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Archive for June, 2008

Canberrans for Powerstation Relocation Protest - 25 June 2008(0)

The community group - “Canberrans for Power station Relocation Inc” (CPR) held a protest outside the ACT Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, 25 June 2008.
The protest was organized to occur opposite the fountain in Civic Square (London Circuit) outside the public entrance to the Legislative Assembly at midday.
Prior to the protest the group put rally signs [...]

Community Alliance Party Launch - 12 June 2008(0)

The Community Alliance Party had their official launch launch on Thursday 12 June 2008 at the Albert Hall in Yarralumla (ACT).
Their guest and keynote speakers were:

Tony Powell AO - former Commissioner for the NCDC
Dr. Jenny Stewart - Associate Professor of Public Policy at University of Canberra

The MC was Ian MacDougall (a local musician) who also [...]

Gungahlin Community Council Public Meeting - 11 June 2008(0)

The June Gungahlin Community Council meeting was held on Wednesday 11th June at the Palmerston Community Centre. Video of the full meeting is available here, broken into thirteen sections (via a YouTube playlist).
The guest speaker at the meeting was Andrew Barr MLA, Minister for Education and Training, Industrial Relations, Planning, and Tourism, Sport and Recreation. [...]

Dr. Deb Foskey MLA - 11 June 2008(0)

On 30 May 2008, ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey announced that she would not be standing for re-election at the October election.
Dr. Foskey was kind enough to let us film the following piece which is a reflection in her own words about her term in the ACT Legislative Assembly and her plans for life and [...]

Queen’s Birthday Firework Sales - 07 June 2008(0)

The official Queen’s Birthday long weekend is the only time of the year when members of the public are legally allowed to use fireworks. The regulations also require that fireworks may only be sold from licensed premises and not, for example, from the roadside.
Consumer Fireworks
Only Fireworks that have been registered as Consumer Fireworks can be [...]

Curfew4Canberra Public Meeting - 05 June 08(0)

Curfew4Canberra (C4C) held a public meeting to kick off aircraft noise as an issue in the ACT election with guest speaker Frank Pangallo, Mayor of Queanbeyan, a long-standing advocate for a curfew at Canberra Airport, and recently announced Independent candidate for the electorate of Molonglo.
It appears that the C4C group will be delivering the only [...]

Weston Creek Community Council Meeting - 04 June 2008(0)

At the Public Meeting of the Weston Creek Community Council on 04 June 2008 - ACTPLA presented their revised plans for North Weston and Molonglo.
In part A of the meeting ACTPLA presented the revised plans.

 
In part B of the meeting the WCCC collected and collated community input based on what had been presented by ACTPLA [...]

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