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ACT Government releases new plan to protect the Grey-headed Flying Fox

7 September, 2024 - The ACT Government has today released the Native Species Conservation Plan for the Grey-headed Flying-fox, which outlines strategic actions ...

ACT Government to reduce emissions through low carbon concrete in government projects

6 September, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has committed to using low carbon concrete in all future government construction projects, where it is appropriate ...

Review highlights next steps to reduce First Nations incarceration rates

6 September, 2024 - The first phase of an independent review by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Syd...

Staged implementation for electronic monitoring

6 September, 2024 - The ACT Government is preparing to introduce electronic monitoring for existing community-based orders in a staged approach to implementing ...

Old Parties Choose Horse Racing and Gambling Over Housing (Again and Indefinitely)

5 September, 2024 - ACT Labor and the Canberra Liberals have today voted to not consider alternatives for the future of Thoroughbred Park, doubling down on thei...

Upgrading the Watson Health Precinct

5 September, 2024 - The ACT Government is building the health infrastructure our growing city needs, with plans to upgrade the Watson Health Precinct conditiona...

FREE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND SET KIDS UP FOR SUCCESS

4 September, 2024 - The ACT Greens have announced a plan to provide 18 hours of free early childhood education and care to all 3 and 4 year olds in order to set...

ACT Greens motion on Labor’s pokies conflict passes Assembly

3 September, 2024 - An ACT Greens motion calling on the Labor party to sever its ties to pokies and donate its pokies-seeded investment capital to the Alliance ...

Overdose Prevention Service Will Save Lives

31 August, 2024 - The ACT Greens have today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, announced a plan to further de-stigmatise drug use, ensure more people hav...

PLAN TO RECLAIM THE CONVENIENCE OF CANBERRA

30 August, 2024 - The ACT Greens have announced they will set city limits and use the planning system to tackle the housing crisis, climate crisis and the cost ...

GREENS PLEDGE $50 MILLION TO HEALTHY LOCAL WATERWAYS

29 August, 2024 - The ACT Greens say water is the lifeblood of a healthy environment, pledging to invest in the ACT’s living infrastructure to make Canberra an ...

Labor Treasurer Refuses to Divest From Israeli Apartheid

29 August, 2024 - ACT Treasurer and Labor Leader Andrew Barr has today rejected calls to divest from companies complicit in the State of Israel’s system of apar...

Long-term support for Canberra’s volunteers

29 August, 2024 - Minister for Community Services, Seniors and Veterans Emma Davidson today tabled the ACT’s first ten-year strategy for volunteering in the ACT...