The ACT Government should offer the Brumbies a land swap to allow the rugby club to develop 150 units away from the historic Griffith oval, an Assembly committee was told yesterday. The Griffith-Narrabundah Community Association wants the Manuka Occasional Childcare Centre moved to the Brumbies headquarters to retain the community…
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…
A new master plan for the Kingston shops features a ”Melbourne-style” laneway with shops and cafes and a pedestrian-friendly ”shared zone” between Green Square and the proposed Supabarn site off Eyre Street. The ACT Government has unveiled a new plan that will expand the Kingston shopping centre and lift height…
The ACT Government has flagged another record release of dwelling sites in the territory, with 18,500 housing sites to be supplied over four years. The announcement adds 2500 sites to the accelerated release program announced in last year’s budget and will put another 4000 blocks into the mix in 2014-15.
The Canberra Services Club has vowed to rebuild after a fire devastated its heritage-listed home in Manuka yesterday morning. Flames ran underneath the floorboards of the 70-year-old timber building before 6am yesterday, soon climbing the walls and rising high above the roof to fully engulf the Canberra Avenue property.
ACT Land and Property Services chief executive David Dawes says he is fighting for development on all fronts, from every back street of Canberra to Commonwealth legislation to protect the environment. Recruited from the Master Builders Association to head the ACT Government’s affordable housing strategy, Mr Dawes will be promoted…
Improving the ”walkability” of neighbourhoods and preserving green space could help improve the health of Australians, research in a report to be issued today suggests. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has synthesised research findings on a range of environmental factors which can influence human health.
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