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ACT Greens PodcastGreen Talk 02 - Extending Voting Rights, It’s their future. Ft. Rebecca Vassarotti MLA and Andrew Braddock MLAExtending voting rights to include 16 year olds is an issue the ACT Greens have been committed to for years. The evidence is clear that our young people are capable and responsible, and that they have a huge stake in the future that governments are creating today. Other countries have made this important reform and the doomsayers have already been proven wrong. In this conversation we discuss the issues surrounding this reform. For more information → https://greens.org.au/act/news/have-your-say-expanding-voting-rights-young-people-act2022-03-2316 minACT Greens PodcastExpanding voting rights. Ft. Andrew Braddock MLAExpanding voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds will result in better, longer-term policies, and deeper engagement with young people on decisions that could affect the rest of their lives. Yesterday I spoke with Dr Justin Barker of the Youth Coalition of the ACT about what the data and evidence shows us about young people’s capacity to vote. You can give your feedback on the issue and the legislation by taking the survey on the ACT Legislative Assembly website. The survey closes on the 7th of Feb, so share with your networks and make sure yo...2022-02-0413 minACT Greens PodcastCanberra's Tree Canopy TargetFt: Andrew Braddock MLA, To paraphrase the late American R & B musician Luther Ingram, If Loving Trees Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right. Maybe not everyone is willing to wear their tree-hugging heart on their sleeve like I am, but is there any real disagreement on the benefits of trees, not just in the bush but in our urban landscapes? They provide shade in our parks and over our streets and pathways. They cool our homes and beautify our suburbs. They reduce air pollution and help remove not just CO2 but nit...2021-06-0905 minACT Greens PodcastWriting Gungahlin's StoryFt: Andrew Braddock MLA, Almost one in five Canberrans lives in Gungahlin. Or to be more accurate, one in five Canberrans sleeps in Gungahlin. More than 25 years after the first houses went up in Ngunnawal and Palmerston, there’s still no cinema (you’ll have to wait another year), no hospital (unless you’re a pet) and not nearly enough jobs for the 76,088 residents who call Gungahlin home. This is a problem, but I see it as a great opportunity.2021-06-0903 min