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Students going back for the first day of term four will notice some impressive changes, with more than $1 million in school upgrades completed and over $17 million worth of projects started over the school holidays.  

Together the ACT Labor Government and the Rudd Government are investing more than half a billion to upgrade every ACT school. This is delivering a wide range of projects from classrooms being repainted to new school halls, libraries and performing arts centres.

The Community Facility Zone Development Code (CFZDC) and its associated Development Table is currently being reviewed as part of the Territory Plan review.

A discussion paper has been released seeking comment from the ACT community about how the code and table might be revised.

Key questions have been identified, based on ACTPLA’s recent research and experiences. However these are intended only as a basis for discussion and suggestions about additional potential issues and policy measures are welcome.

As part of the ACT Government's development of the Sustainable Transport Action Plan 2010-2016, a review is being undertaken to improve cycling and pedestrian networks.

A contract has been awarded to a local company, Cardno Eppell Olsen, for $140,000 to undertake an extensive review of Canberra's commuter bicycle network in line with the Sustainable Transport Action Plan.

The Chief Minister and Minister for Business and Economic Development, Jon Stanhope MLA, haslaunched the first edition of Canberra Construction Snapshot, a biannual newsletter on construction works and capital projects.

Snapshot draws together in one place information about allof the major Government and private-sector infrastructure, capital works and development projects either in progress or expected to proceed in the ACT and the region and it sends a powerful message that the ACT is open for business.

The ACT Government will embark next month on a comprehensive consultation with the Canberra community about the possibility of relocating the Islamic School of Canberra to the old CIT site in Weston.

The school has been looking for a new home to allow it to expand to take high school students. It currently caters for more than 100 students from Years K to 6 from premises in Watson.

The school has applied to register for Years 7 and 8 students, but registration is contingent on it finding larger premises.

The ACT Government has been scoping possible sites and the CIT Horticulture School in Weston, which is relocating to Bruce in 2010, has been identified as a possible new home for the Islamic School.

The ACT Government is pleased to announce the next stage in the design of community parks for former school sites. The sites include Weston and Rivett.

Federal Labor’s announcement today of a $50.5 million investment in 22 ACT schools is a win for ACT students and the ACT economy. This investment has been supported by ACT Labor’s decision to further cut planning red tape to ensure school projects are delivered. 

Today I inspected the site works for the new state-of-the-art gymnasium at Stromlo High School.

The Stromlo gym is part of ACT Labor’s $350 million investment in upgrading every ACT public school and building new schools where they are needed.

This facility will also be a win for the community of southern Canberra, providing access to the gym after school hours. This new gym combined with the new $5 million performing arts centre at Calwell High will significantly increase access to state-of-the-art facilities for the community of Canberra’s south.

The ACT Government has a continuing program to improve ‘where’, ‘what’, and ‘how’ students learn in ACT public schools.

New houses in bushfire-prone areas in Canberra will have to be more bushfire resistant as the ACT Government moves to immediately adopt new national building codes.

The Australian Building Codes Board announced today that it would incorporate the revised standard for construction in bushfire-prone areas in the 2010 edition of the Building Code of Australia.

These new building standards are the result of latest research into fire-resistant construction, and we want to ensure Canberrans benefit from them immediately.

ACT Labor has focused its first 100 days in government on building a better city and a stronger community through delivering on its election commitments and investing responsibly in the community to protect jobs.

A re-elected ACT Labor Government commits to further upgrades of Canberra’s neighbourhood shopping centres.  ACT Labor will invest $11.5 million over the next term to deliver shopping centre upgrades across the ACT.   In Molonglo, these upgrades will occur at: