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Gungahlin Community Council Newsletter - Edition 137 May 2015 A New Electorate ‘Yerrabi’ for all of Gungahlin So much to Celebrate in Gungahlin Download the latest Gunsmoke Next public meeting: Wednesday 13 May 6.30pm - Gungahlin Library A New Electorate ‘Yerrabi’ for all of Gungahlin James Milligan Gungahlin Community Council At last Gungahlin residents will have an ACT In late 2016 voters in Gungahlin will have the chance Legislative Assembly electorate for their district. to elect 5 members of the new ACT Legislative Assembly. This will mean that we are more likely to get local Gungahlin will no longer have to share its elected candidates with the knowledge of what happens representatives with Central Canberra and Weston Creek. in, and affect, Gungahlin and have the experience It is expected that the majority of new members will come of actually living in Gungahlin. For the next 2016 from (reside in) the Gungahlin district (and perhaps the 5 election residents from 5 Belconnen suburbs will Belconnen suburbs making up the new electorate of Yerrabi). be voting in the new electorate of Yerrabi to make This should provide true local representation. up a quota for 5 members (in an expanded 25 Therefore residents of Gungahlin should begin to take a member Assembly). greater interest in what is happening (and NOT happening) in the district as local issues may be important factors in The new proposals recommend Ginninderra Drive as a deciding the outcome of the election. GCC expects that natural boundary with the Belconnen suburbs of Lawson, local issues will become more prominent and that the major McKellar, Kaleen, Giralang and Evatt to be included in the political parties should be required to develop policies and new electorate. Belconnen is simply too large, and Gungahlin programs that specifically reflect the needs and interests of too small, to make up electorates in their own right. A similar the local population. situation will occur in Tuggeranong. Changes are underway in and around Gungahlin but But with the expected continued growth of Gungahlin it will many immediate and long term interests are still not being not be long before the district moves closer towards its own met or included in planning statements. quota. Succession Planning for the GCC Ewan Brown President Every organisation needs refreshing from time to time, numbers 14 it is very likely that there will be significant non- mainly to keep up the level of enthusiasm. In the last 2 renewal from current members, partly because prospective years the GCC has benefited from good numbers on its political candidates are no longer eligible to remain as Executive Committee. In May support will be sought to members of the committee once their nomination to be a amend the GCC Constitution to provide clarity for election candidate is confirmed. This may not occur until early in of committee members at future AGMs and to place a limit 2016 and potential candidates are not obliged to publically of 10 appointees. In addition there are proposed changes to declare their intentions well in advance but it is preferable require those seeking appointment to office bearer or general for the GCC not to have to seek replacement committee committee member roles to have a degree of knowledge members after only one third of a term. of how the GCC operates and the issues it deals with. Those who may be interested in joining the committee Wherever possible the new appointees should be aware of the should at least plan to attend a number of public meetings operations of the GCC so that effective representation of the before the AGM to meet the ‘qualification’ standards. The local community can be maintained. GCC website includes records of past meetings and earlier It has been suggested that a term for the President editions of Gunsmoke (the GCC bi-monthly newsletter) so should be 4 years so that role will become vacant at the AGM that the background to many local issues can be explored. in September 2015. Even though the current committee Time to get motivated! GunSmoke is available online, and printed copies are President: Ewan Brown - [email protected] available through key shopping centres. To subscribe to the Vice President: Peter Elford 0401 890387 [email protected] online edition visit www.gcc.asn.au and click on the “Sign Up For Our Newsletter” button at the bottom of the page. To Treasurer: Suzi Antunes advertise your business or organisation in GunSmoke, please Public Officer: James Milligan - [email protected] visit our website. Secretary: Tony Ozanne - [email protected] Disclaimer: Web Admin: Jeremy Watson - [email protected] GunSmoke is published to allow residents to keep in touch with their local community. The views expressed in Gunsmoke GCC Committee: Michael Norfor, Stuart Todd, Kevin Cox, do not necessarily represent the opinion of the editor, or Chris Barry, Prasad Tipirneni, Henley Samuel, Jayson Hinder, Jacob 2 I Gungahlinmembers Community of the Gungahlin Council Community - Newsletter Council Edition Inc.137 May 2015 Vadakkedathu From the Vice President Peter Elford The last few weeks have been exciting support the development of the suburb for Gungahlin with the release by the ACT of Throsby), and the temporary closing of government of the proposed new electorate Hibberson St (to build a tunnel between the boundaries, the announcement of a series new Woolworths underground carpark and of local road projects and the release of the the carpark under Big W). The fifth project plans for Stage 3 of the Woolworths site, is an “upgrade” to the Gundaroo Drive/ which will gain a K-Mart and underground Candlebark Close/Nudurr Drive roundabout carpark. But the highlight has to have been similar to the one at Gundaroo Drive/Abena Celebrate Gungahlin. Avenue (to improve traffic flow). The Celebrate Gungahlin festival was held Although it is important to keep residents on Saturday 11th May at the Gungahlin Town informed of such developments, and we Park (behind the library) and was a rousing are grateful for the new investments being success. Organised by Communities@Work, made, the GCC is concerned that the the event attracted a huge crowd across Gungahlin community’s highest priority road the day who enjoyed a program of live project, the duplication of the Gundaroo entertainment, activities, information stalls Drive, remains unfunded. This was clearly and was a great community get together. identified by the responses to the Have Your We had lots of people come by the GCC Say survey and highlights the government’s stall and were really chuffed by the generally ongoing “one-lane-at-a-time” investment very positive comments and feedback strategy which continues to frustrate residents and visitors were happy to share residents. The capacity of Gundaroo Drive, with us. My thanks to James Milligan from particularly between Gungahlin Drive and the GCC for the work he put into the event, Mirrabei Drive, is not only a problem for and congratulations to Lynne Harwood and traffic leaving/entering Gungahlin it severely her team at Communities@Work for the impacts the flow of traffic within Gungahlin. wonderful job they did. Thanks also to our The GCC has written to the Minister for Champion sponsors the Morgans Group and Transport, Mick Gentleman, seeking a the Ainslie Group. commitment from the ACT government to On the same day as the festival, the ACT fund this duplication immediately. government announced five road projects to On a more positive note, the new be undertaken in the next 12-18 months. The boundaries proposed for the ACT most important of these is the upgrade of electorates which will be used to elect a Gungahlin Drive between Well Station Road new 25-seat Legislative Assembly in 2016 and the Barton highway which will address includes a new electorate, Yerrabi, that genuine congestion and safety concerns. incorporates all suburbs of Gungahlin (and a Three other projects were “re-announced”, couple from Belconnen). This is great news President: Ewan Brown - [email protected] namely the signalisation and improvement as it means we can expect the five Yerrabi Vice President: Peter Elford 0401 890387 [email protected] of the Barton Highway/Gundaroo Drive MLA’s to be focussed on, and accountable Treasurer: Suzi Antunes roundabout (Canberra’s most accident prone for, the specific and unique needs of Public Officer: James Milligan - [email protected] intersection), the upgrade of the Anthony Gungahlin (assuming the proposals are Secretary: Tony Ozanne - [email protected] Rolfe/Horse Park Drive intersection (to accepted, which seems likely). Web Admin: Jeremy Watson - [email protected] GCC Committee: Michael Norfor, Stuart Todd, Kevin Cox, Chris Barry, Prasad Tipirneni, Henley Samuel, Jayson Hinder, Jacob Vadakkedathu Gungahlin Community Council - Newsletter Edition 137 May 2015 I 3 FROM THE FROM THE POLLIES POLLIES Mick Gentleman MLA Shane Rattenbury MLA Minister for Planning ACT Minister Assisting on Transport Reform Gungahlin continues to grow with further mixed- The Gungahlin population is rapidly increasing and, use developments planned for the Gungahlin Town as such, so is the demand for public transport. Since Centre, I have been talking to Meegan Fitzharris in the introduction of Network 14 last year, ACTION relation to the fact that this will only increase traffic has been listening to feedback from commuters and through the region. Meegan has made it clear to me monitoring data from the MyWay system, with the aim that road infrastructure is needed to support this of ensuring our public transport system meets the growing area and meet its transport needs which is ongoing needs of commuters across the city. As a why we have announced a round of local roadwork’s result, ACTION will make a number of changes to the as part of the this year’s $162 million roads program bus timetable from the 18th of May.
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