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Young people punished for high inflation

27 May, 2026 - New CPI data today shows inflation remains high at 4.2% (in the 12 months to April 2026), which is further bad news for young people already faci...

Data Centre report shows frenzied AI data centre projects will derail energy transition and emissions targets

27 May, 2026 - The Greens NSW have welcomed, with alarm, the Data Centre report by Greenpeace, ‘Energy Vampires: The AI Data Centres draining Australia’. The re...

Liberal backflip means harsher criminal sentences for vulnerable people

27 May, 2026 - Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating ...

Net Zero Commission says coal expansion inconsistent with law and advice

27 May, 2026 - The Net Zero Commission has told an inquiry today that the Minns Labor Government’s plans to expand existing coal mines - released 19 March 2026 ...

Greens stand behind Canberra's teachers, fighting for better pay and conditions

26 May, 2026 - The ACT Greens have thrown their support behind Canberra's public school teachers and school assistants in the midst of protracted negotiations w...

Greens Welcome Rent Relief Backflip — But Renters Need Lasting Solutions

26 May, 2026 - The ACT Greens have welcomed the Government’s decision to reinstate the Rent Relief Fund, following pressure from the Greens, community groups an...

Labor razes South Australian heritage

26 May, 2026 - Federal and SA Labor have failed to protect the state’s precious park lands after the razing of 585 mature trees for the redevelopment of the Nor...

Community sector funding boost welcome, but we need the specifics

25 May, 2026 - The ACT Greens have welcomed the ACT Government’s additional investment in the community sector, saying the funding boost will provide some immed...

“Total capitulation to the gun lobby” Greens say as Jacinta Allan’s Labor rejects firearm ownership caps

25 May, 2026 - The Victorian Greens say the Allan Government has capitulated to the gun lobby after rejecting a key recommendation from former Police Commission...

Flotilla participants welcomed home in Sydney after kidnapping, imprisonment and abuse by Israel

25 May, 2026 - Senator Faruqi joined family, friends, and supporters at Sydney International Airport this morning to welcome home seven of the brave Australian ...

IT'S TIME TO GET CANBERRA BACK ON TRACK: ACT GREENS PUSH TO GET LIGHT RAIL MOVING

25 May, 2026 - ACT Greens Transport spokesperson Andrew Braddock and ACT Greens Leader Jo Clay will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly this week cal...

Community services are the safety net Canberrans can't afford to lose

23 May, 2026 - As the ACT Government prepares to hand down its budget, ACT Greens Leader, Jo Clay, and ACT Greens Member for Brindabella, Laura Nuttall, are cal...

Scathing Audit of Collins Submarine Program, upended by AUKUS

22 May, 2026 - The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report today on the Collins Class Submarines Life of Type Extension, shows structural negligence from...