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Latest news: Independents for Canberra

ACT politics bulletin: Monday 7 October

Twelve days to the election. Politicking continues, and parties make promises.

Opinion: It’s time our seniors decided their best living options

A statement / op ed from Independents for Canberra candidate Sneha KC regarding a rating system for retirement villages in the ACT.

ACT politics bulletin: Friday 4 October

Fifteen days to the election. More election promises: public housing from Labor, and Tuggeranong funding from the Liberals.

ACT politics bulletin: Thursday 3 October

ACT Labor takes to the skies with cheap flights to Adelaide, while the Canberra Liberals stay down to earth in Murrumbidgee.

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.

ACT Labor attacks independents, independents push back

ACT Labor claims that voting for independents could lead to a Canberra Liberals government. Three independent parties respond.

ACT politics bulletin: Monday 30 September

Nineteen days to the election. ACT Labor: Bulky waste collection ACT Labor would trial a kerbside collection program in 20 suburbs from 2025, offering free disposal of unwanted household items. Labor would organise ‘Second Hand...

A Certain Justice: Domestic violence

Reports of domestic violence have doubled in the ACT over the last decade, and crisis services struggle to meet demand.

ACT politics bulletin: 27 September 2024

ACT Labor has announced its night-time economy policy.

ACT politics bulletin: Thursday 26 September

ACT Labor: more free school meals. Canberra Liberals: health workers and disabled people. Belco Party: community sport.

ACT politics bulletin: Wednesday 25 September

The Canberra Liberals pledge 70,000 elective surgeries and to support seniors, and the ACT Greens promise a city-wide bike network.

ACT politics bulletin: Tuesday 24 September

The Canberra Liberals announce their primary care plan (ACT Labor doesn't think it will work); and Labor commits to more free preschool.

ACT politics bulletin: Monday 23 September

Today's election promises: more social and affordable housing (Liberals); women's health, mental health, school upgrades (Labor).

Opinion: Why we need a Future Generations Act

The ACT has been self-governed for a decade longer than Wales. But Wales is a decade ahead of the ACT in introducing legislation to safeguard the wellbeing of future generations.

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.

Fit the Bill: RSPCA needs our support – and a memo to media: more than one lot of independents!

Before I get into the need to support our furry friends and their protectors in the RSPCA, I am getting increasingly concerned at many in the local media only seeking comments from one lot of independents.

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