4 January, 2018 - The state Labor government’s decision to issue a lease to extend the life of the Boundary Hill coal mine betrays Queenslanders while serving t...

[Greens-Media] Greens call for balance in light of sensationalist reporting of Melbourne’s youth crime

4 January, 2018 - While recognising there are problems with disaffected youth in Melbourne’s west, the Greens are calling for a more balanced approach in they w...

Green Issue: Editorial December 2017

26 December, 2017 - The Green Issue Editors In this issue, our co-convenors, Chilla Bulbeck and Matt Roberts, provide us with a roundup of 2017 GWA activitie...

In Memory of Jay Birny Birnbrauer

25 December, 2017 - Chilla Bulbeck In this memorial service attended by around 150 people and lasting over two hours, friends who swam, played bridge or domi...

Rachel Siewert’s December Update

25 December, 2017 - Senator Rachel Siewert As the year draws to a close there has certainly been highs and lows in the land of politics. After a resounding y...

Our New Senator

24 December, 2017 - The GI Editors We were all shocked and disappointed when Scott had to resign from the Senate over the dual citizenship affair. At the 201...

Jordon Steele-John’s December Update

24 December, 2017 - Senator Jordon Steele-John The last month has been an absolute rollercoaster. In this short space of time Ive sat through 3 sitting weeks...

Robin Chapple’s Year in Review

23 December, 2017 - Hon Robin Chapple With every new year comes the occasion to reflect on the work we have done, and the work that we have left to do. In 20...

Co-convenors’ reflections on 2017

23 December, 2017 - Chilla Bulbeck and Matt Roberts We could spend pages saying our 'Thank-yous'. Every one of the hundred or so guests at our end of ye...

An Afternoon with Gillian Triggs

22 December, 2017 - Chris Johansen Gillian Triggs is an esteemed human rights lawyer who was President of the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2012 to...

Alison Xamon's December Update

22 December, 2017 - Hon Alison Xamon It has been a busy few months, not least with the fantastic result in the Postal Survey on Marriage Equality and subsequ...

New portal helping Canberrans be smart and safe shoppers

22 December, 2017 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA A new fair trading online portal was launched today by Minister for Consumer Affairs Shane Rattenbury, providing a one...