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“What must the Sydney based and essentially nameless and faceless members of the Suburban Land Agency board think of their first year’s effort?” JON STANHOPE doesn’t spare them on Page 3.
Downer is the next inner-north suburb to be subjected to the reign of development terror from our planning authorities as they allow the developers free rein,” writes PAUL COSTIGAN.
“I’m even more opinionated than I used to be, if that’s conceivable, because in my 60s I really don’t care what anybody thinks”. Irascible as ever, JOHN SCHUMANN calls out ageism in rock ‘n’ roll.
“DIWALI is like Christmas. We exchange gifts and sweets, it’s an exciting family time,” says Deepak-Raj Gupta, president of the Canberra India Council. KATE MEIKLE explains all things Diwali on Page 18.
“I PARKED in front of the Coombs Community Local Shopping Centre and wondered how such a stupid thing has been allowed to happen.” More despair from Canberra Matters columnist PAUL COSTIGAN
Experienced car dealer DAVID ROLFE reckons his company’s rates in Phillip will have jumped 100 per cent in three years – a grinding rise that seriously threatens the Melrose Drive motor trade.
Rock band Foreigner is about to play Canberra. Before then guitarist Mick Jones will be feted with the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Musical Achievement from the ANU, but there’s more… on Page 10.
HERESY ALERT: Gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT stares down traditionalists in favour of the modern view of pruning roses whenever you like!
“WHAT will it take to change the planning regimes before too much damage is done and older suburbs lose their historic character?” wonders Canberra Matters columnist PAUL COSTIGAN
WE have news of our own new this week with owner and editor IAN MEIKLE welcoming his daughter KATE MEIKLE and her husband JAMES ANDERSON to the business and the board. Story Page 11.
IS the West Basin to be the Chief Minister’s next expensive folly? PAUL COSTIGAN thinks so and many people will be shocked to see what’s planned for that corner of Lake Burley Griffin.
As always, lots worth reading: MICHAEL MOORE reckons Zed Seselja and the plotters will be back and PAUL COSTIGAN wonders why the Anglican bishop won’t talk to his neighbours.
“APART from its immaturity, the ban by ministers on dealing with ClubsACT, together with the proposal to raid the community contributions of its member clubs, sets a dangerous precedent,” warns JON STANHOPE
THREE towering articles by three of Canberra’s best columnists – JON STANHOPE, MICHAEL MOORE and PAUL COSTIGAN – again challenge the city’s political and planning agenda.
JON STANHOPE was maligned by a flack from Shane Rattenbury’s office. With devastating effectiveness, the former chief minister unpicks the current minister’s integrity on Page 10.
SIXTY per cent of the world’s emissions trace back to households, which is why Lily Dempster has created an easy way to help reduce this percentage. DANIELLE NOHRA has the story.
WHO knew? Apparently, pot plants had fallen out of favour but now they’re back in fashion and CEDRIC BRYANT has tips for taking care of them.
This edition comes with an alert from columnist NICHOLE OVERALL to keep an eye skyward, for history shows it’s the season for UFO sightings!
WE seem to be a city of ferment at the moment. This week our columnists and contributors analyse what’s amiss with planning, heritage, trees, land deals and dangerous dogs.
PAUL COSTIGAN laments that the ACT government system is now completely corrupted in its dealings with residents on planning, development, social housing, public housing, the urban environment, community and cultural facilities – and the list […]
IT was a close call for two motorbike riders, who were lawfully lane filtering in Majura when a Ford Falcon swerved, almost colliding with them. The riders were travelling separately northbound on Majura Parkway at about […]
A NATURAL storyteller from a young age, Eva Warren’s writing journey began as a dream – like most authors – but in the end became a healing activity after losing her husband. “I worked out […]
“What must the Sydney based and essentially nameless and faceless members of the Suburban Land Agency board think of their first year’s effort?” JON STANHOPE doesn’t spare them on Page 3.
IN the dizzying European summer of 1990 a former Canberra public servant took part in a defiant street demonstration in Berlin directed against the looming disappearance of the East German state. The name of this […]
MANIPULATIVE, terrible and fierce, yet William (Billy) McMahon was, until now, the only Australian prime minister who didn’t have a biography written about him. The 250,000-word, 766-page biography, “Tiberius with a Telephone”, by Patrick Mullins […]
