MEDIA RELEASES

Following a string of iconic Canberra venues announcing their closures – including Transit, Sideway, Cabo, Reload and, most recently, Cube – the Independent Member for Kurrajong, Thomas Emerson MLA, has joined with MusicACT and...

A motion brought by Independent MLA Thomas Emerson that passed through the Legislative Assembly yesterday has committed the ACT Government to establish a Board of Inquiry to investigate systemic issues surrounding Aboriginal deaths in...

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has welcomed the passage through the ACT Legislative Assembly of his co-sponsored motion with Liberal MLA Elizabeth Lee and Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury, committing the ACT Government to develop a...

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson will bring a motion to the ACT Legislative Assembly this week backing community calls for the ACT Government to launch a Board of Inquiry into the treatment of Aboriginal and...

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has welcomed a report from the Auditor-General on the ACT Government’s Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program, expressing concerns about findings that suggest tenants’ needs are not adequately considered in...

Following the revelation that patients have not been informed of the recent resignations of their surgeons from Canberra Health Services, Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has written an open letter to the Minister for Health, Rachel Stephen-Smith...

Tanya Keed, former Chair of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body, and Thomas Emerson MLA, Independent Member for Kurrajong, are today calling on the ACT Government to invest in establishing a...

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson will use his first Private Member’s Motion in the Assembly today to call for the development and delivery of a coordinated ACT Food Relief Action Plan.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has applauded today’s announcement of a Legislative Assembly Committee inquiry into the management of strata properties.

Independent MLA Thomas Emerson has called for immediate action following the release of the ACT Custodial Inspector’s 2024 Healthy Centre Review of Bimberi Youth Justice Centre.