The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) has called on the ACT Government to explain why public housing tenants, many of whom have been in their homes for decades, were given a 48-hour deadline to prepare for a formal hearing to argue why they should not be forcibly relocated.
Despite significant backlash on the Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program, including the policy being called “callous and cruel”, the ACT Government say they did not agree to review the implementation of the policy, contrary to statements from ACTCOSS this morning, 4 April.
Taylor will have a new high school, while Margaret Hendry School will be expanded to another 600 students, Yvette Berry, ACT Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, announced today – a $118 million investment in Gungahlin education.
The upcoming ACT Budget review will include over $156 million package for three ACT public schools in Strathnairn, Narrabundah and Garran for new and improved school infrastructure.
