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ACT’s first female Director of Public Prosecutions starts today

6 May, 2024 - Victoria Engel SC has commenced as the new ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Ms Engel was appointed following a competitive recruitme...

Labor’s student debt announcement a step forward, but provides no cost of living relief, say Greens

5 May, 2024 - Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to Labor’s announcement on changes to ...

Brad Pettitt’s April Update

3 May, 2024 - Trying to improve the Government’s marginal reforms for renters, spruiking Climate Positive Perth, calling out increasing attacks on the LGBTQIA+ ...

Kobi Shetty MP Demands Labor Government Action on Disruptive Road Closures

3 May, 2024 - Transport for NSW have released plans for lengthy road closures and the removal of parking spaces in the Inner West areas of Rozelle and Lilyfield...

Unlawful logging by Forestry Corporation in nine State Forests

3 May, 2024 - 78% of pre-logging surveys by the NSW Forestry Corporation have been discovered to be non-compliant with their conditions, including in 27 active ...

Dr Juliet Lucy appointed as new Presidential Member of the ACAT

3 May, 2024 - Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury today announced Dr Juliet Lucy as a new Presidential Member of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT)....

Stronger tax on developers would raise $8.2b over forward estimates

3 May, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have urged the Treasurer to increase the state’s windfall gains tax on property developers, saying it would raise billions ov...

Damning interim-report into out-of-home care says nothing we didn’t already know

2 May, 2024 - A damning interim-report from the Advocate for Children and Young People has laid bare - yet again - the extraordinary failures of the out-of...

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT: SUPPORT FOR THE GAZA SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

2 May, 2024 - We, the undersigned, represent leading civil society, human rights, political, faith organisations and trade unions in New South Wales. We will a...

Logging of Koala habitat in Kiwarrak set to commence on Wild Koala Day

2 May, 2024 - Planned logging in critical Koala habitat in Kiwarrak State Forest near Taree is set to commence this Friday 3 May to coincide with Wild Koala Day...

Green Issue Editorial April 2024

2 May, 2024 - By the Green Issue Editors With the onset of climate change, highlighted by southern WA’s record long, hot, dry 2023-24 summer, we thought it a...

Peaceful pro-Palestine encampments must be better protected by universities and police

2 May, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have said the university students currently peacefully camped out on campus in support of Palestine must be better protected ...

Launch of 2024 Community Garden Grants underscore need for local climate action

2 May, 2024 - Today the ACT Government has launched another round of the successful Community Garden Grants program, so that local communities can take climate ...