THOMAS IN THE NEWS

A Canberra mother had concerns for her daughter's safety at a childcare centre in the city's north-west for more than a year before the ACT regulator ordered it to shut.

A childcare centre in Canberra's north west has been banned from operating after the regulator found it failed to respond to a serious medical incident involving a child.

Pressure is mounting on the CIT board to decide the future of embattled CEO Margot McNeill, who remains on leave of unspecified duration.

Thomas Emerson MLA discussing the sale of CSIRO Ginninderra East to the ACT Government. 

It isn’t the dramatic hazards that worry Kidsafe ACT the most. It’s the everyday ones.

ACT students risk losing access to senior secondary language courses because of gaps in the public school system, a Legislative Assembly committee has found. This week, the Standing Committee on Social Policy released its...

The Australian Capital Territory's Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Act 2025 comes into effect Wednesday, July 1, after a Private Member's Bill introduced by the independent Member for Kurrajong, Thomas Emerson, was passed by the...

An ACT Legislative Assembly committee will examine a proposed ban on political donations from the gambling industry.

When Simone Black was pregnant, she’d gazed with excitement at the Watson development that would eventually become the Inner North playground.

A move to ban the gambling industry from making political donations has been launched in the ACT, as calls grow for stronger safeguards against the sector’s influence. 

The Independent Member for Kurrajong has welcomed the housing, community services and child safety commitments in this year’s ACT Budget, but has also expressed concern at the ongoing fiscal challenges faced by the territory.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has welcomed the housing, community services and child safety commitments contained in the 2026-27 ACT Budget, while expressing concern at the ongoing fiscal challenges faced by the Territory.

The gambling industry would be banned from using its cash to top up the coffers of political parties in the ACT under a law to be proposed by an independent politician who wants to...

A Canberra charity says outdated government-owned community facilities are preventing organisations from embracing electric vehicles, forcing them to spend time and money charging elsewhere.

Thomas Emerson MLA discussing the ACT's Inquiry into Men's Suicide Rates final report. 

Questions have been raised around how recommendations appeared in a draft technical report to look at re-classifying bare-nosed wombats as a controlled native species.

Student mechanics at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) have been using electric vehicles (EVs) from car hire companies, including Hertz, pulling them apart and putting them back together without the company knowing, the...

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has welcomed the ACT Government’s decision to spend $58.8 million on community services and frontline support programs in the 2026-27 Budget, describing the funding boost as overdue.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has questioned the independence of the Canberra Institute of Technology, calling for greater ministerial oversight.

The ACT government's local procurement spend plummeted from 54 per cent to just 34 per cent over the past six years, while the territory confirmed it does not centrally track how much of its...