The ACT Government is a member of the Council of Australian Governments.

In 1988, when the ACT gained self-government, Jervis Bay became a separate territory administered by the Australian Government Minister responsible for Territories, presently the Minister for Home Affairs ( Australia ).

On August 24, 2009 the ACT Government announced a complete ban on backyard fireworks.

The ACT Government provides around one percent of the university's operating budget.

While the current lease is due to expire in 2010, the ACT Government is seeking ownership of the stadium through a land transfer with the Australian Government.

As such, the ACT Government launched a study examining the upgrading or replacing of Canberra Stadium, with options ranging from increasing capacity and enclosing the current facility, to completely re-configuring the current stadium to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football and building a state of the art rectangular facility next door.

Humphries was the first Liberal senator to vote against the Howard Government in its 11. 5 years in office, when he voted to reverse the Federal Government's ban on the ACT's civil unions law in the Senate, claiming that the Commonwealth should not be able to automatically overturn ACT legislation.

The Crown is therefore represented by the Governor-General of Australia in the Government of the ACT.

Until this point, the ACT had been directly administered by the Commonwealth Government.

Instead of vice-regal or regal assent, a Bill passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly is enacted on ‘ notification ’— publication of a notice authorised by the Chief Minister, in the Government Gazette.

In July 2006, the Federal Government again threatened to overrule the ACT Stanhope Government's anti-terror legislation, which was not consistent with other state laws.

The ACT Government plans to construct a busway to connect the Belconnen Town centre with the hospital and CIT precinct in Bruce and the city centre.

The ACT Government had legislated to prevent further legal delays from community groups however this did not affect Save the Ridge continuing action which they had commenced in the Federal Court.

* Belconnen suburbs map-links to ACT Government street-level maps.

Accordingly the Government of Victoria ( though not the ACT Government ) makes a contribution to the provision of these services.

* seek to have the ACT Government contribute to the cost of the Sydney-Canberra service

In November 2008, as part of the Supply and Confidence Agreement between the ACT and National Party which allowed the formation of a Government, Heather Roy was appointed to ministerial posts outside the cabinet as Minister of Consumer Affairs, Associate Defence Minister and Associate Education Minister.

Each is created as part of the Constitution of Australia, or for the Supreme Courts, by the Constitution of that state or the Self Government Acts for the ACT and the Northern Territory.

The Canberra Spatial Plan released by the ACT Government in March 2004 identified the airport and surrounding areas as being an important centre for future industrial and related development.

The road system around Canberra Airport and the road between Civic and Canberra Airport was being duplicated as at July 2008, partly funded by Canberra Airport and the ACT Government.

The Chief Minister of the ACT Government, Jon Stanhope, initially blamed the Commonwealth for the increased traffic congestion around the airport, which he claims has occurred due to the construction of office buildings on airport land, however, Mr Stanhope later stated that while he accepted the development of the airport adds to the level of traffic on the roads, it is not the cause of the congestion during peak periods.

In April 1995 the Keating Government agreed in principle with the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) Government to exchange certain sites of land within the ACT to facilitate the building of the National Museum.

In April 2001 representatives of the Ngambri communities entered into an agreement with the ACT government which recognised their traditional association with the park's lands and their role and duty to their ancestors and descendants as custodians of the area, and established a system of cooperative management.

As the one of the first institutions to be established in Camberra, RMC has been integral to the life of the ACT.

When Douglas established the ACT New Zealand party, dedicated to the same laissez-faire economic policies he had promoted while in power, Prebble quickly became involved.

The English Sisters of the Little Company of Mary arrived in 1885 and have since established public and private hospitals, retirement living and residential aged care, community care and comprehensive palliative care in New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

However, it was not until 1938 that the ACT Rugby Union was finally established.

When Douglas established the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers ( which later formed the ACT party ), Hide had close involvement as the organisation's first chairman and president.

It was not a particularly successful venture as ACT had already established a brand name and a loyal dealer base.

After leaving Parliament in 2005 Muriel Newman established a political think tank organisation, the New Zealand Centre for Political Debate ( since renamed the New Zealand Centre for Political Research ) which has had many prominent New Zealand and overseas guests write columns including: Sir Roger Douglas ( Finance minister of the New Zealand Labour party from 1984 to 1988 and ACT New Zealand co-founder ), Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Prof. David Bellamy, Dr Don Brash, Alan Duff, Richard Epstein, Lord Nigel Lawson, Owen McShane, Johan Norberg, Professor Peter Saunders, and others.

An International Arboretum is being established in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ), Australia within which will be established forests of rare and endangered species from throughout the world.

The school was established in 1996 by the ACT department of education to address the needs of young people in years 7 – 10 as they move from primary school to further education, training or employment.

The CFC was established under the Cultural Facilities Corporation Act 1997 for the purpose of managing and developing a number of the ACT ’ s major cultural assets: the Canberra Theatre ; the Canberra Museum and Gallery ; the Nolan Collection and ACT Historic Places ( Lanyon, Calthorpes ’ House and Mugga Mugga ).

At the start of the 49th Parliament, Chauvel was a member of the ad hoc Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee ( chaired by Peter Dunne ), established as part of the confidence and supply agreement between the National and ACT parties.

While the bulk of this land was established as a separate Jervis Bay Territory when the Australian Capital Territory was granted self-government, the portion on the Beecroft Peninsula remains part of the ACT.

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ( ACT UP ) is an international direct action advocacy group working to impact the lives of people with AIDS ( PWAs ) and the AIDS pandemic to bring about legislation, medical research and treatment and policies to ultimately bring an end to the disease by mitigating loss of health and lives.

Dan Dugan, working with three stereo tape decks routed to ten loudspeaker zones during the 1968 – 69 season of American Conservatory Theater ( ACT ) in San Francisco, was the first person to be called a sound designer.

As second-line antimalarial treatment, when initial treatment doesn ’ t work or stops working, it is recommended to use an alternative ACT known to be effective in the region, such as:

LWR is a member of ACT Development, a global alliance of churches and related agencies working on development that are committed to working together.

CLWR is a member of ACT Development, a global alliance of churches and related agencies working on development that are committed to working together, as well as ACT International.

:" That this Assembly no longer has confidence in the Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, for her continued neglect of the Health portfolio, most particularly ...... management failure, staff bullying, over working, and poor processes ;.... complete failure in the Calvary Hospital purchase ;.... and many instances of attacking those who made complaints, ignoring those who gave advice, and dealing with the problems through denial and neglect ;.... and the ongoing poor performance of the ACT health system ...."