THOMAS IN THE NEWS

The National Capital Authority is reviewing the paths and lighting around Lake Burley Griffin's five-kilometre central basin circuit, as women's safety advocates raise concerns about having to run in the dark. Mr Emerson said...

More than half of kindergarten-aged children are falling behind on basic developmental measures, as the ACT produces some of the worst results in the country.

A former child health clinic abandoned for 20 years would make an ideal community hub, according to Ainslie residents.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson will introduce a Private Member’s Bill intended to ensure the ACT government upholds its commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap because “we’re not on track to close...

About 150 community service groups will be eligible for additional funding after a $10 million announcement from the ACT Government. Independent MLA Thomas Emerson welcomed the announcement. He said funding was desperately needed. ”Every...

Hundreds of footpath repair requests have gone unanswered over 2025, MLA Thomas Emerson has revealed, as the ACT launches an inquiry into the city’s Fix My Street portal. 

Ryeli Fleming’s footy team trains at Kingston Oval every Tuesday and Thursday evening, often alongside the under-12 boys and occasionally the under-17 boys too. She says this makes for “uncomfortable” encounters in the changerooms....

Businesses impacted by light rail construction between the city and Commonwealth Park are being offered targeted assistance by the ACT government.  

The ACT Government has agreed to develop a “strategic plan” to tackle the rampant crime and poor services said to have riddled one of the Territory’s little-known suburbs for decades. Oaks Estate – nestled...

The ACT Government has committed to establish a Board of Inquiry, effectively a royal commission, to investigate systemic issues surrounding Aboriginal deaths in the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC).

The loved ones of Indigenous men who died in Canberra's jail are relieved the ACT government has backed a motion for a board of inquiry into First Nations deaths in custody Independent MLA Thomas...

Families and community leaders want to see a powerful inquiry into deaths in Canberra's jail, after two Aboriginal men died in prison custody within the same week. Independent MLA Thomas Emerson will on Tuesday...

Following the recent deaths of three Aboriginal detainees within a six-month period, independent MLA Thomas Emerson will bring a motion to the ACT Legislative Assembly backing community calls for the ACT government to launch a Board...

Help is coming to the Dickson shops where boarded up shopfronts, anti-social behaviour and struggling businesses are creating a picture of decline in the inner north. Independent Thomas Emerson broke the news on social...

The ACT Government will work towards a more coordinated response to growing food insecurity in the ACT after a motion from Independent MLA Thomas Emerson passed the Legislative Assembly unanimously on Tuesday (4 February).

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson will use a private member’s motion in the Assembly to call for the development and delivery of a co-ordinated ACT food relief action plan.

How Canberra’s strata properties are managed will come under the scrutiny of a Legislative Assembly inquiry that could shape the role of a promised Strata Commissioner and new laws to govern the burgeoning sector.