Media Releases

ACT Housing announcements and new initiatives

Below are the videos and full transcripts (including questions from journalists) from the ACT housing initiatives recently announced by Minister Tanya Plibersek, Chief Minister of the ACT Jon Stanhope, and the Fraser Labor candidate Dr Andrew Leigh on August 11th 2010.

Comments from Minister Tanya Plibersek
TANYA PLIBERSEK: Thanks [...]

GP Super Clinic for the ACT

The Gillard Labor Government will build a new GP Super Clinic for the ACT to improve access to health services for local families.
GP Super Clinics are a key part of the Gillard Labor Government’s plan to improve GP and other primary care services around the country.
The ACT is a growing community with young families and [...]

Speaking to the ACT Community Living Project about new funding commitments for people with a disability

Senator Kate Lundy, Andrew Leigh and Gai Brodtmann all spoke to Esther Woodbury and Alison McGregor from the ACT Community Living Project after two major policy announcements by Prime Minister Gillard and Parlimentary Secretary Bill Shorten about new funding commitments for early intervention for children with a disability and for supported accommodation for people with [...]

New Facilities Open at Waniassa and Woden Schools

Campaign Media Release
Senator Kate Lundy
Labor Senator for the ACT
Gai Brodtmann
Labor Candidate for Canberra
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy, and Labor Candidate for Canberra, Gai Brodtmann, today attended the official openings of two school projects in the ACT as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER).
Senator Lundy and Ms Brodtmann congratulated Woden and [...]

New Facilities Open At Giralang Primary School

Campaign Media Release

SENATOR FOR THE ACT

LABOR CANDIDATE FOR FRASER

NEW FACILITIES OPEN AT GIRALANG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy and Labor Candidate for Fraser Andrew Leigh today attended the official opening of the refurbished multipurpose hall at Giralang Primary School built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution.
Giralang [...]

Senator Kate Lundy opens facilities under historic school modernisation program

Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today attended the official openings for three schools in the ACT as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER).

Duffy Primary School received $2.125 million in commonwealth funding for the construction of a shade structure and refurbishment of library and student facilities,
Stromlo High School received $450,000 in [...]

Humphries turns his back on Gungahlin: Liberals to abolish NBN

Today Senator Humphries was forced to concede that the Liberals, if elected to government, will abandon the NBN rollout in Gungahlin with no alternative plan to deliver high speed broadband. Last week Liberal Senator Gary Humphries was trying to claim credit for the announcement that Gungahlin is one of the early rollout sites for the [...]

ACT Labor candidates welcome national trade cadetships

Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy, Candidate for Canberra Gai Brodtmann, Candidate for Fraser Andrew Leigh and Second Senate Candidate David Mathews today welcomed the Gillard Government’s announcement of a new National Trade Cadetship program.
Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy said Trade Cadets would be the electricians, carpenters and tradies of tomorrow.
The Cadetships will be [...]

Liberals can’t be trusted on public service jobs

Tony Abbott today announced an additional $1.183 billion worth of cuts, which will put local public service jobs at risk and again demonstrates the ideological commitment the Liberal party has to “cutting government jobs” in the same way the former Howard Government did in the first years of that government in 1996 and 1997.
The Liberals [...]

New training facilities for Communities@Work

New facilities at Communities@Work that will improve vocational education and training for students in the Tuggeranong region were opened today.
The Australian Government provided $231,593 towards the project to refurbish rooms at the Tuggeranong Community Centre to make it suitable for use as a flexible training centre including a self study area and an ungraded meeting [...]