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 [...]
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ACT community service workers closer to equal pay
Federal Labor representatives for the ACT, Senator Kate Lundy, Gai Brodtmann and Dr Andrew Leigh, today welcomed the announcement that more than 3,000 ACT workers in the social and community sector are a step closer to achieving equal pay after the Gillard Government announced it will provide $2 billion to deliver an historic pay rise [...]
Budget delivers for Canberra
Federal ACT Labor Representatives, Kate Lundy, Gai Brodtmann, and Andrew Leigh, have welcomed 2011-12 Budget investment in Canberra. To mark the capital’s Centenary celebrations, the Budget delivers over $68 million to partner with the ACT Government to deliver a program of Canberra Centenary celebration for all Australians. Labor’s responsible Budget will strengthen Australia’s economy, create [...]
$100K funding boost to drive tourism growth in Hall
Gooroman Park homestead café and equestrian centre just outside of Hall in the ACT is the latest tourism operator to benefit from the Australian Government’s $8.3 million TQUAL Grants program. The program uses targeted investments to assist domestic tourism operators explore new market opportunities, expand their range of services, promote growth and contribute to job [...]
New Belconnen skate park and lakeshore upgrades
Belconnen residents will benefit from a $4.2 million investment by the Federal Labor Government and ACT Government for a new skate park near the Eastern Valley Way Inlet in Belconnen and upgrades to the adjacent foreshore. The site is expected to support up to 24 jobs during construction of the skate park, and as many [...]
Liberals to cut 12,000 Public Service Jobs
In last nights budget-in-reply speech the Opposition announced they would cut public service numbers by 12,000. Unfortunately for Canberra jobs and economy, the Liberals have reaffirmed their ideological commitment to slashing the public sector in the same way the former Howard Government did in the first years of that government in 1996 and 1997. This [...]
2010-11 Budget – Responsible management and a faster return to surplus
The Rudd Government will get the budget back in the black three years ahead of schedule and ahead of every major advanced economy. Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy said she was proud to be part of a government that had worked so hard to keep the economy in a position of strength. “From a [...]
20 ACT Indigenous people to train as counsellors
The Australian Government is providing $360,000 for a project to train for 40 Indigenous people in Wagga Wagga and the ACT to learn counselling skills and secure work experience. Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today welcomed the project, which will see half of the 40 people trained from the ACT. “This is a great [...]
Applications open for insulation industry assistance
Greg Combet, Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, and Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, today opened applications for further assistance to support the insulation industry. The $15 million Insulation Industry Assistance Package, to be administered by AusIndustry – the Australian Government’s principal business program delivery division [...]
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 [...]
