ACT Senator Kate Lundy today attended the official opening of the new class rooms and refurbished hospitality rooms at Radford College Junior School in Bruce, built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER). Radford College Junior School received $3,200,000 under the National School Pride (NSP) program and Primary Schools for the [...]
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ACT economy leading as Labor drives economic growth
The ACT economy is fairing strong with historically low unemployment rates and firm population growth, according to Commsec’s State of the States report. Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann, Member for Fraser Andrew Leigh and Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy have welcomed the strong economic performance of the Territory. The main driving force behind the [...]
Funding our future in the ACT
Gai Brodtmann MP, Andrew Leigh MP and Senator Kate Lundy today congratulated the Gillard Government for continuing to fund fundamental programs and investments in the ACT. Since 2007 the Federal Labor Government has made unprecedented investments in Canberra for education, health, social housing, community infrastructure and roads. The Federal Labor Government and the ACT Labor [...]
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 [...]
Labor opens facilities at Marist College Canberra funded under historic school modernisation program
The multipurpose facility at Marist College Canberra was officially opened today, built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER). Marist College Canberra received $200,000 under the National School Pride (NSP) element and $2.5 million under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) element of BER. BER is a key element [...]
Labor opens facilities at Lyons Early Childhood
Today was the official opening of the refurbished multipurpose hall at Lyons Early Childhood School in her electorate of Canberra built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER). Lyons Early Childhood School received $50,000 under the National School Pride (NSP) element and $250,000 under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century [...]
Liberals Plan for Canberra
This is what the Liberals have in store for Canberra: Cut 5,000 public services jobs in health and education (1 April 2010) Cut spending by $10 billion (27 April 2010) Cut the National Broadband Network (27 April 2010) Cut the Building Education Revolution (10 April 2010) “It is clear the Coalition has a list of [...]
$800,000 for ACT community infrastructure
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has welcomed the Rudd Labor Government’s announcement of $800,000 for four ready-to-go community infrastructure projects across the Australian Capital Territory as part of the Governments plan to support jobs in the local economy while delivering lasting benefits for communities. The funding includes: $200,000 Construction of loading area for the [...]
Jobs Fund supports Anglicare recycling project
The Rudd Government today announced $700,000 funding for Anglicare under the Get Communities Working stream of the Australian Government’s Jobs Fund. It is one of 32 Get Communities Working projects to share in $21.5 million in Round 2 to link disadvantaged job seekers with training and employment opportunities. The funding will establish a ‘Triple R [...]
