Free plants in Civic on Wednesday
The City Renewal Authority is giving away more than a thousand plants and flowers on Wednesday.
City Renewal Authority
New pedestrian crossings, wider footpaths and more plants are being installed to parts of Lonsdale Street, in Braddon.
"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's vacant former elections office is set to be repurposed as a space for creativity through the City Renewal Authority's Second Space program.
Opinion
The good, the bad and the ignored public art
"Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN takes a mooch around the public art mix in Civic, the good, the bad and the ugly.
News
Government affirms Lunar New Year Festival
WITH the promise of a "covid-safe kaleidoscope of colour, sound, tastes and aromas", the City Renewal Authority is hosting the Lunar New Year Festival over three consecutive weekends in Woolley Street, Dickson.
Opinion
Of Christmas, trees and seeking biodiversity
"There desperately needs to be a complete change to the approach to planning. Biodiversity – plants, trees, shrubs, water, animals and insects – need to be the priority consideration," writes "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
"The ACT government is, by default, assuming responsibility for the national capital character of Canberra, while the Commonwealth government continues to relinquish, by intent and neglect, its responsibilities," writes BRETT ODGERS.
"The new towers are collectively delivering a new suburban-sized residential population. It is as if there is a new suburb called Northbourne that includes those living 100 metres either side of the corridor," writes PAUL COSTIGAN.
The final event for the City Renewal Authority’s Haig Park experiments will top off the program’s six-month long trial of events, activities and light-touch improvements aimed at revitalising Haig Park.
