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MMA proposes reforms to protect consumers, qualified massage therapists and sex workers

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Key Facts: Anyone including sex workers can and do falsely advertise their services as massage therapy. Consequently, professional massage therapists and their employees are regularly subject to sexual harassment from clients demanding sexual services because of the confusion between the two very different professions No effective protections for professional massage therapists. Sexual harassment and abuse … Continued

Heavy Construction Materials Critical to ACT Infrastructure and Urban Renewal

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Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) has today released The Economic Contribution of the Cement Concrete and Aggregates Industry in Australia, highlighting the important role the Australian Capital Territory’s heavy construction materials industry plays in supporting government-led infrastructure, housing and urban renewal. The report shows that in FY24/25 the industry contributed $141.0 million to the … Continued

Canberra seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges

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With so many issues currently impacting on the rights of people across Australia, an upcoming seminar in Canberra is set to unpack how we can fix wrongs with rights. With growing concerns around social cohesion, the right to peaceful protest, housing affordability, economic inequality, and the impact of climate change and digital technologies, The Answer … Continued

ACT continues to step ahead in promised alcohol delivery reforms

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The ACT is one step closer to implementing life-saving updates to its alcohol delivery laws, as advocates urge the territory government to implement its Liquor Amendment Bill as soon as possible, following today’s report from the parliamentary committee looking at the Bill. “We welcome the Committee’s support of the Bill, and in particular its recommendation … Continued

ACT moves to reform firearms laws; QLD and NT should too

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4 February 2026 The peak body for public health in Australia, the Public Health Association, has welcomed the ACT Government’s actions to quickly introduce the Firearms (Public Safety) Amendment Bill 2026 today during the first week of Legislative Assembly sittings for this year. Once passed, this update of firearms laws in place since 1996 will restrict … Continued

ACT rental crisis persists for low-income households, latest Rental Affordability Index shows

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Rent remains unaffordable for many low-income Canberrans, despite headline figures based on average incomes suggesting an overall improvement, according to the 11th annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index.  The study, which compares rents to average incomes, found a modest 4 per cent improvement in overall affordability over the past 12 months, with … Continued

Rental Affordability Index – ACT

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On Monday 24 November, the 11th annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index will be released. For an embargoed copy of the report, and access to an interactive dashboard showing the affordability of ACT suburbs, or to arrange an interview, please email: [email protected]  Contact details: [email protected] // 0422 581 506