THOMAS IN THE NEWS

Canberra public housing tenants with severe disabilities may have been denied home modifications due to Housing ACT inaction, several politicians claim.

Thomas Emerson MLA discussing revelations that the ACT Government hasn't spent a single cent of NDIS funding on Specialist Disability Accommodation. 

A review of thousands of incident reports filed about the ACT’s childcare centres over the years shows current checks and balances are working, the ACT Government says.

A burnt-out former health building behind Ainslie Shops could be reborn as a community hub, garden, and playground under a proposal submitted to the ACT Government.

Two years ago the ACT adopted a radical change to our drug policy by legalising the personal use of a wide range of illicit drugs. Has it worked?

This week's Four Corners investigation unveiled the horrific reality that there are more childcare workers convicted or accused of sexual assault than the public has previously understood — including in the ACT.

The National Capital Authority has replaced dozens of light bulbs around Lake Burley Griffin in the four months since women's safety advocates raised concerns about poor lighting along the popular five-kilometre lake circuit.

The closure of a key inner city car park has left businesses feeling under siege from a large-scale program of construction works that has made it harder to find accessible parking and further hurt...

Residents of Oaks Estate feel they have finally been heard - but they wonder if they will continue to be listened to once the fuss is over.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has called on the ACT Government to hire private doctors to perform an “elective surgery blitz” at public hospitals to clear the huge backlog of those waiting for procedures.

A requirement for the ACT's senior public servants to more actively improve outcomes for Indigenous people is a step closer, with a parliamentary inquiry recommending the principle should become law.

The ACT's chief minister, Andrew Barr, has brushed off criticism that his government is "tired" but acknowledged it had been a "challenging" year for the territory.

As Anti-Poverty Week (APW) 2025 ends, latest analysis shows poverty and housing stress worsening in the ACT for people on the lowest incomes, community organisations say.

Fresh detail about the future of the Kingston Arts Precinct has been revealed in an application to subdivide the site, lodged a decade after the government announced the project.

After a six-year absence, National Ride2Work Day, Australia’s biggest celebration of commuter riding, returned to Canberra this morning.

The ACT Government paid out about $6 million for footpath-related personal injury claims between 2020 and 2025.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has renewed a push to Close the Gap in the ACT, telling 6 News he wants to see a "massive increase" in government accountability for its commitments around outcomes for...

A senior Aboriginal official in the ACT's public service has told an inquiry into a proposed law to overhaul public servants' accountability for improving the lives of First Nations people he does not feel...

An Aboriginal senior executive disclosed on Thursday that the ACT Public Service is the most culturally unsafe workplace he has ever experienced.

Thomas Emerson MLA discussing the Inquiry into his legislation to Close the Gap.