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  • Wed Aug 6 — Floriade good for tourists, lets make it better for locals

    ACT Greens candidate for Brindabella and public transport spokesperson Amanda Bresnan has called on the ACT Government to provide free buses for commuters travelling to the city and Barton during Floriade.

  • Wed Aug 6 — Kicking and Screaming

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey expressed her delight with today’s announcement that ACTPLA will require a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of ActewAGL’s gas fired power plant and data centre proposal.

  • Tue Aug 5 — Threat of Uncontrolled Operations unacceptable

    Greens MLA Dr Deb Foskey expressed her concerns about giving broad new powers to ACT Policing and the Australian Crime Commission to engage in what would otherwise be criminal behaviour, in the absence of effective anti-corruption mechanisms.

  • Tue Aug 5 — Water inquiry stagnates

    Deb Foskey, ACT Greens MLA, today said that the Planning and Environment Committee's decision to ditch its Inquiry into water might have been the ACT Government's plan all along.

  • Mon Aug 4 — ACT Labor acting like Howard Government

    Using taxpayers funds to advertise itself is making the Stanhope government look a lot like the dying days of the Howard government, according to Greens candidate for Molonglo, Shane Rattenbury.

  • Thu Jul 24 — GDE duplication should include a transit lane

    The duplication of the GDE is the perfect opportunity to add a transit lane, according to Greens candidate for Molonglo, Shane Rattenbury.

  • Wed Jul 23 — Public Transport in Canberra: We've Got Work To Do

    ACT Green's Public Transport spokesperson, Amanda Bresnan, has pointed to the Australian Bureau of Statistics report on Australian Social Trends as evidence that the ACT Govenment has failed Canberrans on Public Transport planning and investment. Canberra had the lowest public transport usage at 7.9 per cent, and the largest decline, at 30 per cent from 1996 to 2006.

  • Tue Jul 22 — Monash drive - Take it off the map

    The ACT Greens will move to have the proposed Monash Drive road reservation removed from the Territory Plan in the new Assembly, ACT Greens candidate for Molonglo, Shane Rattenbury has announced.

  • Fri Jul 18 — Stanhope converted on the bus to Damascus!

    After five years of the Greens calling for a serious effort to improve Canberra's public transport system, and only months out from an election, the Stanhope Government is finally seeing the light, says Greens candidate for Brindabella Amanda Bresnan.

  • Thu Jul 17 — Greens condemn lack of vision in Molonglo planning

    The new suburbs of Molonglo are being developed with outdated planning thinking, and must be built to reflect the new century according to ACT Greens candidate for Molonglo, Shane Rattenbury.

  • Thu Jul 17 — ‘The Way Forward’ on transport

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey welcomed key recommendations of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the NCA – The Way Forward – released yesterday. The Committee, chaired by ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy, recommended the ACT Government and the Commonwealth put together a sustainable transport plan for Canberra and incorporate it into the National Capital and Territory plans.

  • Thu Jul 17 — Regaining Trust

    Deb Foskey ACT Greens MLA said today that she felt the Canberra community could be confident of the impartiality of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) team set up to look at the proposed gas fired power plant and data centre at Tuggeranong, but that the timeframe might compromise their work.

  • Wed Jul 16 — Green paper – not green

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has condemned the Rudd Government’s Green Paper as not really green.

  • Fri Jul 11 — Public transport the best way to tackle $8 a litre petrol

    The best way for the ACT to tackle the potential explosion in petrol prices predicted by the CSIRO is by improving public transport, says ACT Greens lead candidate for Brindabella, Amanda Bresnan.

  • Fri Jul 11 — Election Campaign Kick-off and Fred Smith’s only Canberra concert

    The Greens invite you to kick off the 2008 election campaign in style with a concert by renowned local artist Fred Smith.

  • Wed Jul 9 — Stanhope on board light rail

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has congratulated the ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope for adopting plans that the Greens, among others, have pursued for a light rail network that starts by linking the airport to Civic via Parliament House

  • Tue Jul 8 — Property development or community development?

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has today called for a more considered approach to development after revelations that the ‘only way is up’ for housing near Woden Town Centre.

  • Tue Jul 8 — ACT GREENS BACK CALL FOR $10 BILLION PUBLIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENT

    Today’s call by a group of public transport experts in Melbourne for the Federal Government to invest $10 billion in public transport is just what’s needed to address climate change and rising fuel prices says ACT Greens candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of Brindabella, Amanda Bresnan.

  • Mon Jul 7 — As Garnaut Calls for cuts, ACT emissions increase

    The draft report released today by Professor Ross Garnaut has highlighted how the ACT is completely out of step with where it should be headed, Greens candidate for Molonglo Shane Rattenbury said today.

  • Thu Jul 3 — ACT feed-in to lead Australia.. or not

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey today congratulated ALP Member Mick Gentleman for persevering with his legislation to introduce renewable energy feed-in laws in the ACT.

  • Thu Jul 3 — Rhodium goes sour?

    ACT Greens MLA has called for the ACT Government to review its plans for Rhodium Assets Limited after the apparent failure to sell this scandal afflicted Territory Owned Corporation.

  • Thu Jul 3 — Big picture needed for the Murray Darling

    Deb Foskey, ACT Greens MLA, today expressed her hope that ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope will fight for the big picture when he joins State and Commonwealth leaders at COAG today to discuss the Murray Darling Basin.

  • Thu Jul 3 — Ingrid Betancourt is free

    Deb Foskey, ACT Greens MLA, today thanked the Columbian Government and all those who have campaigned to secure the freedom of Columbian Greens leader Ingrid Betancourt.

  • Tue Jul 1 — Bill for civil ceremonies

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey will introduce a bill to reinstate the ACT Government’s original plan to allow same-sex couples to have their relationships formalised with a ceremony.

  • Fri Jun 27 — New approach to transport needed

    Deb Foskey, Greens MLA, today expressed concern that the new town of Molonglo will end up with the same public transport deficit as Gungahlin unless planners' attitudes change.

  • Wed Jun 25 — Censure debated today

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has argued that the ACT Chief Minister is wrong to simply attack those who have criticised him over the power station debacle; but that the real vote of no confidence will be at the ACT election.

  • Tue Jun 24 — Consultations again

    Deb Foskey, Greens MLA, today commended the parents who are turning out in surprisingly large numbers to be consulted yet again on the future of the land around their local schools.

  • Tue Jun 24 — Make Chief Minister responsible for community consultation – Greens

    The ACT Government is failing to follow its own guidelines, leaving residents fed up with token and inadequate consultation on planning and development decisions which affect their families and local communities, Amanda Bresnan, ACT Greens candidate for Brindabella said today.

  • Fri Jun 20 — Water management: not bound by borders

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey said today that the evidence that the Murrumbidgee River is in dire straits is not news but indicates the increasing urgency for action.

  • Wed Jun 18 — Greens Call for ACT to lead on Murray Darling Crisis

    The ACT Government should act urgently to convene a meeting of Ministers to address the issues raised in the leaked paper on the crisis facing the Murray Darling river system, according to ACT Greens Environment spokesperson and Candidate for Molonglo, Shane Rattenbury.

  • Tue Jun 17 — Labor learning slowly

    Greens MLA Deb Foskey has congratulated the ACT Minister for Health for committing to a proper analysis of the potential health impacts of the proposed data centre and power station today, but asked why the majority Labor Government couldn’t have made that commitment 6 weeks ago when the Greens’ motion calling for it was debated in the Assembly.

  • Tue Jun 17 — Age of criminal responsibility

    [REVISED] Greens MLA Dr Deb Foskey will move to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years when the Children and Young People Bill is debated later today.

  • Tue Jun 17 — ACTEW shareholders on the ball?

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey is writing to the ACTEW shareholders - ACT Chief Minister and deputy Chief Minister – to ask for copies of all communication between them and the ACTEW Directors on the power station and data centre project.

  • Thu Jun 5 — Canberra can have an energy plan

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has called for the ACT Government, on World Environment Day, to do its bit for the world environment by setting up an Energy Commission to look at permanently slashing our greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Wed Jun 4 — Canberra’s future is Green

    The ACT Greens today formally announced its team of lead candidates for the October Assembly election.

  • Mon Jun 2 — Greens Lead Candidates Launch

    Greens MLA Deb Foskey to launch the ACT Greens’ lead candidates for the October Election. Date: Wednesday June 4 Time: 11:00 am Venue: Civic Square

  • Fri May 30 — Election Announcement

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey announced today that she would not be standing for re-election at the October election.

  • Fri May 30 — Living farmhouses important to National Capital

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has called on the ACT Government to change its antagonistic attitude to residents in Canberra’s surviving rural cottages.

  • Thu May 29 — Transport too slow

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has described the ACT Government’s approach to a coherent sustainable transport plan as weak and disappointing.

  • Tue May 27 — Power stations elsewhere have to work harder

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey points to the NSW Department of Planning’s more stringent requirements for a small gas fired power station as evidence that the ACT Government could and should do more to ensure that ActewAGL’s proposal for Mugga Lane is an appropriate development on an appropriate site.

  • Tue May 27 — ActewAGL’s unfortunate sequence of events

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has welcomed the decision by ActewAGL to drop its plans to build a large power station close to Canberra suburbs. She argued that this unfortunate sequence of events demonstrates that major development proposals need to have full Environmental Impact Statements commissioned by government.

  • Fri May 23 — Moving too slowly on rapid transit

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has pointed to skyrocketing fuel prices as evidence that the ACT desperately needs a coherent plan for an integrated rapid transit system.

  • Fri May 23 — EIS for power station

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has repeated her call for the Environment/Chief Minister to commission an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of the proposed ActewAGL’s Data Centre and Power Station, following the ACT Budget Estimates hearing today.

  • Fri May 23 — Energy Policy missing

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has pointed to the ACT Government’s failure to develop an energy policy as symptomatic of its ineffective approach to climate change.

  • Thu May 22 — Mayor Pangallo: more Molonglo choice!

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey welcomed Queanbeyan Major Frank Pangallo’s announcement that he will run for the ACT Legislative Assembly as evidence that public figures across the region now take ACT politics seriously.

  • Wed May 21 — Healthcare: why does primary = last?

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey once again raised the issue of primary healthcare at an ACT Budget Estimates hearing today.

  • Mon May 19 — Govt missing in action?

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has called on the Environment/Chief Minister to use his powers under the 1991 Land Act to commission an Environmental Impact Statement of ActewAGL’s Data Centre and Power Station proposal.

  • Fri May 16 — Power station – time for a plan

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has said it is time for a plan to deal with concerns regarding Canberra's proposed power station and data centre.

  • Fri May 16 — Triple bottom line is THE bottom line

    Deb Foskey, Greens MLA, today called for a draft of the ACT Triple Bottom Line guidelines to be released for public comment.

  • Thu May 15 — Power station – time to put all options on the table

    ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has called for ActewAGL and the ACT Government to put all options on the table regarding the proposed data centre and gas fired power station on Mugga Lane.

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