Gungahlin is not in Canberra… this traffic sign indicates the thinking that seems to operate within the ACT government. Photo: Paul Costigan
“Just how much money can one agency spend on pop-ups, temporary thingys and activation events that deliver nothing substantial when so much of the urban infrastructure is being run down?” asks “Canberra Matters” columnist
PAUL COSTIGAN.
THE ACT’s City Renewal Authority, a 2016 bright idea from Andrew Barr, is something the people of Canberra did not ask for and is spending a lot of taxpayers’ money in one place – a selected part of central Canberra.
Paul Costigan.
The CRA is irrelevant to and largely unknown to most Canberrans, given that it has dealings with a small portion of the city, ie from the lakeside near Civic, up Northbourne Avenue to the commercial centre around Dickson.
Haig Park is getting a makeover, but will it be enough to cover up the park s ugly reputation?
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Author Elizabeth Farrelly… confronting the damage done and being done to the urban environment she loves.
“Anything in public hands is seen by 21st century governments as land banks for development… locally such dubious practices are now entrenched as building the new normal within the ACT Labor/Greens coalition,” writes “Canberra Matters” columnist
PAUL COSTIGAN.
ELIZABETH Farrelly’s new book “Killing Sydney: The Fight For a City’s Soul” is a must-read for anyone with an interest in their local planning issues.
Paul Costigan.
While her main focus is on inner Sydney, most of the book is about what’s being done in the electorate’s name by NSW politicians, their planning and development bureaucrats, the attached agencies and the out-of-control developers.
A long saga may be coming to an end… another supermarket is coming to the Dickson shopping area. Photo: Paul Costigan
“Right from the get-go, Dickson residents did not oppose the concept of a new supermarket – they welcomed it. The problem was that the original proposals ignored many planning laws,” writes “Canberra Matters” columnist
PAUL COSTIGAN.
A COUPLE of days before Christmas, a call came through from the Coles project manager to the Dickson Residents Group convenor that the new supermarket complex was to go ahead in May/June 2021.
Paul Costigan.
Jane Goffman then did what we wish the government would do more often – she immediately informed locals of progress of this long-running development saga.
Inside the studio, Chip Lo, Anjlika Guglani and Rob Aspinall
GAREMA Place in Civic is set to break out this Saturday (January 23) with a show of “peace, love, unity and having fun” the “four principles” of hip-hop as the inaugural Canberra Street Dance Festival swings into gear.
Targeted at youth and families, and supported by the ACT City Renewal Authority and City Services, it’s the brainchild of Chip Lo, who owns and directs the dance studio, Project Beats.
He’s keen to stress the more benign aspects of hip-hop culture (as opposed to the confrontational image of gansta rap) and to celebrate all the elements of hip-hop, including dance, music, art and fashion.
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