Page 1902 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 2 June 2015
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The budget also funds the new Coombs Primary School, a state-of-the-art facility for more than 700 students, and begins planning for new schools in Molonglo and Gungahlin.
The Canberra Institute of Technology will also receive a boost. This budget funds a new training centre in Tuggeranong to update CIT’s course offerings and facilities for students in Canberra’s south, and there will be upgrades to the Bruce and Reid campuses.
Enhancing livability and social inclusion for Canberra
Canberra is the most livable city in the world.
This budget ensures that we continue to be a confident city which gives every member of our society a chance to shine and to contribute.
This is how we should measure our success as a society: do we provide a place for everyone, and the help we all need from time to time, so that we can contribute to what makes our city the place that it is.
More than $389 million will be provided for community services and housing, including disability and out-of-home-care services, community housing, and homelessness services.
I am proud that this budget provides $159 million for better public housing. We all know the poor state of some public housing—notably along Northbourne Avenue. This Government is doing something about that—we are building or acquiring modern accommodation to improve the quality of life for tenants.
Canberrans deserve to feel safe in their homes. Violence in the home is unacceptable.
To counter violence against women and children the Territory Government has funded a range of new programs in the budget.
This includes extra funding for domestic and sexual violence services. This will assist the Domestic Violence Crisis Service, the Canberra Rape Crisis Centre, and the Canberra Men’s Centre to meet increased demand.
We will also provide social and emotional learning programs in ACT public schools. This will include additional resources for the training of teachers and staff on domestic violence issues, the development of an online resource centre to connect families to support services, and support for children and young people who may be experiencing domestic violence.
In addition, longer term prevention and management strategies are being developed across government.
The ACT Government will also join the Commonwealth and all other states and territories for a national campaign to counter violence against women and children.
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