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Greens not giving up on Rent Relief Fund

17 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens say there’s no sense in scrapping the Rent Relief Fund when its cost to the budget is so small, and its positive impact in the co...

Community sector downpayment must be the start, not the end

13 June, 2025 - The ACT Greens say today’s pre-budget announcement from the minority Labor Government is enough for the community sector to survive, but not eno...

Greens move to fix accountability gap in child abuse law

11 June, 2025 - ACT Greens Leader, Shane Rattenbury will introduce new legislation to broaden vicarious liability for institutions who harboured child abusers. ...

Reopen Ginninderra Falls to the public

11 June, 2025 - ACT Greens MLA for Ginninderra Jo Clay has backed community petitions calling for Ginninderra Falls to be reopened to the public as part of its ...

Greens launch big corporation tax to protect essential services in the upcoming Budget

6 June, 2025 - Today Leader of the ACT Greens Shane Rattenbury, alongside Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens, Jo Clay have launched a measured yet ambitious big co...

Greens welcome standalone birth centre after years advocating with community

23 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens Jo Clay: “The ACT Greens have advocated with midwives, mothers, parents and everyday Ca...

Greens drive better outcomes for homes and environment

20 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens Jo Clay: “On the crossbench, the ACT Greens have effectively pushed the government to b...

Damning report reveals Transport Minister was warned about botched MyWay+ system pre-launch and did nothing

19 May, 2025 - Today, a damning independent report undertaken in the month before MyWay+ went live. The report revealed that the Transport Minister, Chris Steel...

Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury welcomes new Australian Greens leadership team

15 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Shane Rattenbury, Leader of the ACT Greens  “On behalf of the membership of the ACT Greens, I want to sincerely co...

“Demonstrably inadequate”: Report slams ACT nature funding

15 May, 2025 - The ACT’s Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment has sounded the alarm for nature in the Bush Capital, with a new report tabled in t...

Questions raised over Labor’s consultation credentials as expert advisory groups axed

14 May, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Shane Rattenbury, Leader of the ACT Greens  “Today, Greens questioning in the ACT Parliament has revealed that the...

Greens call on ACT Government to help Big Splash open later this year

13 May, 2025 - ACT Greens MLA for Ginninderra Jo Clay has today reignited community calls for the ACT Government to support Big Splash to reopen next summer. ...

ACT Government to investigate how to address the health and environmental impacts of artificial grass

6 May, 2025 - The ACT Government will commence an investigation into how to address the impacts of artificial grass (astroturf) in terms of health, environment,...

Labor planning bill in question: review finds flaws, Greens offer fix and pathway forward

6 May, 2025 - Today the Committee on Environment, Planning, Transport and City Services released a majority report outlining significant flaws in Labor’s propos...

Labor still won't answer why broken MyWay+ system got Steel of approval

2 May, 2025 - Transport Minister Chris Steel has faced the Legislative Assembly’s inquiry into MyWay+ again this week, struggling to answer Greens questions abo...