Chief Minister Andrew Barr said it was his personal preference to form government with the ACT Greens through another parliamentary agreement rather than face a Greens crossbench, but he fully respected their...
With over two-thirds of the vote counted, ABC election analyst Antony Green says it appears the Canberra Liberals does not have the numbers to win and expects Labor and the Greens to again form government. File image.
This year, despite my best intentions to heed the ACT Electoral Commission’s appeal to “Vote safe. Vote early” – as the vast majority of the ACT electorate did – I found myself waiting until today, Saturday 17 October, the official election day, to cast my vote.
Canberrans are able to head to the polls from Monday 28 September to 6pm Saturday 17 October, and Elections ACT is encouraging voters to cast their ballots early this year due to...
The ACT Greens have pledged to add two additional light rail stops and expand the Mawson Park and Ride to service those in the Southern Woden Valley and Tuggeranong areas.
The ACT Greens have today promised a further $47.35 million in mental health funding, which would include more supported accommodation and an expansion of the Police, Ambulance, Clinician Emergency Response (PACER) program.
The...
Despite ACT Labor’s twenty-year rein of the Legislative Assembly, this years’ contest might be closer than first appears.
Picking up from the negative swing against all three major parties in 2016, (ALP -...
Conducted against the backdrop of the Federal Government’s recent refusal to join 64 countries in a global pledge to save biodiversity and endangered specifies – despite Australia having one of the highest...
ACT Labor has promised to build the biggest renewable battery storage in system in Australia at a cost of $100 million over five years, if re-elected in October.
ACT Labor leader Andrew Barr...
A new online platform that helps undecided voters align their views with candidates in their electorate has been launched in the lead up to the 2020 ACT Election.
History of voting in the ACT
Until 1988, the ACT was directly administered by the Commonwealth Government, but after a battle for independence that saw the creation of the No Self-Government Party, the...
