Re-elected MLA Jeremy Hanson says the party's seventh-straight election loss was "very disappointing", as conversations continue about Elizabeth Lee's leadership.

While the ACT election has been called in favour of Labor, the exact make-up of the next Legislative Assembly isn't yet certain and there is one seat still up for grabs.

The leader of the Canberra Liberals has expressed agreement with suggestions that some in her party would rather wage internal ideological battles than secure electoral victory in the ACT.

For the first time in 20 years, the ACT has elected independent members to parliament. Thomas Emerson and Fiona Carrick have become the first independents elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly since 2001.

The ACT election result is another confirmation of how different Canberra is to the rest of the country, having just voted in a seven-term government, which would almost be impossible in any other jurisdiction.

ACT Labor has been returned to government after 23 years in power, while two independents will sit in the Legislative Assembly for the first time in more than two decades.

In some Australian election campaigns the major parties can feel like two varieties of the same product, but at this election Canberrans have a choice before them that could shape the future of the capital for decades to come.

On the eve of the election, ACT Labor is found in breach of electoral laws for running advertisements that were "inaccurate and misleading" when criticising the shadow health minister's position on abortion.

Just over half of the 213 policies that have been submitted for costing by the three biggest parties have been costed so far.

From flipping the bird at a journalist to scooping up a clifftop abode before an election, "leaders who made decisions that felt good in the moment but have brought with them distracting headaches" has been a theme in politics this week.

Could the surprise devastation witnessed in the Northern Territory election a few months ago foreshadow a similar result in the ACT this weekend, or is the shared "territory" label where the similarities between the NT and the ACT end?

Elizabeth Lee made the gesture towards a journalist at a press conference after the ACT Property Council's leaders' debate on Wednesday.

Canberrans will head to the polls on Saturday to choose the 11th Legislative Assembly. Here's everything you need to know about where to vote, what time the polls close, how to fill in ballot papers and when we're likely to know results. 

The outcome of two misleading assertions in 2022 reinforces what many in Australia have long suspected — that when it comes to the facts, there is one set of rules for politicians and another for everyone else.

You've heard a lot from the major parties running in this election – namely Labor, the Liberal and the Greens – but these are the other players in contention.

When Andrew Barr became ACT chief minister, Tony Abbott was prime minister and Donald Trump hadn't yet announced his run for US president, yet unlike many of his COVID-era counterparts Barr is fighting on.

The ACT Greens leader says they will not disendorse a candidate for Murrumbidgee, Harini Rangarajan, who made a blog post in 2023 comparing Osama bin Laden to Jesus Christ, in the upcoming territory election.

The ACT Greens defend their vetting process after admitting to knowing about a candidate's blog post comparing September 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden to Jesus Christ.

Short and sharp, the half hour leaders' debate a week-and-a-half out from the ACT election left both sides content about their performance, and no clear winner or loser.

The leaders of the ACT's two major parties have outlined their visions – and traded barbs – over the future of Canberra at the ACT leaders' debate, but key questions remain unanswered.

The Canberra Liberals launch their bid to win back government in the ACT, with leader Elizabeth Lee joined at an event in the city's south by former chief minister Kate Carnell and the party faithful.

In Australian politics it is often said that when Labor governments lose they lose big, but even after 23 years in power, ACT Labor is nowhere close to that fate, making the task before Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee fundamentally different.

The ACT and NSW governments announce they'll work together on improving the railway line between Canberra and Sydney, but this is not a new subject for either.

With a current candidate's offensive social media posts coming to light, and a former candidate hitting back at criticism, the Liberals have spent a week talking about themselves.

The idea of a Greens politician running a government in Australia seems like a far-fetched notion, but Shane Rattenbury says he wants to be ACT chief minister.