Tag Archives: green spaces

It’s not easy being green around Kippax centre

A DICKSON RESIDENT, Canberra, cities, GOVERNANCE, green infrastructure, opinions, parks, planning, politics, trees, urban design, urban development, URBANITY, , , ,

When developers eye off ACT Government green spaces – the trend in Canberra is that those developers get to buy that land and the people lose yet another piece of precious community open space. This is happening with land behind the Kippax shops in west Belconnen in Canberra.The local Labor member is Yvette Berry and she loves to show up with a shovel to be photographed when community land and green spaces are being removed from the public ownership. Click here for the opinion piece in City News.

Social Housing vs community spaces

A DICKSON RESIDENT, Canberra, cities, GOVERNANCE, health & well being, opinions, politics, urban development, URBANITY, , , ,

With Canberra having such an informed and aware community, one would have thought that a community-focused government planning minister would have surfaced by now – one being committed to development and the future growth of the city while simultaneously embracing the enhancement of (rather than reducing) the city’s amenities that are admired internationally.

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