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Latest news: ACT Government

New public housing for ACT tenants

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Seven new public housing homes will soon be ready for tenants to move into, the ACT Government has announced

ACT Legislative Assembly’s first sitting week of 2024

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Light rail, hospital wait times, and cost of living were once more debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly's first sitting week for 2024.

Canberra celebrates Year of the Dragon

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To celebrate the lunar new year, an all-day family-friendly street party will be held in Dickson’s Woolley Street, on Saturday.

ACT Government progresses light rail with Federal Government

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The ACT Government has sent a submission to the Australian Government, to progress planning approvals in the National Capital Area.

ACT sets up voluntary assisted dying taskforce

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The ACT Government will establish a Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation taskforce to prepare the health system and health workforce.

ACT infrastructure: Once-in-50-year projects, or same old?

Local Nicholas Fuller -
The ACT Government will fund three “once-in-a-generation” infrastructure projects – but the Canberra Liberals claim these are old projects.

Unsocial media: Labor Speaker and Liberals vs Greens

Local Nicholas Fuller -
A Labor MLA – the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, no less – shares social media posts by opposition MLAs criticising the ACT Greens.

New defamation laws for the ACT

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"The reforms aim to strike a better balance between protecting reputations, while not unreasonably limiting freedom of expression online."

ACT Government responds to embedded electricity network review

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An independent review into embedded electricity networks was tabled in 2023. The ACT Government today published its response.

More funding for ACT Indigenous advisory group

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The ACT Government will invest $1.19 million over three years in the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body. 

Chief Minister: 2024 priorities for ACT Government

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The ACT Government will focus on completing its progressive agenda, infrastructure, and the cost of living, Chief Minister Andrew Barr said.

ACT Government announces more affordable rental homes

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Seventy affordable rental homes will be built as part of a new 140-unit Build‑to‑Rent development in Phillip.

Canberra Liberals: Emergency department wait times must be fixed

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ACT health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith must ensure ED patients are seen within clinically acceptable times, the Canberra Liberals say.

ACT Government: More firefighters needed, health, tennis

Local Newstime Media -
ACT Fire & Rescue needs 40 new firefighters; the ACT Government announced more health funding and a DA for Gungahlin Tennis Facility.

Independent review to tackle ACT’s Indigenous imprisonment crisis

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Professor Lindon Coombes, academic and former policy advisor, will conduct an independent review into First Nations overrepresentation.

ACT grants for sports organisations open

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Applications for the ACT Government’s 2024 Sport and Recreation Investment Scheme are now open. Applications close in March.
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