There are many ways in which Canberra could have been different – 137 ways, to be precise. That’s the number of official entries submitted for the international design competition for Australia’s new capital city 100 years ago. While a large proportion of entries were from Australia, there were also designs…
The ACT Opposition says more investigation is needed into a bitter battle between the Territory’s planning chief and the former chief minister. Documents obtained by the Opposition under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws show former chief minister and property services minister Jon Stanhope raised concerns about a development application at…
The chimneys and fireplaces of the Canberra Services Club will be the only things left standing in a fortnight when a demolition crew finishes the clean-up of the burnt-out Manuka site. The other items salvaged after the April blaze two doors, windows and chairs from Old Parliament House will be…
The Boomanulla Oval will reopen today, after a successful meeting between its board members and representatives from state and federal government departments yesterday. Boomanulla’s chief executive Noel Ingram said he was confident temporary funding would be granted.
The city of Canberra may be unfamiliar to many people overseas, but it seems plenty of international designers and architects are interested in how the city might look were it designed today. The ACT Government’s centenary team has been chuffed at the response to the Capithetical competition, launched in May,…
A new master plan for the Kingston shops features a ”Melbourne-style” laneway with shops and cafes and a pedestrian-friendly ”shared zone” between Green Square and the proposed Supabarn site off Eyre Street. The ACT Government has unveiled a new plan that will expand the Kingston shopping centre and lift height…
The ACT Greens want federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese to rein-in non-aviation related development at Canberra Airport. Woolworths will build its biggest Canberra supermarket next to US retail giant Costco at the airport, as well as a Big W and Dick Smith outlet.
Welcome to another news update from the Inner South Canberra Community Council. Since we last wrote in December 2010 the ISCCC has continued to participate in a range of planning matters including:
The ACT Government has flagged another record release of dwelling sites in the territory, with 18,500 housing sites to be supplied over four years. The announcement adds 2500 sites to the accelerated release program announced in last year’s budget and will put another 4000 blocks into the mix in 2014-15.
The Canberra Services Club has vowed to rebuild after a fire devastated its heritage-listed home in Manuka yesterday morning. Flames ran underneath the floorboards of the 70-year-old timber building before 6am yesterday, soon climbing the walls and rising high above the roof to fully engulf the Canberra Avenue property.
ACT Land and Property Services chief executive David Dawes says he is fighting for development on all fronts, from every back street of Canberra to Commonwealth legislation to protect the environment. Recruited from the Master Builders Association to head the ACT Government’s affordable housing strategy, Mr Dawes will be promoted…
