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Shane Rattenbury
Leader of the ACT Greens &
Member for Kurrajong

Covid advice has changed. A statement by Shane Rattenbury MLA

11 January, 2022 - I hope you’ve had some rest and recuperation over recent weeks -- although it has been a tumultuous, confusing, and sometimes deeply frustrat...

Measuring ACT emissions for 2020-21

17 December, 2021 - The ACT Government has released its annual report outlining the territory’s greenhouse gas emissions for 2020-21 and progress towards our em...

Funding boost for Canberra’s community legal services

16 December, 2021 - ACT community legal services will provide a range of new initiatives to assist women - including victim survivors - and people needing menta...

New electric vehicle charging outlook to guide future investment

13 December, 2021 - A new Electric Vehicle Charging Outlook for the ACT has been released today, providing guidance for industry to ensure a strategic rollout o...

Celebrating climate action champions in ACT schools

9 December, 2021 - Today the ACT is celebrating students and staff for their sustainability projects and efforts to reduce emissions at this year’s Actsmart Sch...

Improving access to zero emissions vehicles

6 December, 2021 - The ACT Government is opening applications for Canberrans to access zero interest loans for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles.  ...

ACT’s Drug and Alcohol Court helping change lives

3 December, 2021 - On the second anniversary of the ACT’s Drug and Alcohol Court, Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has celebrated the success of the court in p...

Another year of nation-leading climate action

2 December, 2021 - Canberra remains a leader on climate action with a new report highlighting the ACT’s climate change achievements for 2020-21. Minister for...

Legislating ACT climate action – a decade in review

2 December, 2021 - After ten years in operation, a review of the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010 has found the legislation continues t...

New laws will protect homebuyers from rescission clause misuse

1 December, 2021 - Homebuyers will be protected from sunset and development delay clauses in illegitimate and unjustifiable circumstances after the Legislative ...

Significant progress on Parliamentary & Governing Agreement

27 November, 2021 - Protecting and creating secure local jobs, maintaining Canberra’s natural environment, supporting the transition to a net zero emissions fut...

New Rental Relief Fund to support tenants as eviction moratorium ends

26 November, 2021 - As the ACT Government’s moratorium on evictions for rent arrears for COVID-19 impacted households ends, struggling Canberrans will still rec...