Had the Budget been delivered by almost anyone other than Wayne Swan it would have been roundly applauded, says ROBERT MACKLIN
IT took some determination, given the hovering pack of press wanting to ask about the Craig Thomson affair, but the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, and Minister for the Arts, Simon…
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has requested an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the impacts of the Federal Budget on the Territory. Ms Gallagher spoke at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Budget…
ACT OPPOSITION has described the Federal Budget as “disastrous” and a “a betrayal to Canberrans” that “will push them to breaking point through huge job losses and even greater cost of living pressures”. “Under this budget,…
ACT Medicare Local chair Rashmi Sharma said it’s disappointing that some mental health services announced in last Federal Budges are still not delivered. However, she urges the Federal Government to still consider the key areas of mental…
Music student ROHAN MOORE, of Save Our SOM, says there have been no wins for the School of Music
ACT Liberal arts spokesperson VICKI DUNNE reminds the ANU what the School of Music means to Canberra
CANBERRA’S musical heavyweights are throwing a free concert for the ACT community tonight to show the ANU what they can do. Organiser of the concert, pianist and masters student at the university, Andrew Rumsey, told…
THE ACT Division of the National Tertiary Education Union has condemned today’s announcement by the ANU of a possible fund-raising consortium as a case of exploiting community goodwill. NTEU said it was “a useful distraction…
IN a letter to the editor written to “CityNews”, Canberra Symphony Orchestra CEO Henry Laska has called on Canberra’s cultural circles to “take a step back” and work towards a considered solution to the current…
