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Libs unveil election platform

HALVING the cost of stamp duty, tax cuts and a new $340 million hospital are among an array of election promises announced by the Canberra Liberals today.  

Opposition Leader Zed Seselja
Opposition Leader Zed Seselja outlined a “comprehensive plan” for the October 20 election, which aims to give Canberrans better basic services and lower rates and charges.

Key commitments include a plan to save first home buyers $11,000 by halving the cost of stamp duty for properties under $500,000, an extra $36 million for capital upgrades of Canberra’s government schools, and an abolishment of ACT Labor’s plan to triple rates for Canberra homeowners.

“Today’s commitment is an important part of the Canberra Liberals’ plan to tackle housing affordability and reduce the cost of living,” Mr Seselja said.

“It’s backed up by stamp duty cuts, expanding the Home Buyer Concession Scheme, a land bank, and taxation reform.”

The Liberals have also committed to spending $340 million on a 200-bed northside sub-acute hospital and urgent care clinics in Tuggeranong and Gungahlin which would be open 16 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Liberals’ promises include:

Cost of living:
No triple of rates
Tax cuts

Housing affordability:
First home buyers to save $11k
Unit tax cuts

Health:
$340m for new hospital

Urgent care clinics
$1m per year for preventative health
$5m in GP support
Extra funding for chronic disease management

Education:
$204m for school upgrades
Expansion of teacher training
Increase of school counsellors
Introduce Independent Education Commissioner

Municipal services:
$700m for roads
$5m to start the cleanup of Canberra
Thousands more parking spaces
Improvement of public transport with free shuttle services and intelligent transport systems.

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One Response to Libs unveil election platform

Tam says: 4 September 2012 at 12:05 am

As long as Labor loses the election, I’ll be happy.

Been in power too long and waste too much money on things they can announce while forgetting the basics. My friend in the media explained it to me this way, “You can’t open maintenance.”

Time for a change, even if it is just to clean-out the cobwebs and shake things up. Are the major parties really any different in Canberra anyway?

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