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ACT Question Time: Fringe festival furor, housing and happy birthday Katy Gallagher

Eleri Harris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:32:39 +0000

Question Time today kicked off with a return to small business - this time over the news ACT Government payments to small businesses for services were late 20% of the time.

ACT Question Time: budgets, buses and guttersniping

Eleri Harris — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:18:57 +0000

The Katy Gallagher vs Liberal boys battle resumed today over the Canberra Hospital bullying review and the order to freeze non-essential hiring of public servants off the back of the $85 million GST revenue loss.

ACT Question Time: "I said I didn't whinge" and other stories.

Eleri Harris — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:56:50 +0000

The Opposition were on the media moment front foot in the ACT Legislative Assembly Question Time today, pulling out references to the ABC and Canberra Times left, right and centre while maintaining their traditional 2010 attack plan centred on the territory's healthcare woes and the Minister representing them, Ms Katy Gallagher.

Canberra Cake Recipe

Eleri Harris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:58:22 +0000

Canberra's 100 year birthday cake is a walnut, apple, carrot and honey cake created using ingredients sourced from our food region by Janet Jeffs of Ginger Catering at Parliament House.

Manning Clark lecture 2010 with Chris Masters

Eleri Harris — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:28:16 +0000

Veteran ABC journalist Chris Masters last week delivered the annual Manning Clark lecture at the National Library on the subject of his profession, sounding a bugle of lament and a song of nostalgia.

Gigging Canberra style

Eleri Harris — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:25:20 +0000

Never underestimate the power of promotion in a city where people are more likely to turn out the big numbers for a hometown act than a touring band from interstate.

Petunias: Making Civic infrastructure more interesting since 2009*

Eleri Harris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:31:05 +0000

It is a sad fact of life that infrastructure is no page turner. It is hard to sell stories detailing inevitably forgotten promises about civic renewal projects, largely because they're full of lofty terminology and because they take years of continued investment to go anywhere.

Question Time in the Legislative Assembly: Now with added insulation

Eleri Harris — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:14:24 +0000

Today was all about the installation of insulation in our nation's capital.

ACT Legislative Assembly kicks off: Backseat bogans and the great hospital dilemma

Eleri Harris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:34:32 +0000

The ACT Legislative Assembly resumed sitting this week with a Gallager healthcare showdown with the Liberal boys on the back seat.

Calvary deal comes unstuck

Eleri Harris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:07:16 +0000

With the Greens advocating compulsory acquisition of Calvary and the Opposition offering little to no suggestion for Canberra's looming Northern hospital nightmare, the Government is being forced back to the drawing board.