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500 ACT PS jobs coming to Gungahlin

Written by Dave Bockett Monday, 02 May 2011 14:56

The ACT Government will re-locate public servants to a new office block in Gungahlin providing a boost for local jobs in Canberra’s fastest growing region.

The 7,000sqm office complex is expected to house 500 public servants and include on-site parking.

"This is a very significant milestone in the development of Gungahlin." GCC Vice President Peter Elford said today.

"What was a collection of developing dormitory suburbs, is very rapidly becoming a genuine community! The early ground work and ongoing activism undertaken by the GCC is being rewarded, and I would like to extend my thanks to the early GCC members that pushed and advocated for the changes that have made this project possible. I would encourage others (like me!) to get involved with the GCC to maintain the momentum."

The coming ACT Budget will invest $150,000 for a study into the estimated cost and design of the building as well as the preferred site and tenants. It is expected to be one of the buildings to be built behind the emergency services building of Gozzard Street.

Expressions of Interest for the building’s construction are expected to be called later this year.

It has been a long campaign to get to this stage, but at last some progress!

GCC Submission: Expanding Hospital Services in the ACT

Government

Written by Dave Bockett Wednesday, 20 April 2011 09:04

Gungahlin Community Council Discussion Paper Submission:
Expanding Hospital Services in the ACT

The Gungahlin Community Council Inc (GCC) is an incorporated, not for profit, community-based association operating within the Gungahlin district of the Australian Capital Territory. This district covers an area in the northwest of the ACT between the ACT–NSW border, and the Barton Highway, and Federal Highway to the south and east.

GCC’s objective is to preserve and improve the social, cultural, economic and environmental well being of Gungahlin and the Gungahlin community. To achieve this objective, GCC undertakes to:

consult with members of the Gungahlin community
represent the Gungahlin community, and lobby authorities on the community’s behalf
provide a non-political environment where members of the community can express their aspirations, concerns and suggestions
provide a public forum where members of the community can obtain information, support and opportunities to network with others
advise, support and assist any organisation with compatible objectives to those that have been adopted by GCC
liaise with members of the public, legislators, officials and community representatives
provide appropriate information and opinions on matters relevant to the Gungahlin community.

The Gungahlin Community Council welcomes the opportunity to provide our thoughts on the discussion paper Expanding Hospital Services in the ACT. Our attempts to secure ACT Health staff through the consultation enquiry telephone number and email address, seeking staff to attend one of our meetings during the consultation period went unanswered. Therefore we secured instead the attendance of Health Minister Katy Gallagher at our meeting the night before submissions were due to close. Minister Gallagher confirmed that as a result of the problems we experienced, our submission would be received even though after the closing date.

Clear need for a third site

In April 2010, in the light of the problems being experienced by The Canberra Hospital (TCH) during reconstruction works and the failed purchase of Calvary, GCC first floated concerns that the two Canberra public hospitals would not be adequate to cope with the projected population growth in Canberra. With around 50,000 people planned for Molonglo, and still another 60,000 people to come in Gungahlin, plus further densification of the inner north, the idea that TCH and Calvary could cope with a greater than 30 per cent ACT population growth without major reconstruction is not credible. Far better, we argued, that the ACT Government build a third hospital on a greenfield site on the northside, where the Government could masterplan the site from day one. Once in place, then additional capacity would allow for progressive redevelopment of the other sites, without major disruption to services.

In September, GCC’s Alan Kerlin met with Minister Gallagher, at her request, to discuss GCC’s ideas for a third hospital. During this discussion, Ms Gallagher explained that ACT Health modelling had shown that if they tried to accommodate projected population growth on the existing sites, “they would both be construction sites for the foreseeable future, and that’s not an appealing prospect.” We agree entirely with this sentiment, and therefore concur with the underlying need for a third hospital as explained in the discussion paper. While it is reassuring to see the experts confirm it, the requirement is surely common sense? The finding that such an approach would be markedly more expensive that all other options is entirely expected.

Gungahlin has the ideal greenfield site

During our discussion with the Minister, we proposed that the Gungahlin Town Centre has an ideal location for a third hospital, and the Minister confirmed that an assessment by Land and Property Services had confirmed exactly this location as one of the preferred options for a greenfield hospital development. The other sites she discussed were at the corner of Kelleway Ave and Gungahlin Drive Nicholls and on the University of Canberra campus. We dismissed the Nicholls sites as being poorly served by public transport, lacking in local retail amenities, and of high impact on residents. We also expressed concern that the UC site would be putting student needs above those of the patients and their families, and being very close to Calvary would be losing an opportunity to establish a geographic spread of hospital services.

We also explained to the Minister that this site would most likely meet with strong community support, even from people in the community with housing close by. Indeed, through all the media coverage, online discussion through our website and Facebook group, and other meetings and online community efforts, the response we have received has been almost 100 per cent favourable for our proposal.

The land we proposed forms part of the 40 hectare area GCC has been successful in getting rezoned by ACTPLA to zones suiting business park development, as shown below. This location would provide the staff and users of such a hospital with immediate access to the Gungahlin town centre, which is now a fully serviced retail core. This would be very different from the geographic locations of TCH and Calvary – or UC for that matter – in that the distance from local shopping areas leaves users essentially locked into using a single on-site concessionaire.

The location is also on a high-frequency public transport route, with bus services at least every 15 minutes during week days and far more frequent during peaks. It is within a similar driving and public transport range from Civic as the Belconnen and Woden town centres. The soon-to-be-built community health clinic a block away would ensure the hospital can focus on cases of genuine need rather than having the emergency ward filled with the non-urgent presentations that seem to plague other hospitals.

The population growth still to come in Gungahlin will see most people going into areas to the north, west and east of the town centre, making the town centre a very central location, rather than at the northern extremity of Canberra, as has been portrayed by some. In time, it will be relatively central to well over 100,000 people from all of Gungahlin, the inner northern suburbs, and the northern Belconnen areas, all within a 12-minute driving radius. The population to come for Molonglo will likely split equally between TCH and Calvary, with that 50,000 people alone likely pushing both hospitals to their limits.

The site has the capacity to develop the planned hospital, as shown in this rendering by ACTPLA of potential development on the site and immediate surrounds.

The business park land also has ample space to accommodate a broad range of supporting services such as specialist clinics and high-quality residential developments to suit the likely workforce, as shown in the following ACTPLA rendering of potential development within the southern part of the site, shown in purple on the plan above. This site has immense development potential for high-quality apartments that will have uninterrupted views across the grassland reserve to the Brindabellas.

The Gungahlin site will also be counter-flow during morning peak periods, making it easily accessible to emergency services.

Attractive option for attracting new staff

Several stakeholder groups have raised concerns about the Government’s ability to attract adequate staff to any new hospital. This is an important reason why a third hospital at Gungahlin would work. With the lion’s share of new development around Gungahlin, the Government would be able to promote a total work/living/shopping environment to potential medical staff considering relocation – all within easy bicycle or bus distance.

Whole of government assessment needed – jump-starting Gungahlin town centre

There is an important aspect to this decision that warrants the ACT Government undertaking a whole-of-government assessment of candidate sites, rather than just the current Health/Treasury review. Currently, the ACT Government faces a long road to secure buyers for the Gungahlin business park land, because the potential developers know that they will struggle to secure tenants. We expect that in the current climate the town centre will take at least another 15 years to complete, with considerable holding costs resulting for the Government. However, if the ACT Government were to commit to building a third hospital within this district, it would provide the catalyst to kick-start the business park. Developers would be keen to secure land adjacent to the hospital, and it is reasonable to expect that the Government could clear the remaining land within more like five to 10 years, and for premium prices. Higher prices, sooner, and with the flow-on benefits of greater rates revenue as well. None of these benefits would accrue to the Government for a UC location. Rather, there would likely be considerable pressure on the Government to improve the public transport services to the UC campus to meet demand, given the somewhat isolated location.

Further to the land sale and rate revenue aspect is that of transport infrastructure. The rapid construction of the gungahlin business park would inject some 10,000 jobs into our town centre. Many existing residents would look to transfer to local employers in order to avoid the daily commute. Employees currently living in other parts of Canberra would consider relocation to Gungahlin in order to be closer to their work. In turn, properties in the other areas would be freed up for Gungahlin residents who currently commute out to consider relocating closer to their workplaces. The upshot of this logical geographic shift is that the ACT Government would find itself not needing to supply substantial transport infrastructure projects that, given recent experience, would be likely to cost ACT taxpayers and ratepayers several hundred million dollars. This means that a decision to build a hospital in Gungahlin could in fact be the foundation for major savings that would in turn benefit all people in Canberra. It would also be a key contributor towards meeting the ACT Government’s ambitious greenhouse reduction target.

Preferred options

Assuming the ACT Government accepts the ACT Health advice and goes with a third hospital solution as also recommended by the Assembly’s Committee, our preference of the described options is Option D, with a networked hospital system including an acute and emergency hospital – at Gungahlin – and Calvary converted to sub-acute services. Our sense is that this option best matches the developing demographics, where the younger families in Gungahlin are more likely to benefit from nearby acute services, and the aging demographics of the Belconnen and inner suburbs more likely to be access sub-acute services. It appears to us that there is substantial growth likely in sub-acute service provision, and therefore the Calvary management should be keen to take on this specialised role.

Option D gives the greatest value and return on investment. It is the least expensive because retrofitting unplanned expansion is always more expensive than a greenfield development. It adds the most value to the total Canberra community assets by using difficult to sell land in a Town Centre and reducing travel and access costs for staff and patients.

Our second preference would be option C, where all the hospitals provide the full range of core hospital services. Our preference for this option is because our community seeks easy and quick access to emergency services for our children in particular, and waiting times at Calvary are already unacceptably long. It is also a substantially less expensive option than A, B or E.

In summary, we urge the ACT Government to commit to building a third hospital in Canberra, and to undertake a whole-of-government assessment of all the potential flow-on benefits that would accrue to the Government from an appropriate choice of site.

We would welcome the opportunity to elaborate on our submission to the Minister and Health officials.

Regards,

Alan Kerlin, Spokesman – Planning, Transport and Environment

Gungahlin Community Council

NBN Co flags second release site delays

Planning & development

Written by Dave Bockett Tuesday, 22 March 2011 08:32

“NBN Co has been advising communities within second release sites that both the Telstra deal and the ACCC decision on points of interconnect are now being factored into the timing of future rollouts,” the company said.

The ACCC’s decision to increase the points of interconnect from 14 to 121 would also have to be factored into the timing of construction and it could contribute to delays to services following construction,NBN Co said.

“NBN Co is committed to work in the second release sites, but the above could affect the time between construction and the availability of services, depending on a number of issues that are still being worked through.”

The second release sites are strewn all across the nation and the network builder had previously indicated that construction in these areas was scheduled for the second quarter of 2011.

“A definitive agreement between Telstra and NBN Co will be good for Telstra, good for NBN Co and good for the country,” said NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley. “It is therefore worthwhile taking the time to get the right outcome. A deal will lead to less disruption for the community, and reduce our rollout costs. It is better for the community and better for taxpayers.”

Telstra said at its half yearly results in February that the two companies had agreed on provisional commercial terms and marked down 1 July as the target date for a shareholder vote on the deal. It has now admitted the date will have to be pushed back and has not specified a new one.

“There are statutory timeframes required for the necessary ministerial, ACCC and Telstra extraordinary general meeting processes, which means there is a minimum timeframe from the time the agreements are finalised to when a shareholder vote can occur,” Telstra said in a statement to the ASX.

“Given this, we have now reached the point where a 1 July meeting is no longer practicable. The company is currently looking at options for an alternative meeting date, including taking into account the full year results announcement requirements, and will advise shareholders once it is in a position to set the date of the meeting.”

Despite the setback Telstra reiterated that NBN negotiations “continue to progress well, with all parties working together to agree and document the various detailed arrangements required.”

NBN Co will be hoping to finalise the definitive agreements as quickly as possible in order to gain access to the Telstra ducts, pits and conduits and drive down its rollout costs. Even with the agreements inked, the transaction needs to receive the tick of approval from the competition watchdog, which could take up to three months.

GunSmoke Going Online & Update on Community Centre

Community & business

Written by Alan Kerlin Sunday, 20 March 2011 09:48

Over the past few months, we at the Gungahlin Community Council have been re-evaluating our activities. The committee has decided we need to spend less time on administration and more time on our core roles of community engagement and lobbying. To achieve this we are making some key changes.

GunSmoke going online

Producing our bi-monthly newsletter GunSmoke has become a major exercise for our volunteers. Every issue now costs around $8500 to produce and distribute. We are proud that, over 120 issues, our little publication has become well known and highly valued in the Gungahlin community. And we’ve been incredibly grateful for those businesses, community groups and other organisations that have been regular advertisers with us.

But we haven’t been getting enough advertisers to break even for some time now. This has been made harder by the Canberra Times (perhaps understandably) targeting our growing community by starting the Gungahlin News—which many people continue to think is produced by GCC! Although neither the Gungahlin News nor the Chronicle cover all of Gungahlin, we still lost key advertisers to them. When competing against paid Canberra Times advertising staff, it was unreasonable to expect our volunteers to work so hard pursuing new advertisers.

Without adequate support from Gungahlin businesses, we have to cease producing GunSmoke as a print newsletter distributed to every home and business.

The good news though is that we will continue producing GunSmoke regularly—maybe even more often if required—but as a predominantly online newsletter. It’s critical that we can get our complete and unedited messages on important Gungahlin issues out to our community. We’ll still get a limited print run for distribution through key locations like shopping centres. But for most people, GunSmoke will be digital from the next edition onwards. With this reduced print costing under $2000 per issue, we should be able to cover costs from our annual government grants.

So if you want to receive GunSmoke from now on, you’ll need subscribe.

Palmerston Community Centre

When GCC secured the management rights to the Palmerston Community Centre, it was to ensure there was some ‘competition’ between the few venues for hire in Gungahlin. But the new Library is about to open including several rooms for hire, the Forde Community Centre is open, and others are coming (but more are needed!). So the original premise for us managing a community centre is no longer valid. We subcontracted the day-to-day bookings of the centre to the Gungahlin Regional Community Service a little while back. But now we’ll be handing over the entire centre to GRCS. To all our regular hirers, we thank you for how you’ve worked with us through some difficult times with volunteer shortages, and for always looking after the centre.

These changes recognise the changing nature of the Gungahlin Community. What was appropriate with a smaller population in a greenfields area is less appropriate now with a population of 43,000.

They’ve been hard decisions for us. But we realised that these two tasks alone have involved an incredible amount of work for us, have been key contributors to volunteer burn-out, and have had a major impact on our ability to perform our key role.

NBN Update

Planning & development

Written by Dave Bockett Monday, 14 March 2011 19:23

Peter Elford, GCC Vice President gets an update on the National Broadband Network’s plans for the Gungahlin pilot roll-out with Darren Rudd of NBN Co

Gungahlin 50 metre pool win

Territory Services

Written by Alan Kerlin Sunday, 13 March 2011 10:45

The ACT Government has announced that this year's budget will include funding for the Gungahlin Aquatic Centre to include a 50m pool, a 20m 'utility' pool (i.e. learn-to-swim, polo, etc), and toddlers area.

CIT coming soon to Gungahlin

Education

Written by Dave Bockett Tuesday, 08 March 2011 11:13

Not long to go until CIT’s brand new Learning Centre opens its doors in the heart of Gungahlin, inside the massive new Gungahlin College and Gungahlin public library precinct. Construction is nearly complete with the Learning Centre expected to be open for business from Term 2 (April 27) 2011.

CIT’s newest learning Centre in Gungahlin will give the local community the opportunity to complete a CIT qualification closer to home or work than ever before.

A few of the features and benefits of the new Learning Centre:

Wide range of CIT courses available from short Statements of Attainment to Diplomas
Flexible study options ideal for those trying to fit study in around busy work and home lives
Open Monday to Saturday during business hours, as well as weekday evenings and during term breaks, allowing you to study and learn at a time that suits you best and in some cases enabling you to fast-track your study
Modern teaching and learning facilities and access to specialist facilities in the Gungahlin College
Relaxed, supportive environment
The opportunity to study closer to home or work!

If you or someone you know would like to know more about the CIT courses on offer for 2011 in Gungahlin or if you are a current student interested to know if you can finish part or all of your current course in Gungahlin, then please drop in to one of our general information session during March.

General information/enrolment sessions (all courses):

Wednesday 9 March: 6pm-7pm
Thursday 10 March 3pm – 6pm ACCESS 10 program only (Year 10 Certificate)
Thursday 17 March: 6pm-7pm
Monday 21 March: 10am-1pm
Wednesday 23 March: 5.30 – 6.30pm Cert IV in Venues and Events program only CIT Bruce Campus, A Block, Room A118
Thursday 24 March: 6am-7pm
Monday 28 March: 10am-1pm
Wednesday 30: 6pm-7pm

All sessions, with the exception of Cert IV Venues and Events session at BRUCE campus, will be held at the theatre, Gungahlin College, Gozzard Street, Gungahlin Town Centre.

RSVPs are not required for any session; you are welcome to simply turn up on the night.

For more information about the courses on offer at the CIT Learning Centre in Gungahlin, visit our website www.cit.edu.au/flexible or click on the following link:http://cit.edu.au/current/cit_learning_centre/cit_is_coming_to_gungahlin

You can also email CIT with any questions or comments to lcgungahlin@cit.act.edu.au or telephone (02) 6207 3188.

Community drop-in info session - Amaroo Group Centre

Community & business

Written by Dave Bockett Monday, 07 March 2011 08:23

Community drop-in information session Amaroo

Group Centre - Block 2 section 106 Amaroo

The Land Development agency (LDA) invites the residents of amaroo and surrounds to attend a community drop-in information session regarding the proposed development of the Amaroo Group Centre, including a planned supermarket. The information session will provide the opportunity to learn about the project and ask questions about the proposal.

When: Tuesday 17 March 2011 (anytime between 3.00pm – 7.00pm)

Where: Amaroo school, Katherine avenue, Amaroo

For further information visit www.lda.act.gov.au or contact the LDA on 6205 060

Vice President's Feb 2011 Chronicle Article

Community & business

Written by Dave Bockett Wednesday, 09 February 2011 00:00

The next meeting of the Gungahlin Community Council will be on 9 February 2011. As usual, the meeting will be at 7.30pm at the Palmerston Community Centre, Tiptree Crescent, Palmerston. With so much happening in Gungahlin at the moment, it’s a great time to attend a GCC meeting or even get involved on a regular basis. GCC plays an important role as a conduit between our community and the ACT Government, and is being approached by a number of other organisations, such as the NBN Co that are contributing to development within Gungahlin.

With the move of Alan Kerlin from GCC President to GCC Spokesman for Planning, Transport and Environment, and a few recent departures, there are plenty of opportunities for new people to contribute to the various activities of the GCC; enthusiasm and basic email skills are all you need to get involved. Alan has left big shoes to fill, and I would like to acknowledge his significant (and ongoing) contribution to the Gungahlin community.

The Gungahlin Town Centre Territory Plan Variation issued in late 2010 (available from the ACTPLA website at tinyurl.com/4jzvjto) recommended a series of changes to the Territory Plan, which have been incorporated into Draft Variation 300. Comments on this important variation close on 28 February 2011, so if you have anything to contribute please contact ACTPLA or raise it with their staff at the GCC meeting.

A key element of the variation is rezoning of land to allow a major business park to be established within Gungahlin. This location is one of the preferred locations for a third hospital for the ACT, should the ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher decided to take that option. You can support our push for this hospital by sending a brief email to ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher at gallagher@parliament.act.gov.au. In addition, a representative from ACT Health has indicated they will be attending our February GCC meeting.

Another speaker at the February meeting will be talking about, and seeking feedback on, the environmental impact statement for the Throsby Playing Fields – a major new sports complex planned for opposite the northern end of Anthony Rolfe Avenue.

Since the presentation by NBN Co at our October meeting, a number of developments with the NBN project at a national level delayed progress on planning for Gungahlin as an NBN Stage 2 pilot site. We’ve spoken with NBN Co and will be able to provide an update on progress at the February meeting. Last weekend, I was chatting to a group of fellow Ngunnawal residents at our Christmas street party (held just after Christmas) and was surprised to hear that several of them could not get any form of wired broadband at all – so bring on the fibre!

As the new GCC Vice President I would like to thank everyone on the GCC executive for the warm welcome I received, and I look forward to seeing more new faces at future GCC meetings.

Gungahlin Leisure Centre Consultation

Planning & development

Written by Alan Kerlin Sunday, 06 February 2011 14:21

A feasibility study has been undertaken into the future Gungahlin Leisure Centre which will be located in a 'wellness precinct' along with Gungahlin College, community library, CIT adult learning centre, town park and the future Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.

As well as the main pool, the Centre is proposed to include a 20-metre program pool with variable depth floor which can be used for a range of activities including hydrotherapy, learn to swim, aqua aerobics, and water play, indoor and outdoor wet play areas, a gymnasium, flexible activity program rooms, childcare and a café.

Two possible design concepts have been prepared – one with a 50 metre pool and one with a 25 metre pool.

Where to get more information and have your say:

Two public drop-in information sessions will be held at the Canberra Raiders Club in the Town Centre from 12 noon to 1.30 pm and from 6.30 pm to 8 pm on Monday 9 February 2011.

The plans will also be displayed at the Gungahlin Library, corner of Ernest Cavanagh Street and Gungahlin Place, Gungahlin

They will also be on the web at www.tams.act.gov.au

Feedback on the preferred plans can be mailed to:

Gungahlin Leisure Centre Options, GPO Box 158, Civic, ACT 2601 or
emailed to communityengagement@act.gov.au

For more information, please contact Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

Submissions and comments close: 5pm, Wednesday 2 March 2011.

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Background Information

Prior to the 2008 election, Jon Stanhope and Andrew Barr made a clear and unambiguous promise to the people of Gungahlin, as is still available on this media release from 4 August 2008.

“Gungahlin residents to benefit from new 50m pool complex"

Labor Member for Molonglo and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Andrew Barr today announced a re-elected Stanhope Government will build a pool and indoor leisure centre for the Gungahlin community.

Mr Barr said the Government is currently investigating the scope of the centre which will include a 50 metre pool, a 25 metre pool at least 1 court space, for example a netball court and associated amenities such as a café and gymnasium."

Interestingly, the next day they pooh poohed the ACT Liberals’ ability to deliver on their counter promise, and reiterated the ALP promise in even more definite language:

“Yesterday Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and Mr Barr announced a re-elected Stanhope Government will build an indoor recreational facility in Gungahlin that will include a 50 metre pool, a 25 metre pool, at least 1 court space, for example a netball court, and associated amenities such as a café and gymnasium.”

“…will build…” Not a lot of room for confusion there…

GCC has been growing increasingly concerned over the last 8 months about the apparent back-pedalling by Andrew Barr on this issue.

We acknowledge that 50m pools cost a bit to operate, but so do all community facilities. To base this decision on the ability of a centre to turn a profit is to totally lose sight of the government’s role in delivering equitable community services across the ACT, as all local governments strive to do. It’s not as if we ever say that libraries should have to turn a profit to be considered – why should it be so for pools? In fact, it could be argued that the previous exercises with outsourcing management of Canberra’s pool centres have not been particularly glowing examples.

Andrew Barr has acknowledged Gungahlin's population will hit 50,000 within the next 3 years, and the reality is that the accelerated land release will mean we will be well on towards the design population of 100,000 before we know it.

And with population densities far higher than anywhere else in Canberra, our recreational facilities become all the more important to compensate for our lack of back yards and play spaces.

Land use in the Gungahlin town centre is incredibly tight and we have had an uphill battle fitting all the needs for the college (open Monday!), library, oval and aquatic centre within the very limited space available. We have one site only for this centre so it has to built properly first time.

The GCC encourages residents to email Jon Stanhope (stanhope@act.gov.au)and Andrew Barr directly (barr@act.gov.au) as well as the official consultation email address communityengagement@act.gov.au

Have your say on planning for the town centre

Planning & development

Written by Dave Bockett Friday, 28 January 2011 08:31

The ACT Government is proposing a range of changes to the planning framework for the Gungahlin Town Centre. You are invited to comment on and shape these changes before they are confirmed by a variation to the Territory Plan.

Presidents Chronicle Column - October 2010

Community & business

Written by Alan Kerlin Wednesday, 03 November 2010 09:50

Our next GCC meeting on 13 October is our first official meeting with NBN Co, as they kick off consultation on whose the lucky 3000 premises will be that get the pilot roll-out of NBN’s fibre internet network. And on that topic, some people have raised concerns about the cost to connect the network to the home itself.

Gungahlin Wilcats Gridiron Club

Community & business

Written by Conor Hickey Wednesday, 20 October 2010 22:38

The Gungahlin Wildcats Gridiron Club are a newly established American football club in the ACT.

The junior preseason is about to start and the Wildcats are looking to expand their player base from their successful 2010 season. If you are aged 14 to 17 years and are interested in playing gridiron, or know someone who may be interested, please come down to the AFL oval in Giralang on Tucana Street, Sunday 31st October at midday. There will be a few games of touch gridiron as well as information for prospective junior players and their families. Meet our experienced coaching staff, other players, and have some fun at the same time. Be sure to bring some footy boots, water and sunscreen.

We welcome all new additions to the club, whether you want to play gridiron yourself or are just a fan of the game. The Wildcats are a family orientated club and we hold many events throughout the year, from fundraiser barbeques to our highly anticipated annual trivia night.

For more information look us up on Facebook or visit our website at www.gungahlinwildcats.com.

NBN rollout consultation - 13th Oct 2010

Planning & development

Written by Dave Bockett Monday, 27 September 2010 14:56

NBN public consultation for Gungahlin announced

A open public consultation is to be held about the NBN deployment to approximately 3000 premises in the Gungahlin region, which is planned for deployment in the 2nd quarter of 2011.

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