The figures presented in the Canberra Times today are not correct. The Government believes it is important the public service continues to play its part in delivering savings to the Budget given tight fiscal conditions. The Government expects agencies to continue to meet the efficiency dividend without resorting to forced redundancies. We know the Liberal [...]
ACT
ACT Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading Announced
Today the ACT Chief Minister and Primary Ambassador, Katy Gallagher, today announced the ACT Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading in 2012. As part of the National Year of Reading in 2012 the first National Year of Reading initiative – ‘Our Story’ – is already underway with every state and territory around the country [...]
ACT Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading Announced
Today the ACT Chief Minister and Primary Ambassador, Katy Gallagher, today announced the ACT Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading in 2012. As part of the National Year of Reading in 2012 the first National Year of Reading initiative – ‘Our Story’ – is already underway with every state and territory around the country voting [...]
Franklin House Charity Launch
A range of local charities are set to benefit from the sale of a house in Franklin which is being built and auctioned for charity. Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the Franklin Charity House project which involves a new charity partnership between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Master Builders Association of the [...]
Franklin Charity House Launch
A range of local charities are set to benefit from the sale of a house in Franklin which is being built and auctioned for charity. ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the Franklin Charity House project which involves a new charity partnership between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Master Builders Association of [...]
Franklin Charity House Launch
A range of local charities are set to benefit from the sale of a house in Franklin which is being built and auctioned for charity. ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today launched the Franklin Charity House project which involves a new charity partnership between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Master Builders Association of [...]
Gungahlin National Broadband Network roll-out update
Tomorrow night National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) will attend the Gungahlin Community Council (GCC) meeting to give an update on the progress of the NBN rollout in Gungahlin. Date: Tuesday 13th December 2011 Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm Where: Gungahlin Library, downstairs meeting room The meeting will be attended by NBN Co’s Head of Construction [...]
National awards recognise local heroes in the ACT
To celebrate International Day of the Volunteer Federal Labor Representatives Senator Kate Lundy, Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann and Member for Fraser Andrew Leigh, have today awarded ten outstanding local volunteers and volunteer groups with a National Volunteer Award. Partnering with Volunteering ACT the awards recognise local volunteers and the contribution they play in our community. These awards pay [...]
Gov 2.0 creates resilience in a 21st century democracy – FutureGov 2011 address
Below is the address Senator Lundy gave to FutureGov 2011 on Gov 2.0 as a mechanism for resilience in a 21st century democracy. Below the speech are some short podcasts from Andrew Stott (previous Director of Digital Engagement in the UK) and Chris Moore (CIO for the City of Edmonton, Canada). All transcripts are under [...]
2011-12 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
The Gillard Government today announced a one-off increase to the efficiency dividend of an additional 2.5 per cent to apply next financial year. This is one-off measure to contribute savings across Government in the 2011-12 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). Smaller agencies have been exempted from the one-off efficiency dividend (appendix A), including our [...]
