Opinion

In a sea of volatility, the ACT is Labor’s ‘forever government’

Labor has held power in the territory for 23 years. The Liberals hope that will prove to be enough in this weekend’s election.

Phillip CooreyPolitical editor

Oct 17, 2024 – 8.00pm

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In 2020, when an independent inquiry commissioned by then High Court chief justice Susan Kiefel found that former judge Dyson Heydon had sexually harassed six young female associates, other women were inspired to come forward.

One of them was ACT Liberal politician and former lawyer Elizabeth Lee, who recounted how she was persistently propositioned by Heydon seven years earlier at the 2013 University of Canberra law ball.

Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence.