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Some 13-year-olds do commit serious crime, Shane

Long-suffering Canberra citizens are going to be used as guinea pigs for another social experiment, this time by our Greens Attorney-General raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years.

Hanson: Greens’ plan to halve defence budget must be stopped

Liberal MLA Jeremy Hanson will today call on all parties to oppose the Federal Greens’ plan to cut $300 billion from the defence budget.

The Australian Way to net zero is a scam, say Labor and Greens

Prime Minister Scott Morrison today committed Australia to net zero emissions by 2050, but political opponents have been quick to pile on.

Frack off: Greens see red over Beetaloo gas project

A Labor/Greens Senate committee has determined the Auditor-General and DISER should investigate the $50 million Beetaloo drilling program.

ACT Greens reveal federal election candidates

The ACT Greens announced their full suite of Federal Election candidates earlier this week.

Beware the politics of statue-erection

Labor and Greens women MLAs are promoting a petition to erect a statue of a prominent woman in Canberra by 2023.

ACT could sign fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

Next week, the ACT could become the highest level of government in the world to sign a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty backed by the Dalai Lama, a hundred Nobel Prize winners, and more than a thousand scientists and academics.

Green with envy

Green is a staple for fashion, accessories and even interiors; it’s never going out of style.

ACT Greens introduce new federal candidates

Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng, an Indigenous academic and former public servant, and Tim Hollo, an environmentalist and musician, are the ACT Greens candidates for the next federal election.

From the community sector to politics: Rebecca Vassarotti’s first speech

Rebecca Vassarotti MLA, the new Greens Member for Kurrajong, wants to make Canberra “an even more caring, connected and liveable community".

Greens take lake’s rubbish to Parliament House

New Greens MLA Jo Clay began her first sitting week picking up rubbish from the shores of Lake Burley Griffin.

ACT Greens seek more representation in Cabinet

After consultation with their members, the ACT Greens will seek to form government with the Labor Party rather than sit on the crossbench, but they will expect more than one cabinet minister...

Green is the new black: ACT Greens increase influence

ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has outlined his party’s initial reflections on the history-making swing to the Greens this election. This is the first time a Greens party anywhere in the world has...

Plea for new government to prioritise social justice

Despite the unknown final makeup of the tenth ACT Legislative Assembly, not for profit ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has urged Labor and the Greens to prioritise social justice policies in...

ACT Greens look to be big winners of 2020 election

With 78.4% of the vote counted last night, the Greens look like the big winners in the 2020 ACT election, potentially increasing their seats in the Legislative Assembly from two to three, with the potential to pick up three more, according to the ABC’s election analyst Antony Green.

Greens promise all-electric town centre for Molonglo

The ACT Greens would push to make a new Molonglo Town Centre all-electric, if elected, in a bid to move the ACT away from gas and towards lower emissions. The Greens want the...

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