Andrew Barr is a "national embarrassment", says Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee in calling out the Chief Minister's suggestion of a 50-50 funding commitment from the federal government for an indoor entertainment pavilion.
The emperor of Can Barr A shares his vision of what makes a great city with KEEPING UP THE ACT.
"Since 2012-13 the ACT has attained a reputation as a laggard, the worst performing jurisdiction in Australia, a status that is currently reflected in the forward estimates." More ACT budget revelations from JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.
KEEPING UP THE ACT's having a little flutter on RattsLotto, where they say if you want to blow your dough, they won't say no!
"Witnesses must tell the truth and that giving false or misleading evidence… may be considered a contempt of the Assembly.” Did Andrew Barr mislead the Public Accounts Committee? He got his history wrong, say JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.
The political narrative is that the ACT’s financial woes are blamed on the Commonwealth Government for not providing sufficient funding. That's just not true, say JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED
The time has come for Chief Minister Andrew Barr to do the decent thing and fall on his political sword, says The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Andrew Leigh uses the ACT government's economic call in powers to take over KEEPING UP THE ACT to explain how the brilliant ACT economy works...
With ACT debt repayments heading towards $2 million a day, Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee wants see the businesses cases for the $8.5 billion in infrastructure promises from the chief minister.
All up (build plus 20 years operations and maintenance), light rail Stage 2 to Woden will be about $5.2 billion ($1.7 billion for 2A and $3.5 billion for 2B. Hair-raising stuff, says letter writer MAX FLINT.
"Labor is showing why they are the number one political act in town. A nice presser by wannabe chief minister Steel with some tough leadership-like words and angry frowns for the Greens," writes ANDREW HUGHES in his first CityNews column.
Over time, did Andrew Barr simply stop aspiring to prudent fiscal management? Was it all too hard and debt and deficit was easier to deliver – and conceal, asks letter writer ALISON HUTCHINSON, of Coombs.
Awards season is upon us once again, so KEEPING UP THE ACT has gowned-up to look at this year’s winners of the ACT-cademy Awards…
"There is not only no single instance of a surplus in the last 11 years under the nationally agreed budget measure, but the ACT deficits total a staggering $4.998 billion." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED call out the chief minister.
Why won't Chief Minister Andrew Barr tell the community how much Stage 2B of the tram to Woden will cost, asks Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee.
After all the stadiums he's promised us, King Andrew is holed up in Tramalot Castle, irritated by the noise of ungrateful peasants. At least that's what KEEPING UP THE ACT is telling us.
News from Tramalot Castle, our Dear Leader wants to know why a progressive dictatorship like his still needs elections. KEEPING UP THE ACT returns...
Where's the ACT government's response to the auditor-general’s scathing criticism of the failed $78 million Human Resources and Information Management System, asks Liberal MLA Peter Cain.
"Based on the estimated average increase in value of the relevant blocks, the ACT government has increased the tax (general rates) base, with a single stroke of the pen, by $8.050 billion," write JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.
