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Friday, 10 February 2012 19:29 |
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 hospital, the potential benefits to the University, the Government and the broader community could be significant, by attracting more students to Canberra and providing recruitment and training opportunities for our health workforce.
"I am determined to ensure that the investments we make deliver broader economic benefits to the Canberra community by creating linkages with business... |
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Friday, 10 February 2012 19:27 |
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 funding, that goes directly to improving and maintaining our local spaces and places. In 2011-12 alone, $120 million will be spent on municipal services and local infrastructure upgrades.
"This fund will mean an extra $22 million in 2012-13 for more parks and playgrounds, more mowing, more shopping centre upgrades, better footpaths and more repairs to roads," the Chief Minister said.
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Friday, 10 February 2012 19:25 |
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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Monday, 12 December 2011 12:50 |
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher announced today that a re-elected Labor Government will expand the nurse-led Walk-in Centre model to Belconnen and Tuggeranong.
“The ACT Labor Government has worked hard to deliver innovative solutions in health care. In May 2010, this Government opened Australia’s first ever public nurse-led Walk-in Centre at Canberra Hospital,” Ms Gallagher said.
“Since then, the Centre has treated more than 15,000 people, filling a gap in the delivery of free, extended hours health care in Canberra.
“For some families, the cost of accessing after-hours health services is a significant burden when faced with an unexpected accident, illness or injury. Low bulk billing rates also add to that pressure, so the Walk-in Centre has filled a gap for some... |
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Saturday, 26 November 2011 16:39 |
 Following an open and democratic preselection ballot conducted today for the electorates of Brindabella and Molonglo, Labor’s candidates in all three ACT Assembly electorates are likely to be finalised within a matter of days. The ACT ALP Branch Secretary Elias Hallaj congratulated all the candidates and welcomed the result.
“Once again the internal democratic preselection process in the ACT Branch of the ALP has resulted in the selection of a talented, hard-working group of candidates to represent the Party and seek the support of the people of Canberra,” said Mr Hallaj.
The ACT Labor Affirmative Action Rules meant that Chief Minister Katy Gallagher was unopposed in the ballot, as were the other female candidates in both electorates. Katy Gallagher, Meegan Fitzharris and Angie... |
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Saturday, 26 November 2011 16:28 |
Since its commencement in 2008, ACT Labor’s Land Rent Scheme has proven an attractive option for more than 1000 low-income Canberra families wishing to achieve the dream of affordable home ownership. The Labor Government has now welcomed the addition of another lender to the scheme today – providing Canberrans with even greater choice of mortgage provider.
Mr Seselja and the Liberals on the other hand have tried again and again to force the Government into abandoning the Land Rent Scheme – describing the Labor initiative as "flawed from the start" and "bound to fail". Mr Seselja should admit he was wrong and explain to the more than 1000 Canberra families who now have homes that they can afford, why he opposed the creation of the innovative Labor scheme.
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