The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Square,close to the centre of the city of Canberra.
Katherine Ruth Gallagher is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance,Minister for Women,Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022 having formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election,as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.
The ACT Greens is a green political party located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT),and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. Both parties were formed in 1992,three years after the ACT achieved self-government in 1989.
Andrew James Barr is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th and current chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014 and the treasurer of the Australian Capital Territory since 2011. He has been the leader of the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2014 and a member (MLA) of the ACT Legislative Assembly since 2006.
Shane Stephen Rattenbury,is the Attorney-General of the ACT and former Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly,and a member of the multi-member district unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo from 2008 to 2016 and the electorate of Kurrajong since 2016 for the ACT Greens. He was the first Speaker in any Parliament in the world representing a Green political party.
Jeremy David Hanson,CSC,MLA is a former Australian Army officer and is an Australian politician with the Liberal Party,elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly as one of seven MLAs for the Molonglo electorate at the 2008 election. He was the Opposition Leader in the ACT,as well as Shadow Minister for Health,Police,Corrections and Indigenous Affairs,between February 2013 and October 2016. In 2016,following a redistricting of the ACT's electorates and an expansion in size of the Legislative Assembly,he was elected as one of five MLAs for the new electorate of Murrumbidgee.
Natasha Kate Fyles is an Australian politician and former teacher who served as the 12th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and Minister for Health. She was the leader of the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from May 2022 until her resignation in December 2023. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Nightcliff from 2012 until her defeat at the 2024 election. She previously served as 22nd attorney-general of the Northern Territory and the territory’s minister for Justice from 2016 to 2020.
A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday,15 October 2016.
Giulia Jones is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Molonglo and then Murrumbidgee for the Liberal Party from 2012 until her resignation in 2022. Jones was the deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the ACT from October 2020 to January 2022.
Meegan Fitzharris is a former Australian politician,who was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for the Yerrabi electorate from October 2016 to July 2019,and before that,member for the electorate of Molonglo after she won a countback to fill the Legislative Assembly seat vacated by former Chief Minister,Katy Gallagher,in January 2015. She was the Minister for Transport and Municipal Services,Minister for Higher Education,Training and Research and Minister for Health until her resignation from politics in July 2019.
The 2020 Australian Capital Territory general election was held on 17 October 2020 to elect all 25 members of the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.
Christopher James Steel is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016,representing the electorate of Murrumbidgee and currently serves as a Cabinet Minister in the ACT Government. Before his election,Steel was an education advocate working in the early childhood sector.
Elizabeth Lee is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Liberal Party and has served in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016,representing the electorate of Kurrajong. Before entering the ACT Legislative Assembly,Lee had a successful career as a lawyer in the private sector. Later,she became a lecturer at the Australian National University and University of Canberra.
The 2024 Northern Territory general election was held on 24 August 2024 to elect all 25 members of the Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Members were elected through full preferential instant-runoff voting in single-member electorates. The election was conducted by the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC).
Marisa Paterson is an Australian anthropologist,academic and politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 2020,representing the Australian Labor Party for the electorate of Murrumbidgee.
Leanne Castley is a member of parliament in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the Canberra Liberals.
The Third Barr Ministry is the 15th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory,led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Yvette Berry. It was appointed on 4 November 2020 to replace the Second Barr Ministry,following the 2020 general election held two weeks earlier.
The 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election was held on 19 October 2024 to elect all 25 members of the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly.
Ed Cocks is a member of parliament in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly,representing Murrumbidgee as a member of the Canberra Liberals.
The Labor–Greens coalition is a political alliance between the Labor Party and the Greens in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.
