Next NCCC Forum Wednesday 21 November 2012

The final North Canberra Community Council forum for this year will be held on Wednesday 21 November. We have invited a guest speaker from Telstra to talk to us about the roll out of ADSL 2+ to North Lyneham, Downer and Watson residents.   Following on from this an ACTPLA representative will be briefing the meeting on Technical Amendment 2012-06.

NORTH CANBERRA COMMUNITY COUNCIL ELECTION FORUM – Wednesday17 Oct 12

North Canberra residents are invited to our final Election Forum at 7.30pm on Wednesday 17 October, at Pilgrim House, corner of Northbourne Ave. and Rudd St., Civic. All parties have been invited. Labor’s Simon Corbell, Greens’ Shane Rattenbury and Caroline Lecouteur and the Motorists Party’s David Cumbers have confirmed that they will attend. The Forum will be chaired by ABC radio presenter Louise Maher. Parties’ responses to our questions on governance, town planning, community consultation, the ABC flats redevelopment, transport and road safety can be viewed on our website

AGM 2012

We will be holding our Annual General Meeting a month early to avoid the ACT Election in October this year. As always, you are all welcome to attend. All committee positions are open for nomination. If you wish to nominate, please contact any of the committee members at info@northcanberra.org.au who will send out a nomination form for you to complete. Our guest speaker this year will be Jane Goffman, of Planwise ACT. She will be speaking on her knowledge of ACT-wide planning matters and town planning. Some will already know Jane from her community activism in Dickson. Click for agenda

Pre-election Forum

ACT Liberal election Candidates for Molonglo will attend the third North Canberra Community Council pre-election forum, at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15 August, at ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett. Candidates will discuss issues affecting North Canberra. Following the election forum, Ross Triffitt of Tennis ACT will explain the redevelopment proposal for the National Sports Club in Lyneham. We will also consider the Dickson Master Plan, redevelopment plans for Pialligo and the Downer Centre, and the Wood Heaters Amendment Bill. All North Canberra residents welcome.

Pre-election Notices

NCCC will be conducting its final meeting with Molonglo electoral candidates on Wednesday 17 October. Other Community Councils in the ACT with suburbs in the Molonglo electorate have planned the following pre-election meetings with candidates. For times and venues refer to the websites listed 

NCCC Public Forum Wednesday 18 July 2012

The North Canberra Community Council will host a public forum at 7:30 on Wednesday 18 July, at ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett. ACT Greens Candidates for Molonglo will attend to talk about issues affecting North Canberra residents and to answer questions from the floor from 7:30 to 8:15. A committee meeting to conduct business will follow from 8:15 to 9:30. The NCCC committee has formed a set of questions for the candidates to read prior to the meeting…