Liberals call for external review into data breach
THE Opposition is calling on the ACT government to conduct an independent external review into the breach of public sector employees compensation data.
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THE ACT government needs to "properly" invest in a long-term mowing plan for the capital, the Opposition says.
THE Canberra Liberals are calling for extra days in the chamber as the ACT Assembly faces only 35 sitting days in its 2022 calendar.
"There is no one else to blame. Just after Labor came into government in 2002-03, the ACT waiting times in emergency departments were amongst the best in Australia. They are now the worst," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
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Voter trust smashed by broken election promises
"Even I felt a tad sorry for the Greens at just how embarrassing, if not humiliating, the decision to abandon the centrepiece of their much flaunted 'Building Communities not Prisons' initiative must have been for them," writes JON STANHOPE
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Canberra Liberals step away from Morrison
"In an attempt to neutralise the advantage of Labor and the Greens on climate change, Elizabeth Lee argues she would like to see the ACT go even further," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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Indifferent Labor ministers just can’t say sorry
"Shane Rattenbury acknowledged the hurt and pain of the Aboriginal woman at the centre of the travesty and tendered, on behalf of the Greens, his regret and sorrow at her treatment," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
HAVING an ACT Minister fighting for a better deal is excellent. And not just for "Ken Behrens" but for all Australians, says MICHAEL MOORE.
"The cumulative impact on funding of mental health across the six years, has been a reduction in funding, in real terms, of $106.2 million," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
"A quick look at social media reflects the anger felt by 'Ken Behrens' in the fading hope of home ownership with so little land being made available and prices skyrocketing," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"KEEPING UP THE ACT" is an original, weekly cartoon strip cheekily aimed at the funny side of politics in Canberra.
"If our health system comes under serious pressure from an increase in COVID-19 cases, it can be expected there will be a significant reduction in hospital access and in elective surgery," says political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"Left hanging by its silence is how the government proposes to respond to the fact that two laws, the Corrections Management Act and the Human Rights Act, have been breached," writes JON STANHOPE.
"The cause or major reason for the ACT’s nation-worst performance in the delivery of mental health services across both the community and in acute settings is money," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
"As a result of the increases in Canberra house prices over the last five or six years, any family whose gross household income is below $120,000 will never ever be able to afford a detached house.," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
"The online meetings have become an easy way for local politicians to access the community groups. Mysteriously, not all have got the message to be brief and to the point," writes "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
"The data reveals that since Mick Gentleman became Corrections Minister women in the AMC are being strip searched at the rate of 30 a month, while under predecessor Shane Rattenbury it's closer to 50 a month," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
"Despite strategies and plans, public education has not improved greatly in the last five years that Ms Berry has been Education Minister," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"This next stage of light rail is a political statement and damn the consequences for other priorities – health, housing and education," writes "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
