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ACT’s First Nations rehabilitation facility opens next month

Local Nicholas Fuller - September 8, 2026

Canberra’s first dedicated residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility for First Nations people will open next month as part of the new $49 million Watson Health Precinct, funded by the ACT Government. Winnunga...

Survivors waiting for justice 3 decades after Bringing Them Home

Local Nicholas Fuller - May 26, 2026

National Sorry Day: Winnunga Nimmityjah and Healing Foundation call for action on the unmet recommendations of the Bringing Them Home report.

‘Blindsided’: Anger over ACT deaths in custody inquiry process

Local Nicholas Fuller - April 7, 2026

Julie Tongs OAM says there was "zero communication" from the ACT government about board members for an inquiry into deaths in custody.

Thomas Emerson’s proposals for Wakefield Gardens

Local Newstime Media - November 5, 2025

A burnt-out former health building behind Ainslie Shops could be reborn as a community hub, garden, and playground.

Review of Indigenous incarceration in ACT

Local Newstime Media - July 30, 2025

Indigenous incarceration. Police misconduct. Greens vs horseracing. Women’s Safety Grants funds reallocated. Southside mental health centre.

ACT politics bulletin: Thursday 8 May

Local Newstime Media - May 8, 2025

Inquiry into Aboriginal deaths in custody. More funding for the community sector. Protecting endangered lizards.

ACT election: Results and reactions so far

Local Nicholas Fuller - October 22, 2024

ACT Labor has claimed its seventh consecutive term in government, beginning an unbroken stretch of 27 years in power.

ACT election thoughts: Julie Tongs OAM (Winnunga Nimmityjah)

Local Newstime Media - June 14, 2024

Julie Tongs OAM urges the ACT Government to address systemic issues affecting vulnerable people, particularly the Aboriginal community.

ROGS: ACT Indigenous incarceration rates highest in Australia

Local Nicholas Fuller - February 2, 2024

The ACT has the highest Indigenous imprisonment rate in the country, and it is rising yearly, according to the 2022–23 ROGS.

Watson health precinct open for public consultation

Local Newstime Media - September 18, 2023

The Development Application for the $49 million Watson health precinct redevelopment is now open for public consultation.

Julie Tongs calls for inquiry into death in custody

Local Nicholas Fuller - August 9, 2023

TJ Denniss, a Canberra Aboriginal man, took his own life in a NSW prison on the weekend. Julie Tongs wants an independent inquiry.

Without smokes, fire? Concerns over ACT’s tobacco-free prison policy

Local Nicholas Fuller - March 17, 2023

Smoking will be banned in Canberra’s prison, the Alexander Maconochie Centre, by mid-year, but Julie Tongs OAM is worried.

ROGS: Indigenous overrepresentation in ACT justice system worsening

Local Nicholas Fuller - February 3, 2023

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 20 times more likely to be in prison in the ACT than non-Indigenous people.

‘Time warp’: Winnunga critical of mental health reforms at AMC

Local Nicholas Fuller - August 10, 2022

Julie Tongs is concerned the government's plan to fix "ineffective" mental health services at the AMC has tried and failed.

ACT’s $20M response to Aboriginal overincarceration ‘not enough’

Local Nicholas Fuller - July 27, 2022

The ACT Government will spend more than $20 million to reduce Indigenous overincarceration - but it's too little, too late, Julie Tongs says.

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