MEDIA
CANBERRA LIBERALS INTRODUCE BILL TO STRENGTHEN SUICIDE PREVENTION IN THE ACT
By: Mark Parton MLA Canberra Liberals Leader and Shadow Minister for Men’s Health, Mark Parton MLA, has introduced the Suicide Prevention Bill 2026 to create a stronger legislative framework for coordination, planning and accountability across the ACT. The Bill treats...
CANBERRA LIBERALS MOVE TO PROTECT CANBERRA JOBS FROM LABOR’S HOSPITALITY TAX
By: Ed Cocks MLA The Canberra Liberals will move to protect Canberra employers and workers from ACT Labor’s hospitality and services tax, which would make it even more expensive for businesses in the hospitality and other services sectors to employ people and pay them...
PARTON: STOP RETROSPECTIVELY REMOVING PATIENTS FROM SPECIALIST WAITLISTS
By: Mark Parton MLA Canberra Liberals Leader, Mark Parton will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly calling on the ACT Labor Government, Minister for Health to immediately halt the retrospective application of revised specialist outpatient referral criteria amid...
CANBERRA LIBERALS CALL ON MINISTER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCHOOL BUDGET CHAOS
By: Elizabeth Lee MLA Canberra Liberals Shadow Minister for Education, Elizabeth Lee MLA, will move a motion calling on the Minister for Education to take responsibility for the mismanagement of the 2027 school budget process, which has left principals, teachers,...
CANBERRA INFLATION HITS 4.7%, ABOVE THE NATIONAL RATE, AND THE SURCHARGE HIT STILL TO COME
By: Nick Tyrrell Liberal Senate candidate Nick Tyrrell says Canberra households are being hit harder than the rest of the country, after new ABS figures showed inflation in Canberra jumped to 4.7 per cent in the year to September, well above the national rate of 4.3...
CANBERRA LIBERALS INTRODUCE ANTI-CONSORTING LAWS TO DISRUPT ORGANISED CRIME
By: Mark Parton MLA Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton has introduced the Crimes (Anti-Consorting) Amendment Bill 2026 to give ACT Policing a practical tool to disrupt outlaw motorcycle gangs and protect the community. “Every Canberran deserves to feel safe in their...
CANBERRA LIBERALS CALL FOR GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY MAP GAPS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
By: Chiaka Barry MLA Canberra Liberals Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Chiaka Barry MLA, has called for the ACT Labor Government to urgently bring forward domestic and family violence system mapping from before the end of 2028 to...
COMMUNITY SAFETY NOT A PRIORITY FOR THE ACT LABOR GOVERNMENT
By: Deborah Morris MLA, Chiaka Barry MLA The Canberra Liberals have strongly condemned the ACT Labor Government’s decision to abandon electronic monitoring of violent offenders, citing cost concerns. In 2024, following urgent calls to address domestic violence, the...
A PARTON LIBERAL GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER A WORLD-CLASS CITY STADIUM
By: Mark Parton MLA The Canberra Liberals have backed a city stadium, welcomed the Property Council’s support, and said the ACT Labor Government will have to be dragged to the table. The Property Council this morning welcomed Canberra Airport’s vision, with ACT...