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Ongoing community concerns regarding new ASIO building development

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Sep 242009

Artist impression of the entrance to the ASIO New Central Office from Constitution Avenue (Source: ASIO)

If you are concerned about the construction of the ASIO building adjacent to Campbell on Parkes Way and Constitution Avenue, whether because of its size, because of the inappropriateness a security agency in such a symbolic location, or because of the almost total lack of public consultation, then please look at some of the suggestions below as to what you can do, to either turn the tide or to help guarantee better consultation in future.

THINGS YOU CAN DO:

Meet & lobby Bob McMullan MP for Fraser:

This coming Wednesday 30^th September 2009: 6.30-8pm at Ainslie Football Club, 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie, and voice your concerns. He has extended an invitation to all Fraser residents.

Ring his office on 6247 4396 to register your interest by September 28^th 2009.

Write letters to all of the following:

A sample letter can be found at the bottom of this article.

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Canberra Times: Still time to settle ASIO HQ worries

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Aug 092009

Artist impression of the entrance to the ASIO New Central Office on Constitution Ave. (Source: ASIO)

On Saturday 8th August 2009, The Canberra Times ran an editorial piece titled “Still time to settle ASIO HQ worries“. This piece discusses the politics behind the decision to rush approval of the ASIO HQ building in it’s current location and large scale.

Is the Parliamentary Triangle a precinct set aside for Australia’s most important national institutions an appropriate place for the headquarters of a large security intelligence agency, bearing in mind that the imposing building will, after Parliament House, be the largest edifice in the district?

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Walter Burley Griffin Society: submission in relation to the ASIO complex on Constitution Avenue

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Aug 032009

The North Canberra Community Council has obtained permission from the Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc, to republish their submission on the new ASIO building on Constitution Avenue (previously known as the “Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Commonwealth New Building Project.”)

ABC News: New ASIO HQ branded 'barbed wire city'

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Jul 212009

Artist impression of the entrance to the ASIO New Central Office from Constitution Avenue (Source: ASIO)

The ABC News is reporting that ACT Senator Gary Humphries backs Campbell residents’ concerns about the size and nature of the new ASIO headquarters being built on Constitution Avenue.

ACT Senator Gary Humphries has backed residents’ concerns about the new ASIO headquarters being built in Canberra’s inner north.

The $600 million building on Constitution Avenue near the suburb of Campbell will eventually house 1,800 employees.

The project takes up a complete block and Campbell residents say it is too big for the area.

Senator Humphries says he is not sure it is the right building for an area which planners hope will become a grand boulevard.

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