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Labor completes double backflip to support Greens Inquiry into Middle Arm gas expansion

5 September, 2023 - Under pressure from the Greens, Labor has today backflipped again to support an important inquiry into the mammoth Middle Arm gas and petroc...

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...

Justine Elliot and Labor must act to save Fletcher St Cottage

4 September, 2023 - Mandy Nolan, Greens candidate for Richmond and community advocate has today called for local member and Assistant Minister for Social Servic...

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...

MEDIA RELEASE: Greens candidate Suki Dorras-Walker wins primary vote in Lyons Ward

3 September, 2023 - Media Release: Greens candidate Suki Dorras-Walker wins primary vote in Lyons Ward  The voters of Lyons went to the polls yesterday ...

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 ...