The ACT Government is directly employing 71 new staff to provide more services across our growing city.
This $2.2 million investment will provide secure work opportunities for vulnerable Canberrans and provide high quality city services to the community.
The insourced workforce will be flexible and provide temporary traffic management for road repairs, special events, and other important services like mowing and litter picking.
Weighbridge operators at resource management centres and school crossing supervisors at schools will also be delivered by ACT Government staff.
Staff will also be recruited to provide more trail maintenance and horticulture services at Stromlo Forest Park as part of the Government's commitment to improve our premier mountain biking facility.
Quotes attributable to ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr:
"We're hiring more people to strengthen the public service's capability to make sure Canberra continues to be one of the most liveable cities in the world.
"Our commitment to provide better, secure jobs is in stark contrast to Liberal Governments that have historically cut jobs and weakened the public service and its capability.
"This new recruitment drive will support the ACT Government's commitment to grow the total number of jobs in Canberra to 300,000 by 2030 or sooner."
Quotes attributable to Minister for City Services, Tara Cheyne:
"Since becoming Minister late last year, I've prioritised visiting City Services depots to hear directly from staff about their roles and understand the breadth of services they deliver across Canberra.
"The immense pride our crews have in their work—and the efforts they go to in supporting our community—at all levels and across all responsibilities is without exception.
"This initiative ensures that more people in our hard-working teams will have good, secure and well-paid jobs while they provide the essential services across Canberra."
Quotes attributable to Special Minister of State, Chris Steel:
"With around 560,000 people visiting UC Stromlo Forest Park each year it's important for safety and amenity of the park to invest in maintenance of this community asset.
"As part of our ongoing commitment to improve investing in the park, the new team will be established to manage operational horticulture, trails maintenance and improvements.
"Implementing an internal team will provide greater flexibility and capacity to respond quickly to upgrades and maintenance requests.
"This is another important investment in Stromlo, with other recent improvements including an upgraded car park, a new BMX freestyle facility and criterion track extension.
"The ACT Government is committed to ensuring UC Stromlo remains a world class facility, and this new in-house team will play an important role in implementing the UC Stromlo Tracks and Trails Masterplan."
