Lisa Cox

Lisa Cox

Labor pledge $7.5m CIT centre for Tuggeranong

Bourke annointed as fifth ACT minister

Lisa Cox ACT Labor will build a multi-million dollar learning centre for the Canberra Institute of Technology in Tuggeranong if it is re-elected in October.

Speed limits too high, says union

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Lisa Cox Canberra's building union wants the speed on more territory roads reduced to 40km/h.

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Hanson fixed on assembly number

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Jeremy Hanson  MLA, at the Legislative Assembly ACTEW investigation.
The Canberra Times
03 April 2013
Photo Jay Cronan

Lisa Cox The size of the ACT Legislative Assembly should increase to 25 MLAs across five electorates in 2016, an independent review has recommended.

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Critics quick to hit slow-down moves

Pedestrian Dipti Patel from Watson is in favour of the new 40km/h speed limits.

Lisa Cox The 40km/h zones in Civic, Belconnen and Tuggeranong will not be an effective road safety measure, the Canberra Liberals say.

Travel around the city to get slower but safer

40 kilometre speed sign.

Lisa Cox The ACT government is beginning work to slow drivers in the busiest parts of Civic, Belconnen and Tuggeranong.

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Speaker rules 'senator elect' jibes out of order

Zed Seselja.

Lisa Cox ACT MLAs have been warned not to call Canberra Liberals MLA Zed Seselja names ahead of his departure from the Legislative Assembly.

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Gallagher's big picture all about beating the rush

Chief Minister Katy Gallagher announces The City Plan.

Lisa Cox The ACT government has set out its vision for Canberra's next century, declaring the territory must plan for a population of 500,000 now to avoid ''crisis-driven'' development in years to come.

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It's (back) on: Libs to hold new preselection meeting

Managing director of  Village Building  Bob Winnel at his office in Civic.

Noel Towell, Lisa Cox The ACT Liberals will hold a new divisional council meeting to thrash out the bitter Senate preselection process that has divided the party since Zed Seselja's win over incumbent Gary Humphries last...

Assembly passes motion condemning Seselja for 'betrayal'

Zed Seselja.

Lisa Cox ACT Labor and Greens MLAs have used their numbers in the Legislative Assembly to pass a motion condemning former opposition leader Zed Seselja for ‘‘betraying’’ the voters of Lanyon Valley.

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Sports miss out after govt backs off from pledge

Lisa Cox The ACT government has walked away from its pledge to provide space for fencing and table tennis at the redeveloped Lyneham indoor sports centre.

Voting in doubt at two more branches

Noel Towell and Lisa Cox The Canberra Liberals' Senate preselection has slipped further into chaos with voting rights now in doubt at two more party branches.

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I'll stand again, senator declares

News. Senator Humphries makes a statement regarding preselection for the Senate outside the
office of Senator Gary Humphries, Canberra. 4th of February 2013.  Canberra Times Photo by Katherine Griffiths

Lisa Cox The battle for the Canberra Liberals Senate nomination is not over, with Gary Humphries declaring he will contest a second preselection if the result of Saturday's ballot is overturned.

Doubt cast over members' preselection votes

ACT Opposition Leader Zed Seselja speaks at a press conference on his contesting the ACT Senate spot.

Lisa Cox and Noel Towell The internal revolt in the Canberra Liberal Party over the Senate preselection vote has spread, with a key branch raising more questions about the validity of the process.

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Nature's fury kept at bay ... for now

Residents and RSF on sight of a major bushfire on Mount Forest Road near Cooma.

Christopher Knaus, Lisa Cox, and Bianca Hall The ACT emerged largely unscathed from Tuesday's horror fire conditions, but authorities have warned the danger is far from over.

Testing time coming for Hanson, says Gallagher

28 October 2012. Steph Anderson Story. Canberra Times photo by Rohan Thomson. Chief Minister Katy Gallagher talks with media.


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Lisa Cox Jeremy Hanson will be forced to moderate his confrontational parliamentary style as the new Opposition Leader says Katy Gallagher.

Call to toughen bag ban

Plastic shopping bags. Lisa Charles with daughter Savanna age 4.

Lisa Cox Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury wants the government's ban on lightweight plastic bags tightened.

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Crash victims praised at funeral

Mourners at the funeral of Fijians visting Canberra Ram and Padmawati Deo at the Deo family home in Chisholm, Canberra.

Lisa Cox Family members have laid to rest a Fijian couple killed in a Boxing Day accident on the Hume Highway.

Winds to blame for blackouts amid surges

Strong winds over Canberra brought down tree branches near the lake on Tuesday.

Lisa Cox More than 8500 homes and businesses were left without power on Tuesday and demand for electricity surged as the city sweltered in temperatures above 35 degrees.

Leaders make final pitch to the waverers

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher crosses path's with opposition leader Zed Seselja at the office's of 2CC this afternoon where both leaders made a final pitch to the voters before tomorrows election.

Lisa Cox Canberra's political leaders used the final day of the ACT election campaign to spruik their campaigns to the territory's undecided voters.

Agreement means all aboard for light rail plan

NEWS - ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher  and Shane Rattenbury all smiles after putting pen to paper and  sign an agreement to form a government at the ACT Legislative of Assembly, Canberra
2nd November 2012
Photo : Colleen Petch

Lisa Cox Light rail, a plan to clean up Canberra's wetlands and legislation for marriage equality are key policies in ACT Labor's parliamentary agreement with the ACT Greens.