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Labor’s DRC Response Insults Disabled Community

31 July, 2024 - The Disability Community Royal Commission response was the opportunity for the Labor Government and the community's work to achieve disability j...

Labor’s school funding promise gets an F for fake

31 July, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s Better and Fairer Schools Agreement (BFSA) locks in public school underfunding for a decade and fails to provide a cohere...

NSW Forestry Corporation fined $360 thousand for logging breaches

31 July, 2024 - The NSW Forestry Corporation has today been convicted and sentenced in the NSW Land and Environment Court for offences relating to native f...

Rex too important to Tasmania to be allowed to fail

31 July, 2024 - The Greens are calling on the federal government to consider purchasing Rex Airlines to ensure the continued connectivity and economic stability...

No case for RBA to raise rates

31 July, 2024 - The Greens have called for Labor to introduce a national rent freeze and measures to stop price gouging instead of sitting back and watching the...

Good news for local energy innovation

31 July, 2024 - The ACT Government has announced two recipients that will receive the first share of $17 million in funding as part of the Energy Innovation Fun...

$11 billion blowout in Defence contract for the shells of just 3 ships

31 July, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government has handed a further $11 billion to the Australian subsidiary of a British weapons manufacturer to build just the ...

Greens continue to challenge the Chief Minister to divest from companies profiting from genocide in Palestine

30 July, 2024 - Andrew Braddock, ACT Greens MLA for Yerrabi, today challenged the Chief Minister to follow through on divestment from companies involved in the ...

Report Backs in Greens Call to Scrap Undemocratic Group Voting

30 July, 2024 - A report released today from the Electoral Matters Committee (EMC) into Victoria’s group voting system finally backs what the Greens have been c...

Tamara Smith MP Visits Wollongbar Pods, Addresses Housing Crisis for Flood-Affected Families

30 July, 2024 - Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP, today visited residents of the Wollongbar temporary accommodation pods, following Ballina Shire Council's r...

New Forestry Minister Julie Collins needs to end native forest logging

29 July, 2024 - The appointment of Julie Collins as Forestry Minister presents an urgent opportunity to end native forest logging across Australia, the Greens s...

Have your say on gambling advertising restrictions to protect young Canberrans

29 July, 2024 - Should children and young people be protected better from gambling ads on TV and radio that normalise risky behaviour? More than 90% of child...

ACT Greens will establish $50 million fund to restore and reconnect long lost habitat

29 July, 2024 - Today, the ACT Greens have announced an election initiative to establish a ‘Bush Capital Restoration Fund’, guaranteeing $50 million to substant...

Fresh evidence of Australian military exports to Israel, used by the army

28 July, 2024 - There is fresh evidence that Australian-made weapons and military equipment was used by the Israeli military, with exports taking place within t...