Page 2064 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 4 June 2019
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From next year’s Budget we will report against both economic metrics and a set of wellbeing indicators that will be developed with the Canberra community to track how we are doing in other important areas—like improving access to housing, strengthening family cohesion and growing the social inclusion of older Canberrans.
Economic growth is one tool for improving wellbeing across our community, but there are many others.
Having a set of wellbeing indicators will help us zero in on where we need to invest more of our time, energy and creativity to make a real difference for those Canberrans who currently are not sharing in the benefits of our economic prosperity.
Building today to keep delivering for Canberrans in the years ahead
The 2019-20 Budget delivers Canberra’s biggest program of infrastructure investment ever.
Over the next four years we will invest more than $3 billion to futureproof our hospitals, build new schools for our growing regions, continue making our transport networks faster, safer and cleaner, and grow and renew public housing.
We will deliver the new SPIRE Centre, expand the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children and invest in Calvary Public Hospital’s emergency department and surgical theatres, to meet our region’s healthcare needs into the coming decade.
The SPIRE Centre was one of our most significant commitments at the 2016 election and will be the single largest investment in our healthcare system since self-government. We are getting on with delivering it because we understand how important it is to be building now to meet Canberra’s healthcare needs into the future.
At the same time as we get these major new builds underway, we will continue expanding our network of walk-in centres with a new clinic at Dickson, and will significantly boost specialist health care in areas like rheumatology, urology, dermatology and childhood and gestational diabetes to help cut waiting lists and reduce out-of-pocket costs for people with chronic health conditions.
This Budget maps out the next major phase of investment in our local schools, the schools that will be built in our city’s growth areas. We will start work on a new primary school in Throsby, a new high school for Kenny, and significant expansions for the Franklin Early Childhood School and Gungahlin College.
We will also add capacity at Hawker Primary School and Lyneham High School, as well as undertaking detailed planning for future school needs in the city and gateway region so that we are ready as more people move into our renewed city centre.
To ensure that all Canberra school students are supported by active and engaged teachers, we will hire the equivalent of 92 teachers and learning support assistants to respond to the growth in student numbers for 2019-20 and beyond. This will also see
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