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Passionate graduates join Canberra Health Services

More than 360 new graduate health professionals have joined Canberra Health Services this year, minister Rachel Stephen-Smith announced.

ACT Legislative Assembly’s first sitting week of 2024

Light rail, hospital wait times, and cost of living were once more debated in the ACT Legislative Assembly's first sitting week for 2024.

ACT sets up voluntary assisted dying taskforce

The ACT Government will establish a Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation taskforce to prepare the health system and health workforce.

More funding for ACT Indigenous advisory group

The ACT Government will invest $1.19 million over three years in the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body. 

Canberra Liberals: Emergency department wait times must be fixed

ACT health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith must ensure ED patients are seen within clinically acceptable times, the Canberra Liberals say.

Independent review to tackle ACT’s Indigenous imprisonment crisis

Professor Lindon Coombes, academic and former policy advisor, will conduct an independent review into First Nations overrepresentation.

ROGS 2022-23: ACT emergency department waiting times

For the fourth year in a row, the ACT had the longest emergency department waiting times in the country, ROGS data shows.

ACT Government infrastructure: Education and health

Canberra's newest public school, a new radiotherapy machine for cancer patients, equipment for CIT Woden, and a proposed new facility.

ACT Reconciliation Day grants open

Local initiatives seeking to contribute to the ACT’s reconciliation journey can receive a Reconciliation Grant of up to $5,000.

New ACT crisis support service for juvenile delinquents

The ACT Government has set up a new crisis support service to divert children and young people from the youth justice system.

Canberra Hospital design influences Australasian guidelines

Components of the Canberra Hospital Expansion design have been incorporated into the latest Australasian Health Facilities Guidelines.

Andrew Barr reshuffles ACT cabinet

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has announced a cabinet reshuffle in the lead-up to the 2024 election year.

Nominate the ACT’s outstanding nurses and midwives

Canberrans can nominate outstanding local nurses and midwives for the 2024 ACT Nurses and Midwives Excellence Awards.

ACT grants to reduce vaping and excessive drinking

Applications are now open for $2 million in Healthy Canberra Grants to promote vaping cessation and reduce alcohol-related harm.

ACT Government sets priorities for disability inclusive healthcare

The ACT Government today released the Disability Health Strategy 2024-2033 and the First Action Plan 2024-2026.

New laws for assisted reproduction in ACT

ACT legislation improves protections for people who use, or are conceived via, Assisted Reproductive Technology.

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