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Gungahlin Community Council - Meet the Candidates Event - 08 October 2008(0)

Gungahlin residents, business operators, and all election candidates (where electronic contact details could be found) for the ACT electorates of Molonglo and Ginninderra were invited to the Gungahlin Community Council’s… Meet the Candidates night on Wednesday 8 October, held at the Palmerston Community Centre in Palmerston.
Just 10 days before the election day on 18 October, [...]

Woden Valley Community Council - ACT Election Special Event - 01 October 2008(0)

The Woden Valley Community Council held a ACT Election Special Meeting on Wednesday 01 October 2008 at the Hellenic Club in Woden.
The purpose of the meeting was to hear what the candidates have to say about Woden
In the lead up to the ACT Legislative Assembly elections on 18 October, Woden Voice (the WVCC community Newsletter) [...]

ACT Light Rail - Election Event - 30 September 2008(0)

Candidates in the 2008 ACT Election were invited to the ACT Light Rail election event.
Date:      Tuesday 30th September 2008
Time:     19:30 - 22:00
Venue:   Havelock House, 85 Northbourne Avenue, Turner ACT 2612
The purpose of the meeting was to hear what the candidates and/or political the party they were representing had to say in relation to Light [...]

Belconnen Community Council - Jon Stanhope MLA - 16 September 2008(0)

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 [...]

Gungahlin Community Council - ACT Commissioner for Sustainability - 10 September 2008(0)

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 [...]

Gungahlin Community Council - 09 July 2008(0)

The July GCC meeting was held on Wednesday 9 July.
Unfortunately the booked guest speaker, Peter Martin (Economics Reporter for the Canberra Times) was unable to make the meeting due to unforeseen work commitments.
The meeting covered:

the surprise announcement by the Stanhope government that Light Rail had been given priority as an infrastructure project. 
details of the submission [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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