David Smith
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Aug 17, 2026
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- Aug 7, 2026
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Is it time for a radical rethink of the way the Assembly represents us? (opens the original)
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Canberra is closing in on four decades of self-government. In that time the Legislative Assembly has served this city well. Nobody can argue we are not a more liveable, mature and confident city than we were in 1989. But being well served by an institution must never stop us asking whether it could serve us better. As the federal member for Bean, I hear every week from constituents who are frustrated. Not with any particular government or party, but with the system itself, which makes it hard to
Struggling to see a GP? This is why (opens the original)
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Since coming to office, the Albanese Labor government has delivered on our commitment to open 137 Medicare urgent care clinics, with six clinics now open in the ACT, and we have made a record $8.5 billion investment to strengthen Medicare to deliver more bulk billing and more doctors and nurses so you can see a GP for free. I know that this is making a real difference in my electorate of Bean as well as across the ACT. However, there is a catch. Being able to see a bulk-billing GP is reliant on
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