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
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
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
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.
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Why is Indigenous incarceration in the ACT so high and what needs to change? Julie Tongs.
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
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
We asked a couple of AIs, (ChatGPT, Deepseek and Kairos) What are the ways to deal openly and transparently and strengthen democracy ...? ChatGPT responded: Addressing these 10 anti-democratic principles—outlined by analysts like Noam Chomsky to describe how power can be centralized and democracy hollowed out—requires bold, open, and participatory … Read More
What actions do Canberrans want our five MPs (MHRs and Senators) to take for us in 2026? Be part of deciding. How do we, the people, make sure we are really heard, acknowledged, and not just listened to? CAPaD is offering the chance to have a conversation with them about … Read More