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Latest news: Mark Parton

Two weeks into Canberra’s light rail traffic disruption

Local Newstime Media -
Now major city roads have been closed, the ACT traffic network has experienced increased congestion but also underuse in other parts.

ACT Greens call for more bus drivers

Local Newstime Media -
Disappointed by reductions in off-peak bus services, the ACT Greens have called for more bus drivers to maintain off-peak services.

Canberra’s bus routes chopped in 2023 timetable

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Bus routes will be reduced next month due to disruption caused by raising London Circuit and building the new Woden bus interchange.

Light rail has gone off the rails, Canberra Liberals say

Local Nicholas Fuller -
Once more, the next ACT election will be fought over light rail. The Canberra Liberals announced that they cannot support light rail to Woden.

Canberra Liberals want government to protect buses

Local Newstime Media -
Mark Parton MLA will call today on the ACT government to maintain direct bus routes from southern suburbs to Civic when Woden rail starts.

Liberals: ACT Government keeps public in dark about light rail

Local Newstime Media -
Mark Parton MLA says the ACT Government must provide details on when the tram will arrive in Woden and how much it will cost.

London Circuit closing – expect years of traffic disruption

Local Nicholas Fuller -
London Circuit will be closed from next Friday, 2 December, for at least the next four years, as part of works on light rail 2A.

Barr tries to soften backlash from Gallagher’s housing debt ‘backflip’

Local Abbey Halter -
Senator Katy Gallagher changed her tune on waiving the ACT's historic housing debt and Liberals Mark Parton motioned party leaders to condemn her "backflip".

Mark Parton calls for government clarity on ACT land release

Local Abbey Halter -
Canberra Liberals MLA Mark Parton responded to the potential corruption risk identified at the Suburban Land Agency (SLA) in the latest Inquiry into the Auditor-General's Report on residential land supply and release by calling on the ACT Government to let Canberrans "know what it's up to".

Horse sense?: Greens vote against public subsidy for racing

Local Nicholas Fuller -
A motion to phase out $41 million government funding for horseracing failed, but the industry could rely less on public funding.

Liberals: Our CBR newsletter is wasteful

Local Newstime Media -
Liberal MLA Mark Parton will call on the ACT Government to reduce the Our CBR newsletter hardcopy delivery from monthly to quarterly.

Funding off the rails? Liberals say public housing financed light rail

Local Abbey Halter -
The Canberra Liberals claim the sale of public housing assets went towards funding the light rail, rather than much-needed public housing, but the ACT Government insist the opposition ‘mischaracterised and conflated’ the financing of the renewal program.

Parton: Rental reforms will have serious impact on ACT market

Local Newstime Media -
Canberra is in the middle of the worst rental affordability crisis in our history, and if Labor and the Greens have their way it'll get worse, argues Liberal MLA Mark Parton.

ACT Greens: $41 million should not be spent on racing

Local Newstime Media -
Greens MLA Jo Clay believes it is not in the public interest to provide $41 million of taxpayer funds to the horseracing industry.

Greens and Liberals ask when ACT light rail will be built

Local Newstime Media -
Green and Liberal MLAs are concerned light rail to Woden might be delayed until the 2030s – but the ACT Government says it's on track.

Liberals: Where has the money gone, Minister Berry?

Local Newstime Media -
Mark Parton MLA has called on Housing Minister Yvette Berry to explain where $699 million of budget promises for public housing has gone.
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