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Updated National Construction Code marks the next step in ACT building quality

2 May, 2023 - New requirements for building and construction outlined in the 2022 edition of the National Construction Code (NCC) came into effect in the ACT on...

Jim Chalmers needs to step in and overrule out of control RBA

2 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Senator Nick McKim responded to the RBA’s decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at today’s board meetin...

AUKUS - WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

2 May, 2023 - The very idea of arming oneself against a major trading partner, who is showing no threat of attack, on account of perpetuating the outdated, colo...

Sandy, Queen of Green Island

2 May, 2023 - We went camping for recreation but came face-to-face with what homelessness really means By Beata Stasak, an Art and Eastern European Lang...

Brad's Pettitt's April Update

2 May, 2023 - In a busy Parliamentary sitting period tackling issues from environment, justice, animal welfare through to Net Zero Perth By Hon Brad Pettitt...

CAMPAIGNING - WHAT WORKS?

2 May, 2023 - Attracting mass public and media attention and engaging in conversations By Rob Delves, Green Issue Co-editor About ten years ago, my partne...

Interpreting Voice

2 May, 2023 - Many criticisms of the proposed Voice have been raised, and it will not have bipartisan support. What are the underlying reasons for this? By C...

Victoria can't afford 'slash and burn' State Budget

2 May, 2023 - The Victorians Greens have called on the Victorian Labor Government to make the big banks, property developers, gambling industry and profiteering...

Greens push for urgent inquiry into Victoria's rental crisis

2 May, 2023 - The Victorian Greens will today introduce a motion that would establish a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s worsening rental crisis. Right...

Canberra drivers lead the way in electric vehicles

1 May, 2023 - New data for the ACT has shown that nearly one in five new cars registered is a zero emissions vehicle (ZEV). ZEV registrations in the ACT have...

Native ACT animals under threat: urgent conservation action being taken

1 May, 2023 - The ACT continues to face significant challenges to the conservation of its native animals with the threatened species listings of nine animals ch...

Greens push to improve government bill so more safe injecting rooms can be set up where they're needed

1 May, 2023 - The Victorian Greens will move to make it easier to establish more medically supervised injecting rooms where they are needed in Victoria, when Pa...

Figures reveal $123 billion in contingencies for nuclear subs

30 April, 2023 - An extraordinary $122.9 billion, that’s one-third of the $368 billion dollar price tag for nuclear submarines, has been allocated to a so-calle...

Australian Greens Say “Billions to be Removed from NDIS” is a broken promise.

29 April, 2023 - Senator Jordon Steele-John responds to Labor’s announcement that the Federal Government would implement an annual growth target of 8 percent fo...

Greens force rent freeze on to National Cabinet agenda

28 April, 2023 - After sustained pressure from the Greens including the threat of using balance of power in the Senate, the Prime Minister has today been forced...