"Land must be sold and the tram funded. Appropriate community and arts facilities, open spaces and all that stuff Labor and The Greens used to care about are now off the agenda," writes columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
Paul Costigan
Paul Costigan is a commentator on cultural and urban matters. There are more of his columns at citynews.com.au
"Every trick in the book is now being used to disguise the reality that this ACT government has become dysfunctional in its management of planning and development," writes "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
Lots of buzz words, but no recognition of the size of homelessness in Canberra. Welcome to the homelessness minister's new plan to throw grants at the problem. Here's what "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN thinks of it.
"Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN says Greens MLA Jo Clay accepts that yet another local club the Canberra Racing Club – is selling off land that should come back to the community for other uses and doesn't care.
"Canberra is being reshaped by the de-greening programs of the dull and disingenuous leadership of Andrew Barr and Shane Rattenbury and their subservient Greenslabor government," writes "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
"This city deserves a more committed and intelligent set of politicians running the show – ones who know how to be honest and transparent," writes a despairing "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
"Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN looks at the inner-north cramming that's being pushed through at the moment...
"Drive along Northbourne Avenue and the results of the ACT Greens' approach to urban design and architecture are there to shock visitors coming down this gateway to the city," writes "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
"Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN says it would be great to have the reappearance of gang gangs and owls in Dickson. Not a lot to ask for, surely? But he's not pinning his hopes on an Assembly committee to sort out planning.
"With the City Renewal Authority carrying on as it does, residents may need to rethink why they are paying their rates to see tens of millions frittered away," says "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
'Canberra Matters' columnist PAUL COSTIGAN laments the NCA's neglect of the Lombardy poplars at the front of the National Library.
"There has been nothing from Vassarotti or her colleagues on how they plan to retrofit suburbs they've approved while knowing these homes are mostly not fit for purpose in effectively dealing with climate change," writes PAUL COSTIGAN.
