22-903: Transport Canberra & City Services (TCCS) is a directorate of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory of the Australian Capital Territory , responsible for managing roads, footpaths and cycle paths and managing public transport in Canberra including ACTION buses and the Canberra Light Rail through its Transport Canberra division. Besides roads and transport, TCCS also delivers services such as recycling and collecting waste, public libraries and ensuring municipal infrastructure such as streetlights and public barbecues are in good working order. It also oversees
44-648: A number of Public Authorities and Territory Owned Corporations: The following are officers of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly : ACT Greens The ACT Greens is a green political party located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens . Both parties were formed in 1992, three years after the ACT achieved self-government in 1989. Since its formation
66-453: Is Alison Playford, who has held this position since May 2019. Emma Thomas was the inaugural and previous director-general until her retirement from the ACT public service in April 2019. Transport Canberra ( TC ) is the transport agency equivalent in the ACT, in charge of managing Canberra's public transport network, including ACTION buses and Canberra Light Rail , as well as active travel . It
88-644: The Chief Minister as the head of the government, rather than being appointed by a Governor or Administrator. Since December 2014, the Chief Minister has been Andrew Barr , leader of the Labor Party . Following the 2024 ACT election , Labor formed a minority government of 10 members, after the Greens moved to the crossbench and dissolved the coalition that had been in place since 2012. Ministers are appointed by
110-714: The Liberals with six. After deliberations with both the Labor and Liberal parties, the Greens chose to support a Labor minority government . 2012–2016 Assembly Following the 2012 ACT election , Shane Rattenbury was the only Greens MLA to retain his seat in the Legislative Assembly, and entered into a power sharing arrangement to allow the Labor Party to once again form minority government. The agreement gave Shane Rattenbury
132-627: The ACT Greens has had a significant presence in the ACT Legislative Assembly , having formed minority or coalition governments with the Labor Party since 2008. 1995–1998 Assembly Two Greens candidates, Lucy Horodny and Kerrie Tucker, were successful at the 1995 election, the first to be run under the Hare-Clark system. The election resulted in a hung parliament, but the Liberal Party
154-461: The ACT's 5 electorates apart from Murumbidgee where they already had a seat. The party took 2 seats from the Labor party and 2 seats from the Liberal party. the 6 Greens MLAs formed government with the 10 Labor MLAs, negotiating a coalition agreement with 3 Greens members, Shane Rattenbury, Rebecca Vassarotti and Emma Davidson , being apart of the 9 person cabinet . On 10 November 2023, member of
176-617: The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988. Nonetheless, the ACT is governed according to the principles of the Westminster System , a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom . Legislative power rests with the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly . Executive power rests formally with the Executive, which consists of
198-642: The Australian Capital Territory , also referred to as the Australian Capital Territory Government or ACT Government , is the executive branch of the Australian Capital Territory . The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly forms government. Unlike the Australian states and the Northern Territory , the Legislative Assembly directly elects one of their number to be
220-525: The Australian States and the Northern Territory . In the ACT, government functions that would usually be handled by local government are instead directly handled by the Territory government. The current arrangement of the incumbent ministry ( Fourth Barr Ministry ) of the ACT was appointed on 6 November 2024, comprising eight Labor Party members. The current arrangement of the incumbent shadow ministry
242-663: The Chief Minister and Ministers, and is informally called the Cabinet . Judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and a system of subordinate courts, but the High Court of Australia and other federal courts have overriding jurisdiction on matters which fall under the ambit of the Australian Constitution. The ACT does not have a separate system of local government such as that seen in
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#1732847702394264-489: The Chief Minister. The current ministry of the Australian Capital Territory ( Fourth Barr Ministry ) comprises eight of the 25 members of the Legislative Assembly. The ACT has internal self-government, but Australia's Constitution does not afford the territory government the full legislative independence provided to Australian states. Government for the Australian Capital Territory is outlined in Commonwealth legislation;
286-509: The agency in charge of planning the Canberra light rail project. The plan was modified and announced in April 2016 and the new changes took effect on 1 July 2016: The administrative changes brought together the CMA, ACTION buses and the existing municipal services functions of TAMS into one directorate. Transport Canberra was still created to manage public transport in Canberra, but as a division under
308-560: The management of a number of the ACT Government's commercial operations, including ACT NOWaste, Capital Linen Service, ACT Public Cemeteries Authority (which includes Woden, Gungahlin and Hall cemeteries), and Yarralumla Nursery . The predecessor of the TCCS was the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS), previously the Department of Territory and Municipal Services (also TAMS). TAMS
330-661: The ministerial portfolios of Ageing; Housing; Corrections; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, as well as Territory and Municipal Services in the Second Gallagher Ministry and the First Barr Ministry . 2016–2020 Assembly Shane Rattenbury retained a seat in the expanded Legislative Assembly at the 2016 ACT election , and held the ministerial portfolios of Climate Change and Sustainability; Corrections and Justice Health; Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety; and Mental Health. Caroline Le Couteur
352-533: The new TCCS directorate. In December 2016, TCCS was given the responsibility of waste policy, transferred from the EPSDD. As of September 2019, TCCS operated under four areas of responsibilities, which are: The directorate is responsible to Chris Steel , Minister for City Services, Recycling and Waste Reduction, Roads and Active Travel, and Transport. As of 5 June 2019, the Director-General of TCCS
374-451: Was able to form government with two independents. 1998–2001 Assembly Kerrie Tucker was left as the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Liberal Party again formed government with the help of independents. 2001–2004 Assembly Kerrie Tucker was once again the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Labor Party formed a minority government with her support and that of Australian Democrat Roslyn Dundas. There
396-416: Was also reelected, after losing her seat in 2012. The Greens maintained their position in the balance of power for a third consecutive term, and the ACT Greens and ACT Labor parties signed another parliamentary agreement setting out the terms of their power-sharing arrangement in government. 2020–2024 Assembly During the 2020 election, the Greens had an excellent result, winning an extra seat in each of
418-463: Was announced on 18 November 2024, comprising seven Liberal Party members. The ACT Government is served by a unified ACT Public Service agency , reporting to a single Head of Service. Administrative units, known as Directorates, are grouped under areas of portfolio responsibility. Each Directorate is led by a Director-General who reports to one or more Ministers. As of November 2020 , there are nine Directorates: The ACT Government also has
440-569: Was formed from combining the public transport division of the TAMS with Capital Metro Agency, the agency in charge of the light rail project. It also replaced the previous roads and public transport agency, Transport for Canberra. Originally planned to be a standalone government directorate, it was later changed to be a division of the newly created TCCS. Government of the Australian Capital Territory The Government of
462-511: Was formed on 1 July 2006 from the merger of the Department of Urban Services, Environment ACT, Australian Capital Tourism, Sport and Recreation ACT, ACTION , Canberra Stadiums and parts of the Office of Sustainability into a single department. In October 2015, the ACT government announced that they were planning to form a form a standalone public transport directorate known as Transport Canberra, merged from ACTION buses and Capital Metro Agency (CMA),
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#1732847702394484-553: Was no formal parliamentary agreement between the three governing parties for this assembly. 2004–2008 Assembly This was the first ACT election since the enactment of a fixed four-year term. Deb Foskey was the sole Greens member of the assembly, in which the Labor Party held the majority. 2008–2012 Assembly Following the 2008 election , the ACT Greens held the balance of power in the 17-member Legislative Assembly , with four members (Amanda Bresnan, Meredith Hunter, Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Le Couteur), to Labor 's seven and
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