Parents paid for supervision. Police found their five-year-old after he scaled a fence unnoticed. Northside Community Service apologised and stood down staff. Trust is gone. Families deserve basic safety when they pay for care. #actpol #childcare

Today IEU organiser Angela McDonald joined IEU member Melinda, Director of Koala Playschool, at the ACT Early Childhood Round Table hosted by Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Child Development and Wellbeing Rachel Stephen-Smith.

#ACTpol

Jack Waterford goes off (his usual) piste to have a go at the ACT govt. Onya Jack! #ACTpol
https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10/not-the-place-for-a-cathedral-of-sport/?utm_source=pi_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-2026-10-13

The now-18-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent before he faced the ACT Supreme Court for his sentencing on Tuesday (6 October).

region.com.au/teen-avoids-...

#AUSPOL #ACTpol #MakeItStop #MaleViolence

#LarissaWaters - @larissawaters.bsky.social :

Some important news from me 💚

#AUSPOL #Greens #AustralianGreens #KidneyDisease #QLDpol #NSWpol #SpringSt #PoliTAS #SAparli #WApol #NTpol #ACTpol #TheGreens

I heard this argument being made on the radio this morning and presumed that it was some random calling in

Did not realise it was the lib candidate for senate!

#actpol

I swear, Tara Cheyne is in the crash out phase of her political career. I am finding it hard to watch.

#actpol #actlabor

Good. Barr is well past his use-by date. #ACTpol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-17/governing-in-act-just-became-harder-labor-greens-barr-government/107161274

ACT Greens have dissolved their confidence and supply agreement with Labor but will pass the Budget and have said they're not intending to help Liberals govern. #actpol

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

Overheard in Belconnen: a resident says 60 community housing homes would 'spoil the park' – she'd prefer luxury apartments instead.

60 homes. 11 years vacant. The loudest voice wins again.

#auspol #actpol

Lonsdale Street's dying because landlords leave shops empty rather than drop rent. One florist paid $1M+ in 14 years and still left. The system rewards empty space over a living street. #auspol #actpol

99-year farm lease = $15,000 worth of lime the farmer wouldn't have spent on a short lease.

Short-term leases? No investment. No future.

Secure tenure grows local food, not just corporate profits.

#actpol #agriculture #auspol

Floriade makes $71.5M for Canberra. The workers who grow the flowers are among the lowest-paid in government. The ACT government rejected an interim deal to keep the festival strike-free. They want the revenue, not the people. #auspol #actpol

ACT debt: 0.25% rate rise = $60.6M extra. Independent warns no painless options.
Government response? Hoping markets behave. That's not a plan.
#actpol #auspol
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9347531/leanne-castley-sounds-warning-over-escalating-act-debt-costs/?src=rss

ACT public servants voted 63% against a 3% pay offer, well below inflation. The government banked on not paying top-ups. Share for fair wages.

#actpol #publicservice
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9346545/act-public-servants-vote-to-reject-governments-proposed-pay-deal/?src=rss

ACT Labor says gambling donations don't sway policy.

Then why oppose a ban 83% of voters want?

Independent Emerson's bill is the test.

#actpol #auspol
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9346453/act-labor-says-gambling-donations-have-not-bought-policy-influence/?src=rss

Big Splash water park is a derelict mess. Green pools. Broken fence. Suspicious fire. Government gave a November 1 deadline. Two months out, they won't say what happens if it's missed.

Reply if your suburb's still waiting for a public pool.
#actpol #auspol

Cash surplus announced. Job cuts same month. No targets, no timeline, no plan shared with the 541 staff.

That's not prudence. It's a sketch.

#actpol #auspol
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9343737/infrastructure-canberra-job-cuts-raise-questions-for-act-govt/

3/3:

"Nowhere does he renounce ... his association with #NeoNazism or his association with whatever group he was associated with at the time."
She said a letter from #ZacharyHook 's parents also did not show that he had changed his views in their presence.

#AUSPOL #AntiSemitism #ACTpol #DeadRodent

2/3:

He placed the stickers over signs for the #TjabalIndigenousHigherEducationCentre, a support and gathering space for #FirstNations students and staff, as well as on a cabinet and door inside the university's Black, Indigenous and People of Colour ( #BIPOC ) department building.

#AUSPOL #ACTpol