Canberra Votes

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jenni and Peter Farrell were evicted from the Caretaker Cottage on Cotter Road on Saturday 31 May, 2008 at approximately 17:00 EST.
Prior to the eviction Jenni Farrell gave a farewell address surrounded by supporters.
At approximately 17:00 a representative of ACTPLA escorted by Federal Police Officers arrived to serve the eviction notice on the Farrells.
Jenni and [...]

On 25 May 2008 Jenni and Peter Farrell held an Open day at the Historic Caretakers Cottage on Cotter Road in the the former Stromlo Forest. The Caretakers Cottage was built in 1926 for the then Manager of the Western Creek Sewerage Works.
It was hidden from the road by pine forest for much [...]

On Wednesday 7th May the Weston Creek Community held a protest outside the main entrance to the ACT Legislative Assembly building on London Circuit.
The point of this protest was to bring attention to the lack of consultation and feedback from the ACT Planning and Land Authority and ACT Government. The main focus again was on [...]

The Weston Creek Community Council believes that the ACT Planning and Land Authority are not consulting with the WCCC and that many residents and local stakeholders are now fearful that things will just go ahead without the community being involved.
The WCCC are starting work on petitions and a letter writing campaign to alert the wider [...]