MEDIA RELEASES

41 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ACT public servants do not feel culturally safe in their workplace according to the latest ACT Public Service (ACTPS) Employee Survey results, while documents released...

Independent Member for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson MLA is today outlining five initial calls for reform to improve children’s safety in the ACT’s early childhood education and care sector. This comes after he ordered the...

Independent Member for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson MLA has sponsored a community petition calling on the ACT Government to include diving and deep water facilities in the new aquatic centre planned for Commonwealth Park.

Senator David Pocock and Thomas Emerson MLA are backing calls from Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Violent Sheridan and Ngunnawal custodian Richie Allan for the ACT Government and Telstra to honour Telstra’s prior commitment to transform...

Independent Member for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson MLA has welcomed the release of almost 2,500 documents detailing serious incidents in the ACT’s early childhood education and care sector, but will dispute claims of privilege on...

Independent Member for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson MLA and community advocates have welcomed an announcement today of $10 million to improve lighting around Lake Burley Griffin.

I am sickened by last night’s terrorist attack in Bondi and devastated for the victims, their families, the Jewish community, and our country. 

A new report from the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body (the Elected Body) has revealed that only four of the 22 targets under the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agreement...

The ACT has become the first state or territory to legislate its commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, with Independent Member for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson MLA’s Public Sector (Closing the Gap)...

Independent Member for Kurrajong Thomas Emerson MLA is today announcing he has secured support from ACT Labor to pass his Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 with minor amendments. The bill...