Plan for the country’s capital with Labor’s re-election

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Much of the federal election campaign in the act focused on the coalition's plan for cuts to the public service. But with Labor re-elected and parliament set to return next week what can Canberra voters expect over the next three years.

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00:00The major announcement of Labor's campaign was $100 million for a new aquatic centre

00:07in Commonwealth Park and the design of a new convention centre on the current Civic Pool

00:12site.

00:13It's a 50-50 deal with the Territory Government.

00:16Chief Minister Andrew Barr wants the design work on the new pool to be done by the end

00:20of next year, with construction to start soon afterward.

00:24But any building work on a new convention centre will have to wait until the new pool

00:29is finished.

00:30After putting Medicare front and centre of its bid for re-election, Labor pledged almost

00:35$4 million to prop up Interchange, one of Canberra's largest bulk-billing GP clinics which was at

00:41risk of closure.

00:43Another $10.5 million will go towards attracting more GPs for up to three new bulk-billing practices.

00:50That's on top of a new Medicare Urgent Care Centre in Woden.

00:54A further $10 million is on the table for more aged care respite beds, though the urgent

00:59agency on that front has eased, with the Burangiri Respite Centre staying open for another two

01:04years.

01:05There were other promises too.

01:07Before the campaign officially started, Labor pledged to finish the NBN.

01:11It would mean fibre-to-the-node connections for about 97,000 Canberra households by 2030.

01:19It's also put $3.5 million on the table for seven new crisis accommodation homes for people

01:25fleeing domestic and family violence.

01:28And some parks and sporting facilities in Belconnen and Tuggeranong can also expect an upgrade.

01:33The NBN is seen in the past 5 years of the NBN.

01:37If you look at the 1998 summer, the NBN machine in Belconnen and Tuggeranong can also see the

01:43money for over 40 years.

01:45So we let this happen as some of you can add in some of you.

01:51But you can see a lot of the money.

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