A private provider will be brought in to boost the number of elective surgeries to 70,000 over the next four years if the Canberra Liberals win government on October 19.
KEEPING UP THE ACT reports verbatim how Nurse Rach took four years (and an impending election) to waffle her way to giving junior doctors what they were owed.
"A decent candidate would have started campaigning late last year, hitting the ground hard… and they should be across at least three big issues in their electorate," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
Launching their latest election policy, the Canberra Liberals in government are pledging to reduce emergency department overload in hospitals by expanding GP availability and strengthening after-hours care.
"For Canberra’s move to a higher-density future to be soundly based, a review of the planning and transport strategies is needed," writes former planner MIKE QUIRK.
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, says the ACT government is preventing public school visits by independent senator David Pocock, despite the schools inviting him. But why?
A 21-year-old Queanbeyan woman is facing the ACT Magistrates Court after allegedly assaulting her partner during an altercation early on Saturday morning.