2011 AGM: minutes and financial statement 22 November 2011
2011 AGM: minutes and financial statement 22 November 2011
Next ISCCC Meeting to Consider DV306
The Inner South Canberra Community Council’s August Public Forum is being held next Tuesday evening 16 August at 7 pm at the Eastlakes Football Club Oxley Street Griffith.. Please come along and have your say on DV 306, or just hear why it is so important. The ISCCC is keen to represent…
National Trust ‘at risk’ list extends to ACT eyesores
SOME of the ACT’s most spectacular views sit alongside places more often seen as eyesores on the ACT National Trust’s annual list of historically significant sites at risk, a Sunday Canberra Times exclusive ‘‘sneak peek’’ reveals. Topping the list, to be formally announced tomorrow, are the Lake Burley Griffin foreshores,…
Vision for bustling Kingston arts hub
Canberra’s Kingston Foreshore could become a bustling entertainment precinct with a lakeside cinema and cafes. A Government-commissioned study prepared for Arts ACT outlines ideas to turn the precinct into an arts hub offering activities seven days and nights a week.
Lectures to take fresh look at first visions for Canberra
There are many ways in which Canberra could have been different – 137 ways, to be precise. That’s the number of official entries submitted for the international design competition for Australia’s new capital city 100 years ago. While a large proportion of entries were from Australia, there were also designs…
Calls for more investigation into Planning Row
The ACT Opposition says more investigation is needed into a bitter battle between the Territory’s planning chief and the former chief minister. Documents obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws show former chief minister and property services minister Jon Stanhope raised concerns about a development application at…
Club to rise again from the ashes
The chimneys and fireplaces of the Canberra Services Club will be the only things left standing in a fortnight when a demolition crew finishes the clean-up of the burnt-out Manuka site. The other items salvaged after the April blaze two doors, windows and chairs from Old Parliament House will be…
Boomanulla Oval to reopen today
The Boomanulla Oval will reopen today, after a successful meeting between its board members and representatives from state and federal government departments yesterday. Boomanulla’s chief executive Noel Ingram said he was confident temporary funding would be granted.