Gary John Joseph Humphries is a Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He was a member of the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory for the Liberal Party of Australia from 2003 to 2013. He was the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2000 to 2001;and was elected to the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory,in 1989,later representing the Molonglo electorate until 2003.
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.
Kerrie Robyn Tucker is a former Australian politician and activist for the environment and human rights who was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the multi-member electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens between 1995 and 2001. Tucker was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) for the Australian Greens at the 1993,2004,and 2007 federal elections.
Andrew James Barr is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. He has been a Labor Party member in the ACT Legislative Assembly since 2006,after being elected on a countback to replace former Treasurer Ted Quinlan,who resigned mid-term. Barr was immediately promoted to Cabinet upon his election. On 11 December 2014 he was elected as Chief Minister after his predecessor,Katy Gallagher,resigned and announced her intention to run for the Senate. In addition to being Chief Minister,he holds the portfolios of Treasurer;Climate Action;Trade,Investment and Economic Development;and Tourism.
The Molonglo electorate was one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly between 1995 and 2016. It had seven seats,and was the largest of the three electorates in terms of population.
Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from December 2020 to May 2022,and previously served as an assistant minister in the Morrison and Turnbull governments since 2016.
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.
Caroline Le Couteur is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens at the 2008 election and defeated at the 2012 election In October 2016,she was re-elected to the assembly representing the new electorate of Murrumbidgee,serving a single term until her retirement in 2020.
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.
Laws regarding euthanasia or assisted suicide in Australia are matters for state and territory governments. As of November 2023 all states have implemented legislation creating an assisted suicide scheme for eligible individuals. These laws typically refer to assisted suicide as "voluntary assisted dying".
The Euthanasia Laws Act 1997 (Cth) was an Act of the Parliament of Australia to amend the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978,the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 and the Norfolk Island Act 1979 to remove the power of the Parliament of each of those territories to legalise euthanasia. The law was enacted in response to the enactment of the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) by the Parliament of the Northern Territory which had legalised euthanasia in the Territory. The Act was repealed by the Restoring Territory Rights Act 2022,which was passed by the federal parliament in December 2022.
A general election for the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly was held on Saturday,15 October 2016.
The Murrumbidgee electorate is one of the five electorates for the unicameral 25-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It elected five members at the 2016 ACT election.
Elizabeth Lee is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Liberal Party and serves in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016,representing the electorate of Kurrajong. Before entering the ACT Legislative Assembly,Elizabeth 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.
Mark Stuart Parton is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016,representing the electorate of Brindabella. He was a long-running local radio announcer on 2CC before entering politics.
Candice Burch is an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Candice Burch is not to be confused with nor is biologically related to Joy Burch,who is another member of the ACT Legislative Assembly. Candice Burch was one of three Canberra Liberals who lost their seat in the 2020 ACT Election. Since losing her seat in the Assembly,Candice now works as Public Affairs and Communications Manager for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
The Canberra Liberals,officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia,is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The party has been in opposition in the ACT Legislative Assembly for much of its existence,but held power with the support of minor parties and independents between 1989 and 1991 and again between 1995 and 2001.
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.
The 2024 Australian Capital Territory general election will be held on or before Saturday 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 the Canberra Liberals.
