To do so, the ALP would have to win Field's and Bunton's seats, and one seat in each territory, and have the second ACT seat fall to either a Labor candidate or an independent, former Liberal Prime Minister John Gorton, now estranged from his party.

Anne Katherine ( Kate ) Carnell AO ( born 30 May 1955 ) is an Australian businesswoman and former Liberal Party politician, who served as the third Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) from 1995 to 2000.

After winning 7 of 17 seats in the 1995 ACT election, the Liberal Party formed a minority government with Carnell as Chief Minister.

Humphries represented the Liberal Party in a multi-member electorate covering the whole of the ACT.

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.

Today, there is no party which is universally recognised as " the party of liberalism ", although there are parties which attempt to claim this title — ACT New Zealand, for example, officially labels itself " the Liberal Party ".

The modern ACT New Zealand also refers to itself as " the Liberal Party ".

At the 2008 ACT general election, Gallagher again polled strongly, generating 15. 78 % of the first preference vote and was the second candidate elected to represent Molonglo in the Assembly, behind Liberal leader, Seselja.

Covering central Canberra, the electorate of Molonglo is currently represented by three Australian Labor Party members, three Liberal Party members and one ACT Greens member ( ACTEC, 2005 ).

In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Gowrie is in the electorate of Brindabella, which is currently represented by three Labor and two Liberal members.

On December 10, 1989, Galás was arrested inside Saint Patrick's Cathedral, as part of ACT UP's Stop the Church demonstration, while protesting John Cardinal O ' Connor's opposition to AIDS education, and the distribution of condoms in public schools.

The Labour Government's April 2000 changes were criticised by opposition parties, with Richard Prebble of the ACT New Zealand party deriding the PCNZM's initials as standing for " a Politically Correct New Zealand that used to be a Monarchy ".

* Times Argus news story illustrating some of the pitfalls of Act 250 and the pervasive legislative opposition to ACT 250 reforms.

The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government.

The Federal Government of Australia wants the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT includes Canberra ) to cooperate with the Chinese investigation into the murder, as written by a letter from John Howard to Chief Minister Stanhope in May 2005, and another request from Justice Minister Chris Ellison in June.

The ACT Chief Minister ( currently Katy Gallagher, Australian Labor Party ) is elected by members of the ACT Assembly.

* ACT Chief Minister's Department ( same text )

However, she was not the first female head of government of a province of the Commonwealth of Australia ; being preceded by Rosemary Follett, who became Chief Minister of the ACT on 11 May 1989.

Upon his death the Chief Minister of the ACT, Rosemary Follett, described Hollows to her parliamentary colleagues as " an egalitarian and a self-named anarcho-syndicalist who wanted to see an end to the economic disparity which exists between the First and Third Worlds and who believed in no power higher than the best expressions of the human spirit found in personal and social relationships.

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.

Reid resigned from the Senate on 14 February 2003, and was replaced by the former ACT Chief Minister, Gary Humphries.

The inaugural ACT government was led by Chief Minister Rosemary Follett.

Where the Assembly is not in session, the choice is made by the Chief Minister of the ACT or the Administrator of the NT, as the case may be.

Follett became the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ) on 11 May 1989 following the Australian Labor Party's victory in the first ACT election.

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.

While the ACT Government was supportive of the memorial, with Chief Minister Jon Stanhope opening the memorial, the then Howard Government tried to stop the memorial being constructed.

ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and Chief Fire Officer Peter Lucas-Smith were reviewing the fires nearby in the Snowy Hydro Southcare helicopter.

Although the ACT has its own Chief Minister and its own legislature ( the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly ), the Federal Parliament retains the right to overrule ACT legislation.

He was Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) of the Society of St Vincent de Paul ( NSW / ACT ) from 1992 – 96 and CEO of Mission Australia from 1997-2006.

Named to honor the Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall, the program affords a rigorous academic program and provides a full tuition / fees waiver and stipend to students with a composite ACT score of 30 or higher who have been accepted to the University.

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 ).

The current government is a coalition between the National Party, ACT Party, United Future and the Maori Party ; the Prime Minister is John Key.

* Simon Corbell, ACT Attorney-General, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Environment, Water and Climate Change and Minister for Energy.

Citing costs of building multiple facilities as an issue, ACT Sports Minister Andrew Barr indicated his preference would be a ' super stadium ' built with World Cup standard facilities and capacity, reducible to around 30, 000 seats after the event.

However, reserve powers analogous to those vested in a State Governor are vested by the Act in the Federal Minister for Territories, who may, for example, dissolve the ACT Assembly in cases of corruption or deadlock.

In that same year, the ACT became an alcohol-free area as a result of legislation that the Minister for Home Affairs, King O ' Malley, steered through the Federal Parliament in Melbourne.

ACT had been formed by former labour Finance Minister Roger Douglas ( now Sir Roger Douglas ).

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.

However, the calculator is banned from use on the ACT, the PLAN, and in some classrooms.

The V200 is easily mistaken for a PDA or a small computer because of its massive enclosure and its full QWERTY keyboard — a feature which disqualifies the calculator for use in many tests and examinations, including the American ACT and SAT.

* Australia – Australia, with the exception of its capital territory ( ACT ) and the Northern Territory, does not permit the use of fireworks, except by a licensed pyrotechnician.

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:

In the fall of 2004, ACT was featured in the Frontline Documentary, The Persuaders, which described ACT's use of narrowcasting.

The AIDS Survival project writes, " By the late ' 90s, ACT UP San Francisco developed a very different philosophy concerning AIDS treatment and began to align itself with groups that believe HIV does not cause AIDS and that it is the use of anti-HIV medications which make people get sick and die.

As the payor company would have suffered tax on the payments it made, the company that received the dividend also received a credit that it could use to reduce the amount of ACT it itself paid, or, in certain cases, apply to have the tax credit repaid to them.

The HP-40G is not allowed for use in many standardized tests including the ACT and SAT tests.

Some examples of work include helping to develop new treatments for diseases, such as ivermectin for onchocerciasis ( river blindness ); showing how packaging can improve use of artemesinin-combination treatment ( ACT ) for malaria ; demonstrating the effectiveness of bednets to prevent mosquito bites and malaria ; and documenting how community-based and community-led programmes increases distribution of multiple treatments.

He was an ACT party spokesperson on agriculture, fisheries, forestry, biosecurity, rural affairs and land use issues.

The act was officially entitled " AN ACT to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes ," The Act opened the door to government funded railroad mail routes across the American continent.

Students who attempt the WASL in reading, writing or math have the option to use the SAT, ACT, AP or PSAT ( math only ) scores instead of their WASL scores.

Given approved phase I / II clinical trial clearance, ACT will also use the hESC-derived RPE cells in a trial for Stargardt ’ s Disease simultaneously.

A large part of the peninsula ( both NSW and ACT portions ) is under the administration of the Royal Australian Navy for use as a live-firing range.