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  • Local Politics in the Pub

    Austrian Australian Club Heard Street, Mawson, ACT, Australia

    Local Politics in the Pub resumes on February 17th at the Austrian Australian Club, Peter Tait will be introducing the MP Job Description. MPs have a very important job – governing the country. We all have a vague idea what they do but do we really understand their job? Do … Read More

  • MP Job Description and Questions Session

    Zoom Event

    We have Job Descriptions – why not MPs? Now we are taking the next step to think about what a job description for MPs might look like, building on the 2024 ACT Election activity around the skills and attributes we want our MLAs to demonstrate. In essence, MPs have a … Read More

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  • Candidate forum – Senators

    Woden Valley (formerly St James) Uniting Church, Gillies Street, Curtin Gillies Street, Curtin, ACT, Australia

    CAPaD wants to help voters and candidates understand what our members of parliament do on our behalf. To this end, members of the Canberra community have created voters’ expectations (link). Based on this we have crafted some questions we intend to ask candidates at Forums to be held in each … Read More

  • Candidate forum – Canberra

    Woden Valley (formerly St James) Uniting Church, Gillies Street, Curtin Gillies Street, Curtin, ACT, Australia

    CAPaD wants to help voters and candidates understand what our members of parliament do on our behalf. To this end, members of the Canberra community have created voters’ expectations (link). Based on this we have crafted some questions we intend to ask candidates at Forums to be held in each … Read More

  • Candidate Forum – Bean

    Tuggeranong Community Centre Hall 155 Cowlishaw Street, Greenway, ACT, Australia

    CAPaD wants to help voters and candidates understand what our members of parliament do on our behalf. To this end, members of the Canberra community have created voters’ expectations (link). Based on this we have crafted some questions we intend to ask candidates at Forums to be held in each … Read More

  • Candidate Forum – Fenner

    Forde Community Centre 7/26 Francis Forde Boulevarde,, Forde, ACT, Australia

    NOTE - CANCELLED - sorry - due to complex circumstances. More information about our election education activity and links to the other candidate forums videos at our Elections Page.  

  • 2025 CAPaD AGM

    Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street, Weston 6 Parkinson Street,, Weston, ACT, Australia

    When: 2 – 2-30pm, Saturday September 6th 2025 Where: Irish Club, 6 Parkinson Street, Weston. if you cannot attend in person, come via Zoom.  Register here. Note this is a low tech solution for attendance and will not be as good as being there. Link to AGM documents: 2024 Minutes, … Read More

  • Five ideas for improving parliament, in conversation with Lawrie Nock

    Woden Valley (formerly St James) Uniting Church, Gillies Street, Curtin Gillies Street, Curtin, ACT, Australia

    A conversation: Lawrie Nock describes five ways we might improve parliament and government in Australia without needing to change the constitution. Secret ballot voting in Parliament The selection of Executive Councillors or their equivalents (the Ministry), from outside of the elected members of the legislature A democratic process for selecting … Read More