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Staged implementation for electronic monitoring

6 September, 2024 - The ACT Government is preparing to introduce electronic monitoring for existing community-based orders in a staged approach to implementing ...

Old Parties Choose Horse Racing and Gambling Over Housing (Again and Indefinitely)

5 September, 2024 - ACT Labor and the Canberra Liberals have today voted to not consider alternatives for the future of Thoroughbred Park, doubling down on thei...

Upgrading the Watson Health Precinct

5 September, 2024 - The ACT Government is building the health infrastructure our growing city needs, with plans to upgrade the Watson Health Precinct conditiona...

FREE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND SET KIDS UP FOR SUCCESS

4 September, 2024 - The ACT Greens have announced a plan to provide 18 hours of free early childhood education and care to all 3 and 4 year olds in order to set...

ACT Greens motion on Labor’s pokies conflict passes Assembly

3 September, 2024 - An ACT Greens motion calling on the Labor party to sever its ties to pokies and donate its pokies-seeded investment capital to the Alliance ...

GREENS TO OFFER PET DESEXING VOUCHERS

1 September, 2024 - 500 concession card holders will be able to desex their pets for free each year, as part of the ACT Greens’ animal welfare policy. The plan,...

Overdose Prevention Service Will Save Lives

31 August, 2024 - The ACT Greens have today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, announced a plan to further de-stigmatise drug use, ensure more people hav...

PLAN TO RECLAIM THE CONVENIENCE OF CANBERRA

30 August, 2024 - The ACT Greens have announced they will set city limits and use the planning system to tackle the housing crisis, climate crisis and the cost ...

GREENS PLEDGE $50 MILLION TO HEALTHY LOCAL WATERWAYS

29 August, 2024 - The ACT Greens say water is the lifeblood of a healthy environment, pledging to invest in the ACT’s living infrastructure to make Canberra an ...

Labor Treasurer Refuses to Divest From Israeli Apartheid

29 August, 2024 - ACT Treasurer and Labor Leader Andrew Barr has today rejected calls to divest from companies complicit in the State of Israel’s system of apar...

Long-term support for Canberra’s volunteers

29 August, 2024 - Minister for Community Services, Seniors and Veterans Emma Davidson today tabled the ACT’s first ten-year strategy for volunteering in the ACT...

Off-the-plan property purchase changes have protected buyers from unfair contract cancellations

29 August, 2024 - Keeping contracts secure and developers accountable are just some the ways the ACT is instilling confidence in off-the-plan home buyers, a rec...

Statement regarding incident at Alexander Maconochie Centre

29 August, 2024 - Quotes attributable to Minister for Corrections and Justice Health Emma Davidson: This is a very distressing situation for the family invol...