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TEN STUDIES, TEN MILLION DOLLARS, STILL NO NEW STADIUM: CANBERRA DESERVES BETTER THAN A NEW DISCUSSION PAPER
By: Nick Tyrrell The federal government has today confirmed what every Canberran already suspected: after spending $10 million and nearly two decades of "planning," Labor still can't tell us where the new Canberra Stadium will actually be built, or when, or for how...
GALLAGHER’S GRANTS, GALLAGHER’S SILENCE
By: Nick Tyrrell Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has serious explaining to do, after Labor's $560 million Major and Local Community Infrastructure grants program was revealed by the Centre for Public Integrity to fall well short of the accountability and transparency...
A DECADE OF DELAY, DECEIT AND FINANCIAL FAILURE: LABOR AXES TUGGERANONG ICE RINK
By: Mark Parton MLA, Deborah Morris MLA, James Milligan MLA After ten years of broken promises, the ACT Labor Government has finally admitted what Tuggeranong, and Canberra families already knew: it cannot deliver. Labor first pledged a Tuggeranong ice sports facility...
Hands off the over-65 health rebate
By: Mark Parton The Canberra Liberals have written to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler demanding the Albanese Labor Government dump its plan to axe the higher private health insurance rebate for Australians aged 65 and over. Canberra Liberals Leader and Shadow...
Canberra Liberals call to scrap the Secure Local Jobs Code
By: Mark Parton The Canberra Liberals are calling on the ACT Labor Government to immediately scrap the Secure Local Jobs Code following the serious corruption exposed by Operation Kingfisher, including the compromised Campbell Primary School tender. Canberra Liberals...
Response to the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry
By: Mark Parton The Canberra Liberals acknowledge the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry following the release of the ACT Integrity Commission’s Operation Kingfisher report. The Integrity Commission found serious corrupt conduct involving the Deputy...
Labor’s service failures leave seniors paying the price
By: Mark Parton The Canberra Liberals will hold a Seniors Community Forum next month to give older Canberrans a direct voice on the issues that matter most to them. Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton said older residents deserved to be heard amid declining services...
Build it, don’t bank it: Will one brick be laid at Ginninderra by 2030?
By: Mark Parton Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton and Liberal Senate candidate Nick Tyrrell have welcomed the long-awaited sale of the CSIRO Ginninderra site, but say Canberra is getting barely a third of the homes the land was assessed to deliver, and are...
Canberra Liberals launch ACTDebtWatch.com as interest bill passes $1 billion since election
By: Mark Parton Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton and Shadow Treasurer Ed Cocks have launched ACTDebtWatch.com to track the ACT Government’s debt, interest bill and long-term fiscal risks. Developed by Mr Cocks as part of the Canberra Liberals’ campaign for honest...








