from Canberra Times 31 October 2012 There are potential pitfalls to running a business with your spouse, Cheryl Keeley says, but this form of joint venture does offer a flexibility and ease of communication that other business partnerships do not. Mrs Keeley and husband John of Narrabundah Newsagency were busy…
From ABC News 2 November 2012 Labor has been returned to power in the ACT after sole Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury decided to back the party for a fourth term. More…
From Canberra Times 27 October 2012 We may be the nation’s capital but when it comes to making good streets, we’ve been bested by Queanbeyan. That’s the opinion of local architecture collective Canberra Lab, which is exploring the city’s flawed thoroughfares in a project called Good Street. More…
Letter to the Editor, Canberra Times Friday 11 January 2013 Planning issues were regrettably given scant attention in the recent ACT election. We missed a golden opportunity to debate the urgent need to preserve the heritage and character of Canberra’s unique suburban precincts.
We at the Inner South Canberra Community Council wish you a safe and pleasant festive season. Below are a few notes about meetings in 2013 and a brief summary of what we’ve done in 2012.
Letter to the Editor, Canberra Times Canberra is a relatively new city and it is vital we protect our comparatively few heritage precincts for the benefit of future generations.
From City Chronicle 11 December 2012 One of canberra’s oldest high-end fashion stores is on the market for the first time since 55 years ago. City Chronicle 11 December 2012
From City Chronicle 11 December 2012 Work will soon begin to improve the traffic safety measures on Flinders Way… City Chronicle 11 December 2012
From City Chronicle 4 December 2012 Racist submissions about the proposal to make Stirling Ridge a site for diplomatic estates have been condemned by the National Capital Authority as sinister. City Chronicle 4/12/12
from Canberra Times 28 November 2012 Patricia Connors says she has never forgiven the government for forcing her to prune her historic hedge in Griffith. Wednesday’s news that some enormous hedges on a street in Braddon have been spared trimming, thanks to a long-ago negotiated deal with the ACT government…
from Canberra Times 29 November 2012 A Supreme Court judge has thrown out a challenge to the government’s contentious proposal to curtail rights of appeal in the Kingston Foreshore precinct. Last year, Planning Minister Simon Corbell moved to ban third-party planning appeals to the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal for…
From Canberra Times 29 November 2012 Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann has succeeded in initiating a wide-reaching inquiry into the management of diplomatic estates in the ACT. The Labor backbencher sought and secured agreement from the National Capital and External Territories Committee, of which she is a member, for the…
