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.
The Environment,Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) is a directorate of the Australian Capital Territory government. It was formed from the merger of the Department of Environment,Climate Change,Energy and Water (DECCEW) and the ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA) on 17 May 2011,after Katy Gallagher was elected by the Legislative Assembly as Chief Minister the day before.
Rachel Genevieve Nolan is a former Australian politician. She was elected as the state member for Ipswich on 17 February 2001. At the time she was Queensland's youngest ever female MP. She held the seat until 26 March 2012.
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 an Australian politician who currently serves as the Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory 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 previously the Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly,and was the first Speaker in any parliament in the world representing a Green political party.
Steven John Doszpot was an Australian politician and member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2017. A member of the Liberal Party,he represented the electorate of Brindabella between 2008 and 2012,Molonglo from 2012 to 2016,and Kurrajong from 2016 to his death in 2017. In December 2012,Doszpot was elected as the Assistant Speaker.
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.
Suzanne Patricia Orr is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since October 2016,representing the electorate of Yerrabi. She worked as an urban planner before her election.
Michael Hugh Pettersson is an Australian politician. He has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory since 2016 when he was elected as the Labor Party representative for the newly formed electorate of Yerrabi.
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 worked as a lawyer,before becoming a lecturer at the Australian National University and University of Canberra.
The Second Barr Ministry was the 14th 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 1 November 2016,following the 2016 general election held two weeks earlier. The Greens signed a new formal Parliamentary Agreement with Labor which continued to maintain Green's leader Shane Rattenbury's position in the Ministry,whilst mandating that the Greens not move or support any motion of no confidence in the Labor Government,except in instances of gross misconduct or corruption.
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 First Barr Ministry was the 13th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory,and was led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Simon Corbell. It was appointed on 15 December 2014 following the resignation of Katy Gallagher as Chief Minister and the subsequent election of Andrew Barr as her replacement by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Green's Shane Rattenbury continued to serve as a minister for the remainder of the parliamentary term,as part of the Labor-Greens parliamentary agreement signed in 2012 at the start of the term.
Rebecca Vassarotti is an Australian politician who has been deputy leader of the ACT Greens since March 2024,and was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Kurrajong from 2020 to 2024.
Leanne Castley is a member of parliament in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the Canberra Liberals.
Peter John Cain is an Australian politician,elected to the seat of Ginninderra in Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly on 17 October 2020,representing the Canberra Liberals.
The Opposition in the Australian territory of the Australian Capital Territory comprises the largest party not in Government. The Opposition's purpose is to hold the Government to account and constitute a "Government-in-waiting" should the existing Government fall. To that end,a Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Ministers for the various government departments question the Chief Minister and Ministers on Government policy and administration and formulate the policy the Opposition would pursue in Government. It is sometimes styled "His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" to demonstrate that although it opposes the Government,it remains loyal to the King.
