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New North Canberra Hospital moves a step closer
UC announced as preferred site for new north side hospital

ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, has released the report on possible sites for a new north Canberra sub-acute hospital, which identifies the University of Canberra as the preferred site.

"This Government is planning for the future and making record investments in all aspects of health care," the Chief Minister said.

"This is an exciting project as it will be the first time that the ACT has had a specialised sub-acute hospital.

"The new hospital will enable sub-acute services to be provided in a purpose built, contemporary facility with the focus on these services, without the pressure created by emergency care needs," the Chief Minister said.

"If the UC site was to be selected for the new...
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Extra money for services and maintenance
Fund to deliver $22 million benefit for all Canberrans

The Chief Minister and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Katy Gallagher, and the Deputy Chief Minister and Treasurer, Andrew Barr, today announced the Government will inject an extra $22 million into maintaining and upgrading the urban amenity of Canberra in the next Territory Budget.

The ACT Labor Government will establish an Urban Improvement Fund in the next ACT Budget, with funding to come directly from the Lease Variation Charge (LVC).

"Canberra is a great place to live, and we already enjoy a very high standard of living. I know that Canberrans share a great sense of pride in the look and feel of our city," the Chief Minister said.

"The ACT Labor Government already provides record levels of...
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Liberals still boasting about “12,000 public service job cuts, as a starting point”
A Strong Public Service – excerpt from parliamentary speech by Andrew Leigh, Member for Fraser

8 February 2012

I rise today to speak about the importance of a strong Australian Public Service and the threats to Canberra public servants. On Q&A on Monday night, the member for North Sydney said:

‘They’ve increased the public service in Canberra by 20,000 since they were elected and we’ve said, and I know it gets me in trouble with my colleagues in Canberra, but I’ve said that 12,000 will be made redundant within the first two years as a starting point and that’s hard but we’ve got, for example, six and a half thousand people in the department of health that has no patients, no doctors, and no nurses and, I’m sorry, you can’t live outside of your...
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ACT Labor grateful for Canberra Labor Club assistance
 In a highly defamatory attack on the Labor Party this morning, Liberal Brendan Smyth hasincorrectly accused the party of breaching a law which he proposed last year but whichdoesn’t actually exist.

Mr Smyth has been a long-time politically-biased critic of the ACT’s community club systemand in particular the support the Canberra Labor Club has provided ACT Labor and manycommunity groups over the past 30 years.

The Labor Club was started 30 years ago, by a group of Labor Party members, some ofwhom mortgaged their homes, to create a community club that would support the Labor Partyand worthy community organisations. In 30 years it has grown to be one of the biggest clubgroups in Canberra, with around 50,000 members.

Notwithstanding the fact that it was established with the...
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New Council and Ambassadors support Australia’s diversity 29 August 2011, 10.49 Kate Lundy
New Council and Ambassadors support Australia’s diversity
The Gillard Labor Government launched a new local ambassadors program on the 22nd fo August, this program is designed to champion inclusion and highlight the benefits of Australia’s diversity. The People of Australia...
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South Sudan Independence 22 August 2011, 15.19 Kate Lundy
South Sudan Independence
Independence is a significant step forward for a peoples and region that has suffered considerable humanitarian and security challenges for many years.    Australia is home to 29,000 Sudanese, most of them refugees who...
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National Disabilities Insurance Scheme 22 August 2011, 14.07 Kate Lundy
National Disabilities Insurance Scheme
People with disability deserve the same opportunities as other Australians to participate in the community, have a job where possible and live meaningful lives.   That’s why the Federal Labor Government asked the...
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Economic Statement to the Legislative Assembly 18 August 2011, 00.00 Andrew Barr
Economic Statement to the Legislative Assembly
Given the events of recent weeks and months, I would like to take this opportunity to provide an update on the outlook for the Territory economy. The fundamentals of our economy remain strong. Seasonally adjusted State Final...
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