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Crisis point for Canberra’s community services: Will the ACT Budget deliver crucial investment?
Canberra’s community sector is at breaking point and today ACT for Community supporters will gather at the ACT Legislative Assembly, where MLAs are expected to acknowledge the funding challenges that have long strained the sector. “It is heartening to see MLAs using their platform to shine a light on the funding challenges that have burdened […]
2024 ACT Budget lacks decisive action to meet cost-of-living crisis
Decisive action is required to help Canberrans doing it tough through the cost-of-living crisis. While the ACT Budget contains some welcome cost-of-living relief measures, the Budget as a whole does not sufficiently emphasise or help people being pushed to the economic margins. To be most effective for Canberrans in need, the Budget needed to target […]