Canberra months from Melb Metro decision
The federal government is likely months away from deciding how much it might contribute to the $10.9 billion Melbourne Metro Rail project.Federal Major Projects Minister Paul Fletcher and federal Transport Minister Darren Chester will meet with Victorian Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan in Canberra next week to continue negotiations.Ms Allan wants Victoria and the federal government to be "equal partners" in the project with both putting up $4.5 billion. But she conceded on Wednesday tha..>> view original'Fraud!' cries Cory. 'Homophobe!' retorts Shorten. No safe school in ...
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Shorten calls Bernardi a 'homophobe' Cory Bernardi brands Bill Shorten a 'fraud' and the Labor leader returns fire. Courtesy ABC News24. PT0M24S 620 349 There are frequently days when you'd recommend a Safe Schools program to deal with bullying in the large schoolyard that is Canberra's Parliament House.Wednesday was one of them. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten: Not really Corey Bernardi's mate. Photo: Wayne Taylo..>> view originalLight rail benefits clear for Canberra: Tucson tram boss
The man behind a successful light rail development in Arizona says Canberra will see increased property prices, public transport use and growing density as a result of the Gungahlin tramline.This week Planning Minister Mick Gentleman toured the Sun Link streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona, as part of an overseas delegation considering planning and urban renewal in the United States and Canada. Planning Minister Mick Gentleman and members of an ACT delegation in Tuscon, Arizona. Photo: Supp..>> view originalCanberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra this weekend ...
All weekend LA CLIQUE The feature show of The Famous Spiegeltent, set up in front of Canberra Theatre Centre, the award-winning La Clique redefines cabaret with magic, burlesque, acrobatics and death-defying aerial feats. Until March 14. $55-$65 from canberraticketing.com.au.ROYAL CANBERRA SHOW At Exhibition Park in Canberra, this year's Royal Canberra Show has more than 150 attractions, 5000 animals, 450 trade displays and 1500 competitors. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. $18-$25 from ticketek.co..>> view originalJoseph Tapine heading to Canberra Raiders after standoff with ...
Free at last: Joseph Tapine has won a release from Newcastle. Photo: Jonathan Carroll Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart's selection dilemma has just got bigger with Joseph Tapine to travel to the capital on Wednesday to finalise a deal until the 2020 season. Tapine was finally released by Newcastle on Tuesday after a public standoff between Tapine's manager Jim Banaghan and the Knights front office. The 21-year-old Junior Kiwi told Fairfax Media last week..>> view original'No d***heads' driving Raiders resurgence
THE re-signing of star hooker Josh Hodgson and the likely early arrival of released Knights young gun Joseph Tapine shape as the exclamation marks at the end of a stunning 18-month period for Canberra’s roster.Uncompetitive in 2013, the Raiders are now on the cusp of a sustained period of success and club legend Gary Belcher puts much of the turnaround down to a clear ‘no dickheads’ policy driven by Ricky Stuart and CEO Don Furner.When Blake Ferguson was sacked at the end of the 2013 season, fan..>> view original20000 Canberra households feel the pain of housing affordability ...
About 20,000 households in the ACT face housing stress and single parent households are among the hardest hit, new research has found.Housing stress, defined as when individuals spend more than 30 per cent of their pay packet on housing costs, affects in two in every five single parent households in the ACT and the research found "a significant intersection" between gender inequality and housing inequality. ACT Council of Social Service director Susan Helyar says children in financially di..>> view originalCanberra Night Noodle Markets 2016: What's on the menu
Natasha Rudra Canberra's hottest new bars and restaurants The capital's exciting culinary and drinking scene is alight with flavour, innovation and intrigue. PT2M46S http://www.goodfood.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-49dm6 620 349 January 22, 2016 The Enlighten Night Noodle Markets are back for another year. After last year's debut, in which 156,000 people thronged the lawns beside Questacon and the Portrait Gallery, they are going to be bigger - organisers have doubled..>> view originalTax reform argy-bargy continues in Canberra
Labor has called on the federal government to clarify its position on Capital Gains Tax. It follows comments by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in question time yesterday where he ruled out increasing the tax. But the government is now considering halving capital gains tax concessions for superannuation funds. Labor is critical of Mr Turnbull for what it labels 'misleading statements' about the tax reforms. On Monday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull emphatically ruled out increasing the Capital..>> view originalParents of trans kids take their fight straight to Canberra
Parents of Gender Diverse Children go to Canberra. Pictured with Senator Janet Rice (far right) Photo: Supplied PARENTS of trans children who traveled to Canberra to urge politicians to scrap laws requiring the High Court’s approval for children to begin hormone therapy were buoyed by the response of policy makers. Currently a judge determines whether a child can begin stage-two hormone therapy treatment, either testosterone or oestrogen, a process that can costs families tens of ..>> view original
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Canberra months from Melb Metro decision and other top stories.
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