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Funding for CARE’s legal service at ACAT

16 August, 2023 - A free legal service pilot program for Canberrans involved in consumer or credit law disputes will be available for a further 12 months at the...

2023 Heritage Grant recipients announced

15 August, 2023 - Fifteen community led projects and three community partnership projects will receive a share of $344,000 through the ACT Heritage Grants progr...

Nominations are open for the Chief Minister’s Inclusion Awards

10 August, 2023 - Calling Canberrans to nominate people with disability, businesses and individuals who create a more inclusive Canberra for the 2023 Chief Mini...

Diversity of Senate Representation Matters

8 August, 2023 - ACT Greens MLA Andrew Braddock has welcomed the public debate about expanding the representation of the Territories in the Senate. “Diversit...

ACT Government statement on the Report of the Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System

7 August, 2023 - The ACT Government supports the ten recommendations contained in the Report of the Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System arising fr...

ACT Gov invites input on same-day alcohol delivery laws

2 August, 2023 - ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has invited Canberrans to have their say on proposed reforms to the regulation of same day alcohol delive...

Shaping the electrification of Canberra

1 August, 2023 - The ACT Government is consulting on the Territory’s first Integrated Energy Plan, our pathway to electrification. Once completed, this plan ...

ACT ranked second in Australia for tree protection and restoration

31 July, 2023 - Today, Minister for the Environment Rebecca Vassarotti has welcomed a report by the World Wildlife Fund showing that the ACT ranks second in Aus...

Australia-first trial to support hospitality transition towards all-electric cooking

28 July, 2023 - The ACT Government has launched a new pilot program to support Canberra hospitality businesses with rebates to transition away from fossil fuel ...

ACT Government’s counting of urban infill targets is fundamentally flawed

27 July, 2023 - ACT Greens planning spokesperson Jo Clay today discovered the ACT Government counts knock-down rebuilds as infill development, counting towards ...

Aboriginal judge for ACT Supreme Court

26 July, 2023 - Long-time Canberra resident and ACT Magistrate Louise Taylor will be the first Aboriginal Resident Judge of the ACT Supreme Court. In announc...

Undercooked jobs target ignores Gungahlin

26 July, 2023 - ACT Greens MLA for Yerrabi Andrew Braddock has described today’s announcement of a new Canberra jobs target as undercooked. “Aiming for 300,0...

Delay in FOGO sets Canberra up for climate failure

19 July, 2023 - During Estimates, Greens MLA and spokesperson for the circular economy Jo Clay interrogated delays to the Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) compos...

Call for volunteers as the ACT marks the 10-year anniversary of Platypus Month

18 July, 2023 - Platypus Month is back again for its tenth year, and Canberrans are being encouraged to pick up a pair of binoculars and help monitor platypuses...

Recruitment underway for new sentencing advisory council in the ACT

17 July, 2023 - The ACT is one step closer to a new independent expert advisory body on sentencing and law reform, with the release of its terms of reference an...