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Katy Gallagher and Simon Corbell have praised and thanked the SES volunteers, emergency services personnel and ACT Government staff who displayed outstanding dedication to the Canberra community during the recent flood emergency.
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The cafe has relocated from its previous location at Bowen Park and it is hoped the renovated facilities at the Glassworks will encourage patrons, both old and new, to visit the facility.
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Katy Gallagher will tonight open the Film and Movie Makers Convention, a bi-annual event of the Federation of Australian Movie Makers, which is a not-for-profit umbrella organisation that supports independent and non-commercial movie makers.
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The Land Rent Scheme assists Canberrans, who may otherwise have been unable to enter the housing market, to build and live in their own home. The scheme was the first of its kind in Australia.
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ACT Minister Dr Chris Bourke, MLA today opened the ACT Hepatitis Resource Centre’s (ACTHRC) new premises in Turner and launched the "Easy Being Green" liver health program.
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ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Katy Gallagher, announced today that ACTION buses achieved its benchmark target of 99.5% of scheduled bus services for February.
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This law will strengthen coordination between emergency services agencies by refining existing management arrangements, by putting the ESA Commissioner at the forefront to provide a centralised role.
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Detailed modelling released today shows Canberrans can save around $300 on their household energy bills by 2015, strengthening the ACT Labor Government’s proposal to provide energy efficiency services to more than 70,000 homes across the ACT.
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The ACT Government will introduce new legislation into the Legislative Assembly this week that will clamp down on people who make false or misleading infringement notice declarations to avoid demerit points for traffic offences.
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The ACT Government will introduce legislation this week in the Legislative Assembly that will allow for the creation of an R18+ classification category for computer games for the first time in the Territory.
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An ACT affordable housing scheme has provided older Caberrans with subsidised rental properties specially built for aged persons, ACT Minister for Community Services Joy Burch said today.
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A sculpture of Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, by acclaimed artist Peter Corlett was unveiled today by Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr and ACT Minister for the Arts Joy Burch.
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Dr Chris Bourke is looking forward to being a judge of "Charny’s Got Talent" on the main stage at the Charny Carny this Saturday. Talented young singers, dancers and entertainers will compete for glory in "Charny’s Got Talent" from …
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Today in the Legislative Assembly I introduced legislation to remove an anomaly in the way rates are levied on common areas under the Community Title Scheme.
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Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher and Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Simon Corbell, have today officially opened the new state-of-the-art Belconnen police station.
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As the Minister for Education and Training, I was proud today to launch the Smarter Schools National Partnership Cross Sectoral Showcase at the Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning.
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The ceremony has been coordinated by the Woden Valley Returned Services League (RSL) of Australia in collaboration with ACT primary schools. This year around 1,000 year five and six students attended the ceremony.
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During the flooding in early March, more than 96 GL (gigalitres) of water flowed over the Enlarged Cotter Dam. As a result some areas of the site remain inaccessible. Work to assess the impact of the flood on the construction site is continuing.
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The plans for the new Gungahlin leisure centre are now complete, it will include a 50m pool, a 25m pool, a separate children’s water play area, a gym and fitness rooms, a cafe and childcare facilities.
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With a week to go in the countdown to Earth Hour, Simon Corbell has put the challenge out to Canberrans to continue our enthusiastic participation in the sustainable event from previous years.
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