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New Victims of Crime Commissioner appointed

16 February, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Ms Heidi Yates has been appointed the ACT’s Victims of Crime Commissioner. Ms Yates is presently the Head of General P...

Scholarships to empower Canberrans with a mental illness

16 February, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA A ground-breaking Mental Health Scholarship scheme at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) sees Canberrans exper...

10 Questions for Alex Bhathal

16 February, 2018 - Ahead of the upcoming Batman by-election, Greens candidate Alex Bhathal tackles 10 quick questions. By Australian Greens    

We lead, they follow

16 February, 2018 - Senator Richard Di Natale's Senate adjournment speech on why the Greens lead the national policy debate—and why we would welcome a Labor bac...

20 Questions with Roxanne Kennedy-Perriman

16 February, 2018 - Roxanne Kennedy-Perriman takes some time out of her busy schedule to share her insights as Queensland's Volunteer Membership Convenor Assist...

Resetting the Closing the Gap strategy

16 February, 2018 - Senator Rachel Siewert The report this year from the steering committee is in fact a 10-year review of the Closing the Gap strategy and reco...

Carbon Capture and Storage won’t save coal & is a waste of money and a waste of time: Bandt

15 February, 2018 - Carbon Capture and Storage won’t save coal & is a waste of money and a waste of time: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Ad...

Billions of litres of environmental water saved from the clutches of greedy corporate irrigators

15 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens’ push to stop billions of litres of water from being stripped from the environment to feather the nests of greedy corp...

Old parties vote down $75 increase to Newstart in the Senate

15 February, 2018 - The Turnbull Government and the Labor party have together voted down a Senate motion calling for an increase of the single rate of Newstart ...

Independent audit of Murray Darling Basin Plan must begin immediately

15 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an independent audit of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, including where taxpayers’ money has been spent...

Automating Centrelink debt recovery still a disaster: Greens

15 February, 2018 - One in six robo-debts being wiped or changed in the first year shows that the program continues to be a disaster, Australian Greens Senator ...

ACT Greens: Rates changes for fair and equitable Canberra

15 February, 2018 - The ACT Greens today reinforced our commitment to ensure tax reform and rates concessions are made accessible to vulnerable Canberra househo...

Automating Centrelink debt recovery still a disaster: Greens

15 February, 2018 - One in six robo-debts being wiped or changed in the first year shows that the program continues to be a disaster, Australian Greens Senator ...

Billions of litres of environmental water saved from the clutches of greedy corporate irrigators

15 February, 2018 - The Australian Greens’ push to stop billions of litres of water from being stripped from the environment to feather the nests of greedy corp...

Old parties vote down $75 increase to Newstart in the Senate

15 February, 2018 - The Turnbull Government and the Labor party have together voted down a Senate motion calling for an increase of the single rate of Newstart ...