Canberra Votes

The Conservation Council ACT Region held its pre-election event “Conservation over Cocktails” on  Thursday 25th September, between 6.00 – 8.00pm at the Holy Grail Restaurant and Bar, Jardine Street  Kingston
This meeting was a chance to hear candidates in the ACT election speak about their party’s environment policies and engage them in discussion on these matters.
Dr [...]

The Weston Creek Community Council invited candidates for the upcoming election to give a presentation at the Weston Club on Wednesday 24 September 2008 at 7.45 pm. Speakers were required to restrict their presentations to the 4 core issues that the WCCC had been working on during the last year. It was felt [...]

The ACT Council of P&C Associations, Advocacy for Inclusion & Autism, Asperger ACT held a ‘Special Education Election Evening’ on Thursday 18th September 2008 at Dickson College, Phillip Avenue, Dickson.
Candidates standing for the major parties at the forthcoming ACT election attended to put their views and policies on issues relating to the education of students [...]

The September 2008 Belconnen Community Council Community Forum was held at:
7.00pm, Tuesday 16 September 2008
Community Room, upstairs Belconnen Library
Chandler Street, Belconnen
The special guest for September was the Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, who talked about the past, present and future of Belconnen and Canberra, as well as took questions from the audience about the last four [...]

The September Gungahlin Community Council meeting was held on Wednesday 10 September. Special guest for that meeting was Dr Maxine Cooper, the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability. Dr Cooper presented on the ACT State of the Environment Report, and took questions on sustainability issues.
It was also the GCC Annual General Meeting.

Related Sites:

Gungahlin Community Council
ACT Commissioner [...]

The launch of the ACTCOSS Election Statement for the 2008 ACT Legislative Assembly Election occurred at 10:00am Friday, 15 August 2008 in the Reception Room, ACT Legislative Assembly.
In the lead up to the 2008 ACT election, candidates and political parties will be setting out their priorities for Canberra’s future. The Fairness Challenge alerts candidates of [...]

The August GCC meeting was held on Wednesday 13 August.
The meeting included:

A report on GCC presentations to all ACT Government Ministers on 4 August.
Sergeant Bob Muir reported on current issues facing the Gungahlin Police Station
Update from CORC (Canberra Off Road Cycling) to provide facilities in the Gungahlin Region
Update on new suburbs of Crace and Casey
Update [...]

On Saturday 2nd August 2008 the ACT group “Campaign for Civil Unions” organised a rally in support of Same-Sex Marriage Rights.
This rally was in recognition of the fourth anniversary of the annual National Day of Action for relationship equality. In August 2004, the Federal Government, with support from the then-Labor Opposition, united to rule [...]

The RiotACT a locally run blog which describes itself as follows:
… it’s an online Riot for the Canberra (ACT) Region. It’s a place for local, grass roots, news. It’s local art, music and entertainment. It’s local community groups and local businesses. It’s a place for the public airing of local opinions and greviances. It’s an [...]

On June 17 2008, ACT Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher MLA announced an independent Steering group would oversee the preparation of a Health Impact Assessment for the proposed Computer Data Centre and Gas Fired Power Station at Tuggeranong, and guide the Health Impact Assessment Process.
The Health Impact Assessment will examine issues including the potential for [...]