MEDIA
A PARTON LIBERAL GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER A WORLD-CLASS CITY STADIUM
By: Mark Parton MLA The Canberra Liberals have backed a city stadium, welcomed the Property Council’s support, and said the ACT Labor Government will have to be dragged to the table. The Property Council this morning welcomed Canberra Airport’s vision, with ACT...
AUDITOR-GENERAL: BIGGER DHR FAILURES STILL TO COME – WHAT ELSE IS ACT LABOR HIDING?
By: Mark Parton MLA The Canberra Liberals have told the ACT Labor Government that the recent DHR Link announcement does not close the Digital Health Record story. The former Auditor-General has warned that the contract findings, serious as they are, are not the worst...
ESSENTIAL SERVICES FIRST IN THE FIRING LINE – LABOR TO SLASH THE PUBLIC SERVICE
By: Ed Cocks MLA After years of warnings about the impact of persistent deficits, and revelations of school budget cuts, ACT Labor has announced even more public service cuts as the Government struggles to bring its deteriorating Budget under control. Shadow Treasurer...
THE ATO WON’T SWALLOW CARD FEES. CANBERRA SMALL BUSINESS HAS NO CHOICE
By: Nick Tyrrell On the same day small businesses were told they must absorb card fees, the Australian Taxation Office announced it would refuse to. The ATO will stop accepting credit cards after 30 November. It says it would not be appropriate for a government agency...
TYRRELL WELCOMES AIRPORT GROUP LEADERSHIP ON CITY STADIUM
By: Nick Tyrrell Liberal Senate candidate Nick Tyrrell welcomed today's announcement that the Airport Group is negotiating to secure land for a new stadium in the city, and said the federal and ACT governments no longer had a reason to stall. Mr Tyrrell said the...
STEEL’S BLUFF CALLED AT HAWKER
By: Peter Cain MLA & James Milligan MLA Canberra Liberals Member for Ginninderra Peter Cain says ACT Planning Minister Chris Steel’s credibility is in tatters after his own latest “deadline” for the abandoned Hawker Tennis Centre passed without a Development...
GALLAGHER GASLIGHTS ON SPENDING WHILE CANBERRAN MORTGAGES HIT WITH $430 MORE A MONTH
By: Nick Tyrrell Liberal Senate candidate for the ACT Nick Tyrrell says Canberra home owners will pay about $430 more a month than they did at the start of the year on a typical new loan after today’s fourth Reserve Bank rate rise for 2026, while the Finance Minister,...
TYRRELL LAUNCHES ‘OUR CBR, OUR CHOICE’, CALLS FOR ROOT-AND-BRANCH REVIEW OF ACT SELF-GOVERNMENT
By: Nick Tyrrell Liberal Senate candidate for the ACT, Nick Tyrrell, has committed to fighting for a root-and-branch review of how self-government operates in the ACT and has launched a campaign to build community support for an overhaul. Along with a review of...
CANBERRANS CALL FOR BETTER PAEDIATRIC CANCER CARE CLOSER TO HOME
By: Mark Parton, Elizabeth Lee The Canberra Liberals will move a motion calling on the ACT Labor Government to scope an enhanced paediatric oncology and haematology service at Canberra Hospital, so more children can be treated closer to home. Canberra Liberals Leader...