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ACT politics bulletin: Thursday 17 October

Two days to the election. ACT Labor outlines health policies. Canberra Liberals will increase funding to the ACT Integrity Commission.

Anglicare: Rental affordability ‘the worst it has ever been’

Anglicare’s 2024 Rental Affordability Snapshot shows that welfare recipients and minimum wage earners cannot afford to rent in Canberra.

Opinion: Restoring free healthcare across Canberra

Funding a public health system is the most obvious example of how and why we pool our resources as a community to create something we could never match on our own. 

ACT politics bulletin: Wednesday 2 October

ACT Labor announces better trains to Sydney - are they on the right track? - and the Liberals reveal their plan for Gungahlin, oop north.

A Certain Justice: ACT Policing

Several ACT parties have pledged to increase funding for police, and are running current or former officers as election candidates.

Opinion: Every election must be a climate election

In the last few years, while federal Labor has been approving 23 new coal and gas mines, the ACT Greens have got local Labor to agree to phase out fossil fuel gas.

Opinion: Make next month a turning point in the cost-of-living crisis

Over the weekend, the ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS) issued a challenge to candidates running in October’s election to take bold and transformative action to prevent the cost-of-living crisis permanently reshaping our community for the worse.

ACT politics bulletin: Tuesday 3 September

The final sitting week of the ACT Legislative Assembly's current term begins - and the Greens and the Liberals have Labor in their sights.

Help keep the wheels turning: ACT’s Bike Library needs support

Funding for the Bike Library in Gungahlin runs out at the end of this year. They are running a fundraiser to continue.

CIT CEO Cover’s conduct was corrupt: Integrity Commission

The ACT Integrity Commission has found CIT ex-CEO Leanne Cover guilty of serious and corrupt conduct in her $8.8 million contracts.

ACT framework for disaster recovery

The ACT Government has released its first Social Recovery Framework, to help Canberrans recover from disaster.

ACT Greens: By and For the Suburbs – ‘a copycat’, say Liberals

The ACT Greens have promised $40 million to give locals the power to allocate a portion of budget funds to priorities in their suburbs.

ACT Greens: Free ambulances

The ACT Greens have announced they would abolish the fees charged by the ACT Ambulance Service for emergency call-outs, if elected.

ACT Greens: Vote for young people and permanent residents

The ACT Greens promise to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 and to give permanent residents the right to vote in the ACT.

Report into ACT voluntary assisted dying bill published

27 recommendations; the Canberra Liberals reject the bill; and the ACT Greens call for measures for people with dementia.

ACT Legislative Assembly’s first sitting week of 2024

Light rail, hospital wait times, and cost of living were once more debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly's first sitting week for 2024.

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