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A change in CEO won’t fix Qantas’s problems - it’s time to consider bringing Qantas back into public hands

5 September, 2023 - Alan Joyce has made Qantas’s name synonymous with price gouging, mismanagement, attacking workers’ pay and conditions, and scandal. I’m sure...

A new suite of fast chargers open in Canberra at the Royal Australian Mint

5 September, 2023 - Six new DC fast electric vehicle charging bays, installed by ENGIE, are now available at the Royal Australian Mint, as part of ACT Governmen...

Political and climate failure with Government funded extension at Eraring announced

5 September, 2023 - The NSW Government is preparing to extend the life of coal mines and coal fired power in the state with a publicly funded lifeline to the Er...

Rental Crisis Inquiry flooded with submissions from renters

4 September, 2023 - We established the nation’s first ever national inquiry into the rental crisis, and renters everywhere shared their experiences and dem...

Green Issue Editorial August 2023

4 September, 2023 - By the Green Issue Editors The articles in this Green Issue explore the theme of how governments and others can lead the population down ...

Jordon Steele-John’s August Update

4 September, 2023 - Plenty of opportunities to get out and about in public in recent days, and coming up. Also immersed in senate inquiries into dental services...

Greens introduce Fairer Grants and Government Contracts Bill

4 September, 2023 - Greens Leader in the Senate, Senator Larissa Waters will introduce the Greens Fairer Grants and Government Contracts Bill to the Senate toda...

'Historic' Yoorrook Justice Commission report must be wake-up call for Victorian Government on raising the age

4 September, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have hailed a report released by the Yoorrook Justice Commission today as ‘historic’, and say it paints a damning pictu...

Further boost for Rent Relief Fund supporting vulnerable households

4 September, 2023 - An extension of the ACT Government Rent Relief Fund will provide targeted, short-term emergency support for private renters in low-income ho...

Securing fruitful change: new program to protect fruit bats with wildlife safe netting

3 September, 2023 - ACT Wildlife have launched a new program, supported by the ACT Government, to replace fruit netting with wildlife safe options for free. ...

CANBERRANS SHORTCHANGED AS LABOR & LIBERALS INSIST ON $41 MILLION GIFT TO RACING INDUSTRY

1 September, 2023 - The ACT Greens’ move to amend the Territory’s budget, to begin phasing out the government’s $41 million subsidy to the horse racing industry...

Gas Code of Conduct could be sent back to the drawing board

1 September, 2023 - The final Gas Code of Conduct was tabled in the Parliament last sitting week. While this is a complex piece of regulation that needs closer ...

Pay for super on PPL with proposed super tax

1 September, 2023 - The Greens will use their Senate balance of power to hold up proposed changes to the tax treatment of large superannuation accounts until th...

Bandt drums up opposition to Labor’s coal and gas agenda abroad and at home

31 August, 2023 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has offered support to Pacific Leaders to demand Labor stop opening coal and gas mines in return...

Right to disconnect should be in IR reform: Greens

31 August, 2023 - In his speech at the National Press Club today the Minister for Industrial Relations Tony Burke signalled the government’s intention to crimin...