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Water: Value it as Precious, Use it Carefully, Price it Fairly

30 April, 2018 - Rob Delves Im part of a household of four and our last few 60-day water bills have averaged $300, so our annual water bill should total abou...

Water keeps them from us

30 April, 2018 - Chris Johansen Australia has a long history of accepting asylum seekers, but only those of European origin prior to the 1970s (i.e. White Au...

Fracking: lessons to learn from dryland salinity

30 April, 2018 - Dr Ryan Vogwill Fracking has become one of the most controversial issues of our times. But there are some antecedent large scale landscape c...

Robin Chapple’s April Update

30 April, 2018 - Hon. Robin Chapple April? Already? My team and I have just come out of a series of sitting weeks in Parliament, and yet again Im reminded...

Helping young drivers and passengers be safe on our roads

30 April, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA A free road safety course for high school students is changing the way young Canberrans think about road safety. Minister...

Greens call for an increase to Newstart and Youth Allowance in Budget

30 April, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has today called on the Government to increase Newstart and Youth Allowance in the budget by $75 a wee...

Changes to MDBP must be blocked: Greens

30 April, 2018 - Proposed changes to the Murray Darling Basin Plan that take 605 billion litres away from the environment must be blocked in the Senate next wee...

Nation’s first pill testing trial a “momentous” step for drug law reform: ACT Greens

30 April, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA The ACT Greens have welcomed the nation’s first pill testing trial in Canberra as a “significant” step forward in drug la...

Greens call on Labor to support tampon tax bill this year

29 April, 2018 - The Greens today welcomed Labor’s announcement that they will remove the GST on menstrual hygiene products if they form government after the ne...

Jo Darvall’s art exhibition ‘Like Water’

29 April, 2018 - Vivienne Glance This exhibition of Jo Darvalls paintings is being held during 6th April to 27th May at Gallery 1, Mundaring Arts Centre, 719...

Greens call on Labor to support tampon tax bill this year

29 April, 2018 - The Greens today welcomed Labor’s announcement that they will remove the GST on menstrual hygiene products if they form government after the ne...

Check the label and choose real free range eggs

28 April, 2018 - Despite a disappointing new national standard on egg labelling commencing this week, Canberrans can still choose ‘genuine’ free range eggs and ...

Climate change and water in WA

28 April, 2018 - Chris Johansen The doyen of water in WA continues to be C.Y. OConnor, the engineer who designed and supervised construction of the Kalgoorli...

Renewables jobs boom in spite of Turnbull's war on renewables: Bandt

27 April, 2018 - Renewables jobs boom in spite of Turnbull's war on renewables: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today welcomed...

Coorong is dying while Government tries to sell ripping water from environment

27 April, 2018 - The Government must drop its plans to rip 605 billion litres out of environmental water from the southern Murray Darling Basin and focus on res...