Volunteers in local communities will be at risk of large personal fines and possible jail terms, under a Gillard Government plan to make volunteers subject to the same OH&S obligations as paid workers, says Senator Gary Humphries, Liberal Senator for the ACT. Under the Gillard Government’s new national OH&S regime, volunteers will be considered in [...]
The ACT has recorded its lowest building approval level in three years, confirming that Canberra is becoming less and less liveable. The figures recently published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that Canberra has gone against the national trend with building approvals reduced by almost half from October to November 2011. “This really does [...]
In an unhappy start to 2012 for Canberra, Labor has ignored the plight of the National Capital Authority, confirming that maintenance of the city’s fabric will suffer through the increased efficiency dividend. Since 2007, the NCA has lost nearly 40% of its funding. The recently announced cuts which exempted some small agencies will apply with [...]
The ACT’s Liberal senator has called on the Gillard Government to ensure Canberra is the host city of the G20 summit in 2014. Months after the announcement that Australia would host the summit of world leaders, plans for Australia’s hosting are proceeding with no explicit role for the national capital coming into consideration from the [...]
The week after Labor announced its broken promise to protect the public service the CPSU has fallen dreadfully silent on the issue. “Where are the CPSU bosses now?” Senator Humphries asked today. “Have they already forgotten that Labor intends to slash public service jobs next year? “Where is their campaign to protect public service jobs [...]
Senator Humphries’ speeches to the Senate