In this ACT Election Scorecard, ANTAR together with our Affiliate organisation ANTaR ACT has provided a guide to the policies of the ACT Labor Party, the ACT Greens, and the Independents for Canberra in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
In July 2024, ANTAR/ ANTaR ACT wrote to the three major political parties as well as the registered minor parties contesting the 2024 ACT Election, seeking their policies and election commitments relating to:
At the time this Election Scorecard was published, the ACT Labor and Greens parties, as well as the Independents for Canberra and other minor parties had provided responses to our request for their positions on the issues outlined above.
The Canberra Liberals advised they had not finalised their policy by the deadline, therefore with no publicly available policy positions on the issues, we could not include them in this Scorecard. We have substituted the Independents for Canberra as the only other party which responded with candidates in every electorate.
All the responses received can be read in full on ANTaR ACT’s website including First Nation Party, Fiona Carrick Independent, Strong Independents, and Belco Party. The Canberra Liberal’s response will also be published there when we receive it.
ANTAR/ANTaR ACT recommends close consideration of the policies of the parties contesting the 2024 ACT Election – and particularly the policies related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. We believe that justice, rights,
and respect for the First Nations people of the ACT must be a top priority for the next Legislative Assembly and government.