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Jo Clay MLA
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Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens and Member for Ginninderra. Seriously worried about climate change and the impact it is causing right now. 🖤💛❤️ On Ngunnawal land greens.org.au/act Authorised by Jo Clay for the ACT Greens
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Incredible people doing incredible things!

Good Omen Goodeze is a community movement that crafts comfort items for patients and families in the ACT's health system - bringing joy, beauty and hope for people when they need it.

It's the people that makes Canberra such a special place to live 🫶
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A new study from a group of scientists, including Climate Council fellow Dr Wesley Morgan, has found a way to calculate the climate impact of individual fossil fuel projects.

We must urgently cut climate pollution to ensure a safer future for vulnerable communities and generations to come.
Our housing system is broken and today we take a step to fixing it.

This is a win for the whole community who backed the calls, and have now shifted the ACT Government to finally recognise housing as a social good like education and healthcare, rather than a commodity to generate wealth.

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That means every decision about housing must now pass the test of fairness and affordability.

It means renters and residents can legally challenge bad laws or government inaction.

It puts people first.

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BREAKING: Housing is now a human right in the ACT! The Greens introduced legislation last year which passed in Parliament this afternoon.

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Stocking up on Canberra's all natural, fertiliser made from food waste, Food2Soil! 🍏🪏🌱

It improves soil and plant health, strengthens our circular economy, and reduces overall waste and harmful additives to care for our planet 🫶
This is beyond outrageous. The ACT Government knew a significant number of dragons had died earlier this year, yet didn't do everything they could to prevent an unnecessary development destroying one of their last habitats.

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/905282...
38 'critically endangered' lizards die at Tidbinbilla nature reserve
Predators were able to get into the pen.
www.canberratimes.com.au
The Federal Labor Government needs to stop kicking people off the NDIS with no other support in place. Disability only exists because we have decision makers putting in policies that actively exclude people from being part of their community.
And we call on the Federal Labor Government to urgently fix broken environmental laws before we see more native animals lost to unnecessary developments.
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Now, we call on the ACT Labor Government up their game and protect remaining natural temperate grassland habitat - otherwise there will be nowhere left in the wild to reintroduce dragons from the breeding program.
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In the three months since the election - and despite Labor claiming Australia voted for climate action and protecting the environment - they've approved the climate-wrecking extension of the dirty gas North West Shelf facility to 2070 and are now pushing the Earless Dragon towards extinction.
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The Federal Labor Government has time and time again sided with corporations over the very people and planet they were elected to stand up for.
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But instead Labor signed off the project with some conditions which are an attempt to buy the goodwill of the community.

Actions speak louder than words - and this not a one off but a trend.
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This is despite the hundreds of Canberrans who told the Labor government to save the dragon and stop the road development until mitigation measures were actually found to be effective and useful.
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A pretty devastating blow for our community, environment and Canberra Earless Dragons today.

The Federal Labor Government has given the green light for the Canberra Airport's Northern Road Development which cuts right through key habitat for our little lizards.

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The Greens have voted against this funding every year since the latest agreement with the race club was signed simply because this is a bad deal for Canberrans.

Horse racing profits off the harm caused to everyday people and prioritises gambling profits over the wellbeing of horses.

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It’s time to walk the talk. Labor need to stop wasting taxpayer money on this ridiculous handout and deliver the services people actually want and need in their lives.

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Yet when asked by the ACT Greens today, the gambling reform Minister would not say whether she will actively advocate against renewing this ludicrous agreement when it expires in 2027.
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They actually acknowledged that the industry makes most of their profits off online betting and gambling advertising - the things Labor say they want to reduce in the ACT.

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Your daily reminder that the ACT Labor Government funnels $8 million of taxpayer money into the horse racing industry every year.

This is despite the fact they cannot justify how this provides any value to everyday people.

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Great to catch up with the Australian Institute of Architects about what good design and planning for the missing middle looks like.

A reminder the ACT missing middle public consultation closes soon. Have your say now 👉 yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/missing-midd...
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BREAKING 🚨 Artist Khaled Sabsabi
& curator Michael Dagostino have been reinstated as Australia’s Venice Biennale rep.

This is a vindication for everyone who stood up for Khaled in the artistic & wider community.

A victory for courage over fear and lies.
As the party holding the sole balance of power in the ACT Parliament, the Greens have a responsibility to use our position to deliver real outcomes for our community - and that’s exactly what we took into our negotiations with Labor over the past few days.

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This commitment is a clear admission from Labor that their original health levy was an unfair tax on everyday people who are struggling with the cost of living and we welcome this step change.

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The ACT Greens have negotiated a better deal for Canberra today. We secured significant concessions from Labor on their unfair health levy. It is now reduced from $250 to $100 AND we secured commitment from government to partially adopt our plan to get big corporations to pay their fair share.

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