Valley Voice Issue 5 - June 2011

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Tuggeranong Community Council Newsletter Issue 4: June 2011

Tuggeranong Community Council Working with our community www.tuggcc.com Page 1

More doctors 4 Tuggeranong

Almost two years of tireless commu-nity campaigning will come to a headwhen ACT Chief Minister, Katy Gal-lagher, officially opens a new medi-cal centre in Calwell on Saturday, 2July. It is hoped the new medicalcentre will address a shortage of

general practitioner and bulk billingservices in Tuggeranong.

The centre has long been the goal ofTuggeranong community actiongroup, Doctors4Tuggeranong andlocal campaigner, Nick Tsoulias.

Mr. Tsoulias announced the newmedical centre will be established byOCHRE Health Group. He said itsopening is the result of some twoyears of work by the local business

community, schools, medical stu-dents, pharmacist, former patients ofthe old Calwell Medical Centre andlocal residents.

"The Richardson Support House,Tuggeranong Community Counciland local Neighbourhood Watchgroups, past and present commit-tees, have been the backbone in ourcampaign from day one, and wecould not have done this without

their support, he added.

There is still a lot of work todo to bring together our localcommunity services.

"Its been a really long process. Tug-geranong residents can now cele-brate a community project comingtogether. Our work as a communityhas seen a boost to banking ser-vices with Bendigo Bank arriving in2003, and now the long-awaitedmedical services will return to Tug-geranong. "

''Even residents that live as far asMichelago and Cooma have been

involved in this community-led cam-paign, Mr. Tsoulias said.

In late 2010, a Doctors4Tugger-anong survey received 750 re-sponses from South Tuggeranongresidents, which formed the basis forwhat the community wanted in a newmedical centre. Mr. Tsoulias saidthe new Calwell medical centre islocated within the Calwell shoppingcentre which will be great conven-ience for a lot of people.

He said it will be bigger than theoriginal medical centre that closed in2007 and will include options for bulkbilling and concession card holderservices. He said he expects pathol-ogy and a range of allied health ser-vices to be added over the next sixmonths.

"From our initial discussions we arealso likely to see a local communityboard formed which will provide on-

going input and the ability for morecommunity links between servicesand local schools to be developed,he said.

"We will work to ensure that manygovernment health programs aremade available at the new medicalcentre. There is still a lot of work todo to bring together our local com-munity services.

"I think you have to shape things as

time passes to benefit everyone wecan in the local community, he said.

Doctors4Tuggeranong and local campaigner, Nick Tsoulias, at the reception desk of the newCalwell Medical Centre that is due to open on 2 July.


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CONTENTS PAGE

More doctors 4 Tuggeranong 1

Call for better debt recovery 2

Greenway residents out in force 2

DV306 3

ACT electricity cheap - Corbell 3

Plastic shopping bag ban 4

Greener retirement at Goodwin 4

Southern cemetery plans proceeding 5

Valuable community feedback on Greenway 6

Call for new wood heater standards 7

Government in a Twitter 8

Greens release transport paper 8

Burch encourages funding applications 9

Renewed call for green bins 9

News in brief 9

Why computers sometimes crash byDr Seuss 10

Dont Forget 10


The Tuggeranong Community Coun-cil (TCC) has called for the establish-ment of a debt recovery office in theTerritory. The TCC says the officewould manage the collection of out-standing fines and other debts owingto government.

At its last meeting the TCC passed amotion calling on the ACT Govern-ment to legislate to establish a debtrecovery system in the ACT.

Speaking to the motion, chairpersonof the TCC Transport and Commu-nity Services Sub-committee, AlisonRyan, said this would allow the gov-ernment to send any unpaid fines toa debt recovery office and enablepersons with accumulated fines to

arrange an affordable payment plan.

Ms Ryan said the situation existswhere people, particularly the lowincome, pensioners, unemployedand self employed, were unable topay outstanding fines because theyhad lost their drivers licence andtherefore are unable to work.

Meanwhile, some unlicenced driv-ers were continuing to drive to workjust to earn money to pay out-standing fines and then accumulat-ing more fines after being caughtillegally driving again. It is a viciouscircle, she said.

In supporting the motion, TCC VicePresident, Colin Petrie, said thatwhile he supported a tough standagainst those who break the roadrules he could see the sense in es-tablishing a system that allowed peo-ple to pay off their debts over timewhile serving out their penalty.

The TCC has forwarded a copy ofthe motion to the ACT Governmentfor its response.

Call for betterdebt recovery

Greenwayresidents out

in forceEast Greenway residents were in fullforce at the last Tuggeranong Com-munity Council (TCC) meeting. Theywere in attendance to express theirconcerns to the Director of ACTRoads, Tony Gill and local MLAs,over the lack of footpaths, streetlighting and other basic infrastruc-ture in their suburb.

Residents spokesperson, BeverleyFlint, told the meeting many EastGreenway residents are forced towalk on the road at day and night

due to a lack of footpaths streetlighting.

Residents are forced to walk on theroad due to the design of the naturestrips, this is a safety issue for allresidents especially children and theelderly, she said.

The park and lake walkways do nothave lighting installed for safety andsecurity at night. The residents mustremain at all times on the road and

without footpaths it is most danger-ous both day and night, especiallywhen walking the long distancesfrom the bus stops, she added.

Many residents also highlighted thedanger from speeding cyclists asthey walked around Lake Tugger-anong. They said it was a particularproblem for children, the elderly andthose with hearing problems to havecyclists speeding on the pathwayand without a bell warning.

They said they were concerned thatit will result in a serious accident inthe future.

Other East Greenway residents alsohighlighted the dangerous parkingsituation in some narrow neighbour-hood streets.

Mr. Gill had previously met withsome East Greenway residents andhas again offered to follow up their

concerns. Member for Brindabella,Amanda Bresnan, has agreed to anonsite meting with residents.


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The ACT Government has an-nounced that plastic shopping bagswill be banned in the Territory asfrom 1 November 2011.

When launching the Plastic Bagawareness campaign in May, Minis-ter for the Environment and Sustain-able Development, Simon Corbellsaid, by banning lightweight plasticshopping bags, we can reduce un-necessary consumption, reducewaste sent to landfill, and reducelitter and other environmental im-pacts of plastic bags.

Mr Corbell said plastic bags are aconvenience in modern society butthey are also a waste problem, con-tributing to landfill and the litter prob-lem in the ACT.

Research shows that Canberransuse almost 64 million plastic bags ayear, generating landfill waste thatwill take more than 50 generations,or 1,000 years, to decompose.

Plastic bags made of polyethylenepolymer with a thickness of less than35 microns will be banned.

These thin plastic bags with handlesare generally used to carry retailgoods, groceries and take-awayfood.

The ban will not apply to a range ofother bags including barrier bags,which are dispensed from a roll tohold items such as fruit, heavier re-

tail bags especially those used indepartment stores, reusable greenbags, purchased bin liners, com-postable bags that meet the Austra-

lian Standard, and paper bags.

The ACTs plastic bag ban is a 2-step process. The transition to theban starts on 1 July 2011 and theban comes into full effect on 1 No-

vember 2011.

During the transition period light-weight plastic shopping bags can stillbe provided but retailers must:

1. have an alternative shoppingbag available for your custom-ers; and

2. display a notice where the re-tailer makes a plastic shoppingbag available with the followingwording:

The ACT Government will ban thesupply of lightweight checkout-styleplastic shopping bags, starting on 1November 2011.

Alternative shopping bags are avail-able from this retail outlet.

Bin liners will not be banned. How-ever, using plastic bags to line binshas become an easy, but environ-mentally unfriendly, alternative to

wrapping rubbish or washing bins.

When the ban occurs, it is importantthat people consider the range ofoptions available. While there is noone simple replacement for bin lin-ers, we can be most environmentallyfriendly by reducing waste, espe-cially by putting food and organicwaste in a compost bin.

We can also reuse other types ofplastic bags (such as bread bags) to

wrap rubbish, and minimise wrap-ping of waste. If you use bin liners,we recommend that you choose bio-degradable bags that will degradefully in landfill, such as those madefrom cornstarch.

Alternatively, you could just put yourrubbish straight into your bin andgive it a quick rinse afterwards thenreuse the water on your garden.

For further information call Canberra

Connect on 13 22 81 or visitwww.environment.act.gov.au

Source: ACT Environment.

Plastic shopping bag ban Greenerretirement at

GoodwinGoodwin Retirement Village haspartnered with Solargain, one of

Australias largest integrated renew-able energy companies, to provideresidents at Monash a significantsaving in their electricity bills and apositive environmental contribution.

Goodwin Chief Executive Officer,Mr. Chris Lamont says that the pro-ject at Monash will see solar panelsystems installed on some 230 vil-las.

Goodwin has invested $500,000 on

this project so that residents are ableto benefit from reduced energycosts, which is important given re-cent and expected increases inpower bills, Chris Lamont said.

Many Goodwin residents have al-ready seen the benefits of this in-vestment with savings on electricitybills in excess of $200 per quarter.

Mark McGavock, Regional Managerfrom Solargain says, todays house-

holds are more conscious aboutconserving energy and now resi-dents at Goodwin can take advan-tage of the latest solar system tech-nologies, giving them the option toreuse clean energy for normal dailyliving needs.

The ACT Government also saw long-term financial and environmentalbenefits from the installation of re-newable energy systems and havesupported Goodwin with a $25,000

grant to install solar panels on theMonash Village clubhouse.

Goodwin with the assistance of theACT Government is installing a10Kw solar system, said Chris La-mont.

Goodwins commitment to the envi-ronment includes capturing and re-using all of the water runoff from theMonash site, 6 star energy efficiencyratings on new villas and highly ef-

fective solar orientation on all of thebuildings at the Monash site.
http://www.environment.act.gov.au/http://www.environment.act.gov.au/


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The ACT Public Cemeteries Author-itys ambition is to establish a sus-tainable memorial park, including acemetery and crematorium thatmeets the highest level of environ-mental principles while providing forthe needs of the community, particu-larly southern ACT, for many yearsto come.

The new memorial park will operatehand in hand with our current ceme-teries and provide a choice of burial,cremation and memorial options andservices that will meet the needs andexpectations of the whole ACT com-munity. A natural burial area marry-ing the cemetery with its environ-ment is a key component of this am-bition.

As many would know, there hasbeen considerable work and discus-sion toward a new cemetery andcrematorium in southern Canberra.This article provides a short synopsisof work done to date and where weplan to go in the future with this pro-ject.

Discussion started in the early 1980swhen the then Trustees of the Can-

berra Public Cemetery started a dia-log with the Public Service to try tofind a place to locate a new southerncemetery when Woden Cemetery

would inevitably close. While somework was done at that time to findsuitable blocks, as a new cemeteryhad just been opened in Gungahlin itwas not considered to be a pressingmatter at the time so no further ac-tion was taken.

In 2005 it was estimated that at cur-rent burial rates it is expected thatthe Woden Cemetery will be fullysubscribed by as early as 2015.The Authority identified a site of ap-proximately 50 hectares on LongGully Road in Tuggeranong that iswell suited to be developed as acemetery. A cemetery on this scalewould provide security for this funda-mental civic function for future gen-erations.

The Authority believes that this sitemeets all of the requirements for anew southern cemetery and is suit-able for the range of uses envis-aged. As a minimum, it is expectedthat the development will includeareas for some traditional styles ofburial, memorial gardens for the in-terment of ashes, memorial hall(s), acrematorium and natural burial op-tions.

A substantial public consultation pro-gram conducted over 2009-10 identi-fied strong support in the ACT com-

munity for the establishment of anew cemetery and crematorium inthe Tuggeranong district. As part ofthe consultation process the Author-ity carried out pre planning surveysand business modelling which sup-

ports the establishment of a newcemetery and crematorium on thesite.

These preliminary planning assess-ments found the site to be suitablefor development as a cemetery andcrematorium. In order to progressthe development of a new cemeterythe ACT Government has allocated$0.727m in the 2011-12 CapitalWorks budget for the creation of amaster plan for a new southerncemetery and crematorium. Furtherstudies will also be undertaken toaddress any:

Aboriginal heritage issues;Topography and drainage is-sues;Soil, groundwater and geo-technical conditions;Traffic, transport and access;andEcological assessment

These issues will be comprehen-sively covered in the master plan-ning process.

At present a tree planting project ofsome 1000 Eucalyptus species na-tive to the site is nearing completion.This forms the first stage of furthersignificant planting of trees that willoccur during the construction phase.

It is fair to say that planning for

cemeteries is a long term issue.Cemeteries are a feature of all com-munities and the location, designand accessibility are matters whichthe Cemeteries Authority and theGovernment take very seriously.

Over the coming, months as we pro-gress through this planning process,we will provide more information tothe community as developments oc-cur.

By ACT Cemeteries Authority CEO,Hamish Horne.

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Southern cemetery plans proceeding

Sketch plan of the new cemetery overlaid on an aerial photo of the site. This is intended only todemonstrate the scale of the site and how some of the features may be arranged.Red shapes approximately indicate areas where trees have recently been planted.


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The Land Development Agency(LDA) is developing a master planfor the land opposite Bunnings atGreenway. This includes sites thatare scheduled for land release in thecoming years. The current proposalis for a residential and mixed use

waterfront community.

The LDA began consulting the com-munity and key groups during No-vember 2010. It has talked with anumber of people and groups in thearea including local residents, repre-sentatives of community groups, lo-cal businesses and institutions suchas schools. It has also held a com-munity workshop on 13 November2010 and hosted an information stallat the Tuggeranong Festival in No-

vember 2010. Most recently the draftdevelopment option was displayed atthe Tuggeranong Hyperdome from16-22 May 2011. Additionally, theLDA has held an information sessionalso at the Hyperdome on 21 May2011.

The preparation of the planning prin-ciples and the master plan has beeninformed by the consultation processto date. The LDA will continue towork with local residents and busi-

ness and other interested stake-holders, including the TCC, as de-tailed development of the GreenwayMaster Plan continues.

Some of the feedback the LDA hasreceived through the consultationprocess so far is:

- Develop more active uses on thelake foreshore that provide uniqueplaces and destinations such as

cafes, restaurants and recreationaluses.- Continue to provide continuouspublic access around the lake fore-shore.- Provide more housing in the TownCentre to support local businessesand provide more vibrancy and vital-ity to Tuggeranong.- Consider the provision of affordablehousing.- Make buildings appropriately sizedand designed to maintain views of

both the lake and mountain ranges.- Plan transport and road networksthat will allow people to accessGreenway easily.- Make the Greenway project andTuggeranong Town Centre aunique, active, and vibrant place thatpeople are attracted to.- Provide a range of activities forpeople, especially children andyoung adults, using the lake fore-shore as an active centre piece.- Activate Anketell Street while re-

specting how people currently use it.- Ensure there are a range of linksbetween Greenway and the TownCentre including for pedestrians,

cyclists, bus users and motorists.- Look at the big picture to design adevelopment that will be economi-cally, socially and environmentallysustainable in the long term.

Key features of the Draft MasterPlan include:

- A primarily residential developmentwith the ability to accommodatesome commercial and communityuses- A central gathering place or activityhub located on the lake foreshorethat could include cafes, restaurantsand community facilities- A range of opportunities for people,both residents and visitors, to en-

gage with and enjoy the lake- Buildings closest to Lake Tugger-anong at 2-4 storeys with heightsincreasing to 6 storeys as you moveaway from the lakefront.- 2 or 3 slim taller buildings up to 12storeys carefully positioned on thesite to maximise views and minimiseovershadowing- Maintenance of full public accessalong the complete lake foreshore- A central park linking Anketellstreet to the lakefront

- Each neighbourhood designedaround its own common open spacereinforcing the lake as a key commu-nity destination- Providing connections to regionalparkland, the Tuggeranong TownCentre and local and regional trans-port networks.

The Draft Master Plan aims to reacti-vate Tuggeranong Town Centre byproviding housing opportunitieswithin the town centre and creating a

new lake front community destina-tion. Following agreement of a finalMaster Plan for the site, it will benecessary to seek a Variation to theTerritory Plan to implement parts ofthe development plan. Commentsfrom recent consultation events willbe collated and used to inform thefinalisation of the master plan. Sub-missions on the draft plan can bemade until 30 June 2011. Visit;http://www.lda.act.gov.au/?/community/

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Source: LDA

The public inspects plans for Greenway recently on display at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome.

Valuable community feedback on Greenway
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The ACT Greens have called on theGovernment to do more to addresswood smoke issues in Canberra.This follows an announcement byEnvironment Minister Simon Corbellthat the Government plans to boost

scrutiny of Canberras air quality bysetting up a third site to monitor airquality in Belconnen. He said somereadings for air quality still fail na-tional standards.

Greens health spokesperson andmember for Brindabella, AmandaBresnan, said the Governments ac-tions so far have been welcome andare an improvement, but they havestopped short of properly addressingthe problem.

She said the ACT still needs to im-prove its emission standards forwood heaters, which lag behindother jurisdictions such as New Zea-land. She said it was partly a resultof Federal inaction and the decisionto let the wood heater industry regu-late itself.

The Governments measurementsof air quality are also deceptive, asthey take a general reading from a

single spot. In Tuggeranong for ex-ample, heavy pollution accumulatesin pockets. The Government shouldstart taking mobile readings to getaccurate data.

The ACT Greens arent asking forwood heaters to be banned, butresidents in the Tuggeranong Valleydeserve better protection from theharmful health impacts of woodsmoke pollution. The Governmentneeds to take the next steps to make

sure we get a long-term solution,Ms Bresnan said.

Her calls have been echoed bynewly elected NSW Greens Senator,Lee Rhiannon. Ms Rhiannon, whojoins the Senate on 1 July, saidwood heaters were responsible formore than a third of hazardous fineparticle emissions in Sydney and two-thirds in Canberra.

Attempts to introduce cleaner wood

heaters in Australia stalled in March2007 when the wood heating indus-try vetoed recommendations of theStandards Australia Committee

tasked with setting new emissionslimits, she said.

Wood heating industry spokesper-son, Mike Bresnik said wood heatingcan be and is a very emotive issue.

He said he did not believe that cur-rent wood heaters require new emis-sion standards other than those cur-rently in place.

Many consumers cannot afford toheat their homes in any other way.Overnight burning is important tocold climate areas such as Can-berra. Consumers cannot be ex-pected to wake to a cold home with

need to light a fire each morning.Imagine the emissions of 10,000firelighters each morning, he said.

For this reason consumer educationnot draconian rule change is the an-

swer. I can sell the most efficientheater on the market but we havewitnessed the remnants of plasticnappies within during servicing.

Education on wood quality, collec-tion, purchase, storage & burning isthe answer, Mr. Bresnik concluded.

Sources: Media Releases

Call for new wood heater standards


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Greens releasetransport paper

ACT Greens transport spokesper-son, Amanda Bresnan MLA, hasreleased a discussion paper,A Bet-ter Transport Solution for Gungahlinand Wider Canberra.

The paper argues for a greater com-mitment to sustainable transport andcritically analyses the Governmentsapproach to transport planning.

The ACT Greens want to see realtransport solutions, that will createconvenient, sustainable and equita-ble ways to get around Canberra,Ms Bresnan said.

We are arguing for investment inand prioritisation of a rapid, high ca-pacity public transport network. Thisis the long term solution for bringingconvenient, effective and sustain-able transport to North Canberra andthe wider city.

It is troubling that the Governmentsarguments for building the Majurafreeway are not standing up to scru-tiny. The Government hasnt as-sessed issues such as the benefitsthat quality public transport wouldhave compared to a freeway. Norhas it properly assessed future trafficcongestion on the road, the green-house gas emissions it will generate,or the impacts on Canberras urbanform, she said.

Dr Paul Mees, one of Australia'sleading experts on urban publictransport, backed the Greens paper,saying: At a time when other Aus-tralian capitals are giving priority to

public transport, Canberra's plannersseem trapped in a 1950s mindset.

Weve called on the Government tohave an independent expert in sus-tainable transport planning analysethese issues before we commit somuch of the ACTs transport fundingto this motorway, Ms Bresnan said.

In Australia, and around the world,the lesson to learn from the evi-dence presented by planning ex-

perts is that good public transport isthe best way to tackle congestion,she said.

Source: Media Release

Southern cemetery contin-ued from Page 5.

TCC Vice President, DugaldHolmes, said the TCC has provideda great deal of input to the planningprocess for the new Southern Ceme-tery. He said the Council has raisedconcerns over its location, lack of

public transport links, the need formore chapels rather than a cremato-rium and pollution from a cremato-rium.

He said the Councils concerns wereraised in a submission to the ACTGovernment.

We didn't hear back officially. De-spite no formal outcome or confirma-tion of consultation the Governmenthas proceeded with allocating funds

for the project towards tree planting,Mr. Holmes said.

We know the land was set aside byACT Planning Minister, Simon Cor-bell, in 2005. It was set aside for thePublic Cemeteries Board to deliber-ate and choose a site within the Tug-geranong Broadacre zone. It is theresult of this that we are seeingnow, he said.

Why can't they be more open and

up-front that it was a foregone con-clusion?

Mr. Holmes also questioned the re-sults of a telephone poll about a cre-matorium for the site. He claims thepoll was taken of about 100 peoplein a Valley population of 90,000+and the questions were phrased tolead people to agree or assume thata crematorium was a good fit for thatsite.

The subject of a new southerncemetery will be discussed at thenext meeting of the TuggeranongCommunity Council.

Guest Speaker will be ACT Ceme-teries Authority CEO, Hamish Horne.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday5 July commencing at 7.30pm in theupstairs conference room of theTuggeranong Southern Cross Clubon the corner of Pitman and Holwell

Streets Greenway.

Members and guests are welcome.

Government ina Twitter

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher,has announced she will host a Com-munity Cabinet meeting via Twitter.She made the announcement as

part o her commitment to make hergovernment more open and account-able.

She said measures include releaseof a weekly summary of Cabinet is-sues and decisions and creation ofan Open Government Website,which will be used to release govern-ment background reports and re-views; provide public access to ma-terial released through Freedom ofInformation; and access to submis-

sions made during public consulta-tion.

"Creation of an Open GovernmentWebsite will provide a single gate-way for access to Government infor-mation and engage Canberrans inthe governance of the ACT and willbe operational within three months.This will enable access to govern-ment material released throughFreedom of Information through up-load to the web once FOI requests

have been released to the appli-cant, Ms Gallagher said.

"I will also release a weekly report onkey issues discussed and decisionstaken by the Cabinet, starting in thefirst week in July, she said.

This will make the ACT Cabinet themost open of any government inAustralia. I want the community to beinformed about the challenges andissues being considered by Cabinet.

"The Cabinet will also next monthhold a Virtual Community Cabinet,where all Ministers will answer ques-tions and respond to issues on Twit-ter.

Harnessing new technology andreaching a more diverse range ofCanberrans, who have previouslynot engaged directly with Govern-ment is symbolic of our new ap-proach to open government, the

Chief Minister concluded.

Source: Media Release


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Burchencourages

fundingapplications

ACT Minister for Children and YoungPeople, Joy Burch is encouragingschools, businesses and communitygroups to apply for funding for initia-tives that tackle issues in childrenand young people before they esca-late into more serious problems.

Ms Burch has announced the ACTGovernment is extending the dead-line for applications for the Schoolsas Communities Grants programuntil 1 July 2011 to give potentialapplicants more time to make theirsubmissions.

"The Schools as Communitiesgrants offer up to $5,000 per appli-cant to devise programs that focuson identifying possible challengesand preventing them from worsen-ing," Ms Burch said.

"We are looking for applications forprojects where families, schools,communities, businesses and gov-ernment work together to help chil-dren, young people and their fami-lies."

The $55,000 fund helps projects thatpromote an early intervention in thelives of children, young people andtheir families at risk; use schools andpre-schools as focal points for theprojects; involve different partners;allow the sharing of skills; and canbe self-sustaining.

"The ACT Government is committedto giving all members of our commu-nity the chance to fulfill their poten-tial, especially our youngest citi-zens.

"We will do that by putting in placethe policies and strategies to facili-tate this but also by empoweringcommunities to take action on theground, as this can be the best wayto achieve real outcomes."

For more information on the grantsvisit www.dhcs.act.gov.au/home/grants


Scarecrowcompetition

Entries are now open for this yearsTuggeranong Festival scarecrowcompetition. Get your entries in earlyand get a head start on building yourscarecrow. Its rewarding, its crea-tive and most of all, its good fun.Youll find the entry form at:http://tuggeranongfestival.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ScarecrowComp2011.pdf

Playground

improvements

Several play spaces across Tugger-anong are undergoing renewal un-der the ACT Governments Play-ground Safety Program.

The Government has invited com-ments from children and adults onwhat people would like to see in theplay spaces. Comments are openuntil Monday 15th August 2011 and

may be forwarded to Fay Hug viaemail at [email protected], phone6207 6026 or post Fay Hug, Parksand City Services GPO Box 158Canberra 2601.

Alternatively, an interactive question-naire can be found on the TAMSwebsite under the Get Involvedsection at www.act.gov.au

Master PlansIn light of April's community consul-tation preliminary ideas have beenrevised and refined - Come andhave you say!

Next community consultation event -26-29 July 2011 - Information dis-plays at the Tuggeranong Hyper-dome and Erindale Shopping Cen-tre.

For more detail closer to the datesee: www.actpla.act.gov.au/tuggeranongerindale

News in briefRenewed callfor green binsThe Tuggeranong Community Coun-cil (TCC) has renewed its call for theintroduction of green waste bins. In amotion passed at it last meeting the

TCC said a green bin service wouldassist in further reducing materialgoing into landfill and the illegaldumping of garden waste in bush-land.

TCC Vice President, Colin Petrie,said the Transport and CommunityServices Sub-Committee disagreedwith the Minister for the Environ-ment, Simon Corbell, when hestated that " a green bin service mayadversely impact on existing garden-

ing and trash pack businesses."

The Minister stated in a recent letterto the TCC that the ACT led the na-tion in recycling 90% of the city'sgarden waste. I would suggest that ifhe walked Canberras bush trackshe will locate the other 10% of gar-den waste, Mr. Petrie said.

Even though no fee is charged fordumping green waste at the com-posting tip, it requires a suitable ve-

hicle with a trailer. Any resident whodoes not have the ability to take thewaste away themselves will still usea gardening or trash pack service,Mr. Petrie added.

Not everyone using a trash packconfines themselves to green waste.It is reasonable that if you are havinga clean-up in your yard you willplace all rubbish into the trash packthat you are paying to have re-moved. This being the case it wouldnot be permitted in the compostdump and would go to landfill, hesaid.

I do not believe this is the result theACT Government set out to achieveand does not reduce the amount ofwaste. In addition, illegal dumping ofgarden waste introduces weeds intonative bushland. For these reasonswe believe that a green bin servicewould help reduce landfill waste,protect the native bushland and pro-vide people with an approvedmethod a green waste disposal, Mr.Petrie said.
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Tuggeranong Community Council acknowledges its supporters.

Jun 30: Tuggeranong FestivalCommittee Meeting, 6.30pmTuggeranong Community Centre

Jul 5: TCC General Meeting, 7.30pmTuggeranong Southern CrossClub.

3: World Environment DayNational Heart Foundation WalkLake Burley Griffin

10: Lions Club TuggeranongHomestead Markets.

30: Tuggeranong FestivalCommittee Meeting, 6.30pmTuggeranong Community Centre

Aug 2: TCC General Meeting, 7.30pmTuggeranong Southern CrossClub.



Sept 6: TCC Annual General Meeting,7.30pm Tuggeranong SouthernCross Club.



Oct 4: TCC General Meeting, 7.30pm

Tuggeranong Southern Cross

Club.

7: National Walk to Work Day.

Why computerssometimes crash!

by Dr. Seuss

If a packet hits a pocket on a socketon a port, and the bus is interruptedat a very last resort, and the access

of the memory makes your floppydisk abort, then the socket packetpocket has an error to report.

If your cursor finds a menu item fol-lowed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in thetrash, and your data is corruptedcause the index doesnt hash, thenyour situations hopeless and yoursystems gonna crash!

If the label on the cable on the table

at your house, says the network isconnected to the button on yourmouse, but your packets want totunnel to another protocol, thatsrepeatedly rejected by the printerdown the hall

And your screen is all distorted bythe side effects of gauss, so youricons in the window are as wavy asa souse; then you may as well re-boot and go out with a bang, cuz

sure as Im a poet, the suckersgonna hang.

When the copy on your floppys get-ting sloppy in the disk, and themacro code instructions is causingunnecessary risk, then youll have toflash the memory and youll want toRAM your ROM, and then quicklyturn off the computer and be sure totell your Mum!
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