Humane laws to reward responsible dog ownership and make dangerous dog owners more accountable will be debated in the Assembly today, Shadow Minister for Urban Services Nicole Lawder said. “Dog attacks is an ongoing problem across our City. I continue to hear reports from traumatised pet owners who have witnessed…
Read MoreViolence against ACT school children needs urgent independent investigation, Shadow Education Minister Elizabeth Lee said. Following troubling reports of student on student abuse in schools, Ms Lee will call on the Chief Minister to establish an independent inquiry into violence in ACT schools. “Children have the right to be safe…
Read MoreShadow Attorney-General Jeremy Hanson will introduce tough anti-bikie laws to the ACT Legislative Assembly today to help stop Canberra’s escalating bikie war. “Since New South Wales passed anti-consorting laws nearly ten years ago, we have seen clubhouses in NSW close down, and the bikie gangs here in the ACT grow…
Read MoreACT taxi plate owners who have been conned by the Labor-Greens Government deserve compensation on just terms. Canberra Liberals Leader Alistair Coe and Shadow Transport Minister Candice Burch will meet with the ACT Taxi Plate Owners Association who have experienced a great injustice at the hands of the Labor-Greens Government.…
Read MoreThe Canberra Liberals are pleased our land tax exemption laws are back on the agenda, even if they have been poached by the Labor Party, Shadow Housing Minister Mark Parton said. In September 2018, Mr Parton tabled laws to give property owners land tax exemption if they rented their properties…
Read MoreLessons learned on how to manage the negative impact of construction works on business trade should be implemented now before it’s too late, Liberal Member for Yerrabi James Milligan said. “Businesses along the light rail corridor have been hung out to dry thanks to the government’s poorly planned construction works,”…
Read MoreIn accordance with the Westminster tradition, it is no longer tenable for Meegan Fitzharris to continue in her role as the ACT Health Minister. She must resign immediately. The Canberra Liberals will today move a third motion denouncing Ms Fitzharris for her failures in the health portfolio. The Canberra Liberals…
Read MoreThe Liberal National Government is investing $10 million in research that will help use a person’s DNA and their environment to help create personalised medicine. The funding will go to Australian National University (ANU) for the Phenomics Translation Initiative, a two year program to develop new diagnostic and treatment options…
Read MoreFlashing lights and road crossing supervisors will help protect more school children, Shadow Education Minister Elizabeth Lee said. “At the start of each school year, we are reminded of certain vulnerabilities in our schooling communities,” Ms Lee said. “Across the Territory, thousands of nervous and excited children are spilling out…
Read MoreACT Labor’s lax attitude to organised bikie crime has attracted an international criminal gang. The arrival of a fifth bikie gang should come as no surprise to the Green-Labor government. The Canberra Liberals have repeatedly warned that without anti-consorting laws, the ACT will become a haven for criminal bikies. That’s…
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