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Tonight's Candle Festival celebrates Canberra's 33-year friendship with Nara, Japan - but did you know it's just one of ...
24/10/2026

Tonight's Candle Festival celebrates Canberra's 33-year friendship with Nara, Japan - but did you know it's just one of several international connections? 🤔🌏

The ACT Government creates sister and friendship cities to support cultural and economic ties, while the Assembly creates parliamentary partnerships to share knowledge and strengthen democracy.

🏛 About partner parliaments: bit.ly/3R4VX9i

Have you got something to say about proposed changes to domestic violence information sharing and the dissolution of the...
22/10/2026

Have you got something to say about proposed changes to domestic violence information sharing and the dissolution of the Domestic Violence Prevention Council? 🤔💭

Submissions close Friday 13 November

ℹ️ About the inquiry: bit.ly/47wewHZ
📘 The bill: legislation.act.gov.au/b/db_75044
✍🏼 Submission writing guide: bit.ly/3tdzD1g

The social policy committee will hold a public hearing from 1.30pm today into a petition on career guidance for ACT stud...
22/10/2026

The social policy committee will hold a public hearing from 1.30pm today into a petition on career guidance for ACT students in years 7 to 10.

You can watch live or later using the links below 🔻

👥 Schedule: bit.ly/3VWXldC
▶️ Watch: broadcast.act.gov.au

Thomas Emerson Chiaka Barry MLA Laura Nuttall MLA Yvette Berry

Today wraps up the first of two sitting weeks!😮‍💨  This morning members will hear a petition✍️, ministerial statements💬,...
21/10/2026

Today wraps up the first of two sitting weeks!😮‍💨 This morning members will hear a petition✍️, ministerial statements💬, and the presentation of a bill📜 Suzanne Orr.

Following question time at 2pm⏰, members will consider a motion on bees 🐝 Taimus Werner-Gibbings and one on wearable technology and AI 👓 Peter Cain MLA Chiaka Barry MLA

Follow along using the links below👇
🔗 What's on: http://bit.ly/2Wa59tF
▶️ Watch: https://bit.ly/3QHy81F
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Our second sitting day this week will start off with ministerial statements, Assembly and committee business, and bills📃...
20/10/2026

Our second sitting day this week will start off with ministerial statements, Assembly and committee business, and bills📃.

Following question time Mark Parton MLA will present an anti-consorting bill🚨, members will continue debate on the campaign advertising bill 📰 (Andrew Braddock MLA) and consider a motion on domestic and family violence mapping📍(Chiaka Barry MLA).

🔗What’s on: http://bit.ly/2Wa59tF
▶️Watch: https://bit/ly/3QHy81F

Today begins a fortnight of back-to-back sitting weeks. This morning will see a petition✍️, statements📢, reports📘, the i...
19/10/2026

Today begins a fortnight of back-to-back sitting weeks. This morning will see a petition✍️, statements📢, reports📘, the introduction of a bill and continuing debate on another. 📜

Following question time MLAs will consider motions on sentencing law reform⚖️ (Chiaka Barry) and urban growth🏙️ (Leanne Castley).

🔗 What's on: http://bit.ly/2Wa59tF
▶️ Watch: https://bit.ly/3QHy81F

The inquiry report on Canberra's night-time economy has been published, making 28 recommendations 🌃🎵🪩🔗 Read the report h...
15/10/2026

The inquiry report on Canberra's night-time economy has been published, making 28 recommendations 🌃🎵🪩

🔗 Read the report here: https://bit.ly/3WqLqo0

Taimus Werner-Gibbings Fiona Carrick Elizabeth Lee Thomas Emerson Rebecca Vassarotti

Today, the environment and planning committee will hear from witnesses about the use of controlled activity orders and g...
14/10/2026

Today, the environment and planning committee will hear from witnesses about the use of controlled activity orders and government enforcement of lease conditions in relation to a range of local sites.

You can watch live or later using the links below 👇🏼
📅Schedule: bit.ly/3VWXldC
▶️Watch: broadcast.act.gov.au

Jo Clay MLA Carrick MLA Peter Cain MLA Yvette Berry

Did you know that the Assembly has an art collection with over 300 individual pieces🎨?A selection of these works are dis...
14/10/2026

Did you know that the Assembly has an art collection with over 300 individual pieces🎨?

A selection of these works are displayed in our publicly accessible spaces. Come visit us and grab a copy of our self-guided art brochure from the foyer to check out these works, or, join us on our free public tours every Thursday at 1pm!

🌐For more information about our art collection, check out our recently updated art webpage https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/visit-and-learn/art

Featured artworks, L-R, top to bottom:
1. Paradise Interrupted 2021 by Nicola Dickson
2. Fused Glass 1998 by Klaus Moje
3. Connections: harshness and beauty; past, present, future 1995/6 by John Johnson
4. The Great Centenary Tapestry 2013 by Annie Trevillian/Valerie Kirk
5. Kioloa Collection 2023 by Neve Foxcroft
6. The Listening Tree by Bev Hogg
7. Subway River 2023 by Omar Musa
8. Edge of Light 2017 (video) by Glen Ryan
9. Bogong Moth Gloves 2020 by Sharon Peoples

Today is 한글날/Hangul Day, celebrating the invention of the Korean alphabet in 1443! According to the 2021 census, over 2,...
08/10/2026

Today is 한글날/Hangul Day, celebrating the invention of the Korean alphabet in 1443! According to the 2021 census, over 2,600 Canberrans speak Korean

You can learn about the Assembly, participating in public inquiries, or petitions in Korean (and seven other languages) on our website:

🔗parliament.act.gov.au/translations

호주 캔버라 한인회 / The Korean Association Of Canberra

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