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Independents for Canberra pledge big spend on public housing
August 08, 2024
The Independents for Canberra group is promising to force action on public housing waiting lists and homelessness if their MLAs hold the balance of power in the new Legislative Assembly after the 19 October...
Read MoreIndependents for Canberra commit to end homelessness crisis
August 08, 2024
Determined to tackle the ACT’s social housing and homelessness crises, Independents for Canberra MLAs say that if they hold the balance of power after this October’s ACT Election, they would create a social housing...
Read MoreIndependents for Canberra to seek funds to cut housing wait times
August 07, 2024
Independents for Canberra want to see a dramatic reduction in the public housing waiting list and have committed to using any leverage in the Legislative Assembly to secure significant funding increases for the sector....
Read MoreIndependents group offers a ‘new kind of politics’
August 06, 2024
“Under the leadership and guidance of Thomas Emerson, the Independents for Canberra are merging as a serious force in the upcoming election,” writes political columnist Michael Moore.
Read MoreACT Government defends delays in free meals program for public schools
August 05, 2024
An independent candidate for the upcoming ACT election has questioned whether the Territory Government will be able to fully roll out a program to deliver free meals to public schools.
Read MoreACT public school infrastructure and free meals
July 31, 2024
ACT Labor announced in 2020 that they would trial free breakfast and lunch three days a week for students at five public schools. Only now, two and a half months before the next election,...
Read MoreACT community organisations at risk: Campaign for urgent funding
July 31, 2024
Some of Canberra’s community organisations could close within the next year, unless the ACT Government provides more funding to the struggling sector; without funding for community services, the consequences could be catastrophic, warns Dr...
Read MoreHow the independents are coming to the party
July 31, 2024
“There are some interesting independent groups running in 2024 that seem to be pulling together decent campaigns, despite how hard it is for them to be elected,” writes political columnist Andrew Hughes.
Read MoreDon’t bring down the curtain on Canberra’s independent theatres
July 29, 2024
The ACT Government’s ambition is for Canberra to become the arts capital of Australia, but Lexi Sekuless, actor-producer and former federal arts advisor, believes that without funding, the curtain could come down on the...
Read MoreIndependents complain about 'misleading and inaccurate' Labor ad
July 22, 2024
Independent candidates have complained to Elections ACT over a Facebook post from ACT Labor suggesting independents want a review that would put walk-in centres at risk.
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