Canberra Liberals MLA Peter Cain is demanding the ACT Government take action over the unused Hawker Tennis Centre after its leaseholder was given until the end of September to lodge another development application.
"Given the government's ineptitude… it's time for the Assembly to force a reappraisal of the city's infrastructure needs and planning," writes planning columnist MIKE QUIRK.
ACT housing approvals fell almost 34 per cent in July, recording the sharpest decline in the country, according to new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.
Lifeline Canberra's Bookfair returns to EPIC this weekend as the organisation approaches its one millionth call to the 13 11 14 crisis support service.
"Go on-line and tell the ACT Government to keep Adelaide Avenue exactly as it is – it doesn't need 're-designing'," says letter writer PETER CLAUGHTON, of Farrer.
Legal claims against the ACT Government are costing tens of millions of dollars a year and should be targeted as part of efforts to repair the Territory's finances, independent MLA Thomas Emerson says.
Canberra Liberals MLA Peter Cain is demanding evidence Big Splash is on track to reopen by November 1, after ACT Labor Planning Minister Chris Steel confirmed the deadline remains in force despite the aquatic centre being up for sale.