The Canberra Business Chamber says that more investment is needed to support and protect the local businesses that will drive economic diversity, job creation and sustainable economic growth, as they struggle with skills shortages, rampant cost increases, and shortages of supplies and workers.
The ACT Government’s debt is spiralling out of control, the Canberra Liberals say, and they want an independent budget audit of the Territory’s finances by the end of this year.
The ACT Government last week laid out the housing package in the upcoming ACT 2022-23 Budget and has committed to developing around 30,000 new dwellings across the next five years. But will it help to ease the ACT’s housing crisis?
The 2021/22 ACT Budget has allocated $260,000 for a pilot permanent pill testing site in Canberra’s CBD, which the ACT Greens said “will reduce harm and stigma”.
ACT Greens spokesperson for drug harm...
The new school term began this week, and soon school classrooms and corridors will ring with the happy sound of youthful laughter (much of it muffled by face masks).