Canberra Votes

On Thursday 9th October at the SCOUT HALL on the edge of Fadden Pines in Coyne Street, opposite the end of Carson Street, Macarthur, Canberrans for Power Station Relocation held their Election Build up meeting.
Canberrans for Power Station Relocation Inc had already convened meetings with Community Alliance Party (11th Sept), ACT Greens (18th Sept) and [...]

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, [...]

Canberra Multicultural Community Forum Q&A ACT Election Event - What does Multiculturalism really mean?
The Canberra Multicultural Community Forum (CMCF) Inc brought together a panel of politicians, high profile personalities, researchers and community leaders, to answer the audiences questions about multiculturalism and social inclusion. Ross Solly from ABC Radio was the host for this “Question [...]

Caroline Ambrus is a local community advocate for equity and social justice, an activist, publisher and author who believes that Self Government of the ACT is unfinished business. It was imposed in a hurry on a reluctant population twenty years ago. In spite of being Westminster based, a senate was not included. This meant that [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]