NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in July each year to celebrate the culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services has published an Official Program of Canberra Events for NAIDOC Week 2009.
The Majura Festival has been run as an annual event by the Northside Community Service (NCS) since 2000. Since then, it has evolved to a visible cultural event signifying the close linkages that have developed between NCS and the local community. An emphasis has been to actively engage local community and businesses in such a way that more ongoing, sustainable relationships continue to be established and celebrated. The Majura Festival aims to be accessible for all members of the community and encourages local schools, community organisations, businesses, professional performers and residents to get together and celebrate life in the Inner …
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery which occurred in Civic on Sunday, July 5. Around 6am a 45-year-old male victim was approached by a man holding a knife on City Walk between Akuna Street and Binara Street, Civic. The offender demanded money and the victim opened his wallet. The offender stole a small sum of cash and fled in the direction of the Canberra Casino.
A 36-year old Ainslie man is assisting police with their inquiries following a stabbing at Ainslie on July 4. About 4.30pm police and ambulance officers were called to the Ainslie shops on Edgar Street where a 43-year-old man had received multiple stab wounds to his head and neck area. Paramedics stabilised the man before transporting him to The Canberra Hospital where his condition is listed as serious but stable.
The Canberra Times has an article about the demolition and redevelopment of a weatherboard cottage in Ainslie owned by the ACT Department of Housing and Community Services. A developer acting on behalf of the department lodged a development application to demolish the existing building, and replace it with ”two new brick veneer structures”. It is understood that the building was the caretaker’s cottage in the 1920s for the Ainslie bus terminus, one of Canberra’s first transport hubs, but has been excluded from the Corroboree Park Housing Precinct, a heritage-listed area that ends just over the cottage’s fence.
On Thursday 2nd July 2009, WIN News ran two stories about Turner Primary School. [youtube]VNputhFPs7Y&rel=0&showsearch=1[/youtube]
Each week, the North Canberra Community Council is sent a weekly summary of all new significant development applications that are also notified in the Canberra Times and on ACTPLA’s website at the following link: http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/pubnote/index.asp The latest development applications lodged for the North Canberra area and open for comment include:
A public information session on the Majura Parkway Environmental Impact Study (EIS) will be held Wednesday, 8 July 2009 at the Dame Pattie Menzies House in Dickson from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. The ACT Government has extended the public consultation period on the draft EIS by two weeks until 13 July 2009. Anyone with questions about the EIS or this significant infrastructure project is invited to attend the information session. Representatives from Roads ACT will be available to answer any questions and to explain this major infrastructure project.
The online version of the Community Noticeboard, is a weekly one-stop location of all ACT Government community engagement activities. A selection of items of potential interest for North Canberra residents in this edition include:
