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Shane Rattenbury
Leader of the ACT Greens &
Member for Kurrajong

Wellbeing indicators welcomed

12 March, 2020 - The ACT Greens have welcomed the launch of the ACT Government’s new Wellbeing Indicators Framework. ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury says ...

ACT gas phase-out gaining momentum

4 March, 2020 - Canberrans are voting with their feet, transitioning away from natural gas and making the switch to 100% renewable electricity – again cementing...

Year-round pill testing can be realised: ACT Greens

2 March, 2020 - Ahead of April’s Groovin the Moo music festival, the Greens have again called for routine pill testing in the ACT. It comes following the suc...

ACT Greens act to protect ACT endangered woodlands from development

20 February, 2020 - The Greens are committed to protect our environment & everything that depends on it. The ACT Greens are pleased to pass a resolution ...

ACT Greens act to protect ACT endangered woodlands from development

20 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased to pass a resolution in the Assembly today that will improve protections for Canberra’s endangered woodlands and ...

ACT Greens seek protection for threatened ACT woodlands

20 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today call on the Assembly to help improve the protection of Canberra's threatened ecological communities by incorporati...

After Canberra’s ‘summer of smoke’, ACT Greens plan for future smoke crises

13 February, 2020 - Following Canberra’s recent smoke crisis, the ACT Greens will today put forward a motion calling on the ACT Government to deliver a comprehe...

ACT Greens deliver an Australian Parliamentary first: ACT to deliver bushfire smoke and air quality strategy

13 February, 2020 - As a result of Greens leadership, the ACT has today become the first Australian parliament to commit to a whole-of-government strategy on bu...

After Canberra’s ‘summer of smoke’, Greens plan for future smoke crises

13 February, 2020 - Following Canberra’s recent smoke crisis, the ACT Greens will today put forward a motion calling on the ACT Government to deliver a comprehe...

BREAKING NEWS:  Indigenous heritage will now be assessed at major Canberra development

7 February, 2020 - Canberrans were outraged to learn this week that the development proposed at the old CSIRO site, on the foothills of Mount Ainslie, could hav...

ACT announces $214m COVID stimulus package

4 February, 2020 - Last week we announced the ACT Government’s first rapid response to the COVID crisis - a $137 million investment to help support our economy ...

ACT Government condemns rise in racist incidents in response to COVID 19

4 February, 2020 - The ACT Government is today dismayed and disappointed to learn of a number of reports of racist, discriminatory incidents that have taken pla...