Tuggeranong Community Council Newsletter Issue 6: July 2011

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ALDI buys into Chisholm

Aldi Foods Pty Ltd will build a new super-market at the Chisholm Group Centre, after the ACT Government agreed to sell a vacant block at market value. The block of 3430 sq metres is located off Benham Street. The Government has agreed to sell the block as part of its policy of providing supermarket choice and diversity for Canberra families. So far, the policy has seen the ACT Gov-ernment engaged in advanced discus-sions with Aldi Foods Pty Ltd for new supermarkets in several centres, includ-ing Dickson, Kingston, Chisholm, and Casey. Under the policy the Government has agreed to release sites in group centres at Dickson, Kingston, Casey and Amaroo (3 May 2010). It has also required that and in the Casey

group centre incorporate a pre-commitment for an Aldi and a Supabarn supermarket. In May 2011 a local con-sortium paid $14.28 million for the Casey site with the pre-commitment. Earlier this year, the Economic Develop-ment Directorate undertook community and stakeholder consultation on the pro-posed sale of the Chisholm site. Feed-back from the community was strongly supportive. The Government expects to make a for-mal offer of a lease to Aldi later this month, with a selling price based on three independent valuations. Aldi will be required to submit a development appli-cation which will provide the community with an opportunity to comment on the design of the proposed supermarket.

Source: Media Release.

New medical centre opens

in Calwell

The new Calwell Medical Centre has now opened its doors to patients after its official opening by ACT Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher. More than 300 people turned out for the opening at the Calwell Shopping Centre. The event was attended by Chief Execu-tive Officer of Ochre Health, John Burns, Opposition Leader, Zed Sesleja, Greens Leader, Meredith Hunter, Federal Mem-ber for Canberra, Gai Brodtman, ACT Senator Gary Humphries, local MLA‘s, Joy Burch, Amanda Bresnan, Brendan Smyth and Steve Doszpot. The opening was the culmination of a long campaign to improve health ser-vices in the Valley by lobby group, Doc-tors4Tuggeranong, led by local identity, Nick Tsoulias. At the opening Mr. Tsou-lias said Ochre Health had brought a much needed lifeline of care and ser-vices closer to the residents of Tugger-anong. He said the new Calwell Medical Centre adds to facilities available at Calwell. ―It will be of significant benefit to resi-dents who find it difficult to travel to ob-tain health care. The elderly, young mothers and families now have more convenient access to general and spe-cial health care. The opening of the Calwell Medical Cen-tre is testimony to all the hard work of the Calwell community and highlights the need for similar medical centres in other areas of Tuggeranong.

See photo album on page 5

CONTENTS PAGE ALDI buys into Chisholm 1 New medical centre opens in Calwell 1 Cemetery concerns 2 Good neighbourly advice 2 Land releases in Chisholm and Conder 3

Humphries at the Hyperdome 3 Spotting blackspots 3 News in brief 3 Brindabella unchanged in boundary proposal 4

Calwell medical centre opening photo album 5 Computekkie 6 Don‘t Forget 6

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Good neighbourly

advice ACT Policing and the ACT Ambulance have issued a combined plea for resi-dents to look out for their elderly neighbours after a series of recent inci-dents. In a recent incident a 57-year-old man was found deceased after several weeks in his Bonython home. He died of natural causes. It appears no-one attended his residence during this time. In another incident, a 70-year-old Kam-bah man was found in very poor physical condition in his Kambah home after a visit by Centrelink officers on July 2. The man was transported by the ACT Ambu-lance Service to The Canberra Hospital but died later that evening. More recently, police, firefighters and ambulance attended a Curtin residence where an 89-year-old woman had fallen inside her house sometime in the previ-ous day and was unable to summon help. Emergency services were required to force entry to the house to provide assistance. Officer-in-Charge of Tuggeranong Police Station, Sergeant Rod Anderson said that these recent examples call for checks on people‘s welfare, particularly those more vulnerable in our community. ―Welfare checks are a regular part of police duties but we need Canberrans to keep an eye out for those vulnerable people in their immediate community who may, from time to time, need help,‖ Sergeant Anderson said. ―Emergency services are usually the first to attend such matters. What we don‘t like to find when we arrive is a vulner-able or elderly person who is very sick, highly distressed or worse.‖ ―If you have an elderly person that you know, is in your family or living alone next door, please make the effort to check on their welfare from time to time.‖ ―From a police and emergency services perspective, that sense of connected-ness to others in your immediate com-munity — whether it‘s within your apart-ment block or local area — can only make for a safer community,‖ Sergeant Anderson said.

Source: Media Release

Cemetery concerns

Residents attending the last Tugger-anong Community Council (TCC) meet-ing expressed concerns over plans to include a crematorium in the develop-ment of a new southern cemetery at Hume. They questioned the need for a cremato-rium to be included in the project and said they were concerned about the level of emissions from the proposed complex. The subject of the new southern ceme-tery was discussed in detail during a presentation by Chief Executive Officer of the ACT Cemeteries Authority, Hamish Horne. Mr. Horne said the proposed cremato-rium would be located at the furthest end of the cemetery site and at least 1 kilo-metre from the nearest homes. He assured residents that the proposed crematorium would use the latest tech-nologies and that emissions would be minimal. TCC President, Darryl Johnston, asked if the ACT Cemeteries Authority could in-vestigate if new cleaner technologies have been developed that would mean there would be no need for a cremato-rium at the new southern cemetery.

Hey Burt, what is this world coming to when kids get around with their dacks

around their ankles?

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The ACT Government has written to residents in Conder and Chisholm to advise them of land releases in their suburbs. The Economic Development Directorate (EDD) has advised residents in Chisholm that land on the intersection of Heagney and Deamer Crescents has been identi-fied for release. In a letter to residents EDD Director, John Arthur, says under the Territory Plan the land is currently zoned CZ4 which permits retailing, residential and other services to the local community compatible with nearby residential areas. Mr. Arthur said the EDD had also identi-fied land off Sidney Nolan Street at Conder for future release. He said this block is directly adjoining the

Lanyon Welfare and Community Ser-vices Centre. ―Under the Territory Plan the block is zoned Community CFZ which permits a range of community services and facili-ties,‖ Mr. Arthur added. The public is invited to comment on both land releases. Comments can be made via email to: EDD Community@act.gov.au or via the post addressed to the Director Commu-nications Unit, GPO Box 158, Canberra City ACT 2601, by close of business 15 August 2011. For more information on the land release program please visit: www.edd.act.gov.au

Source; Media Release

Land releases in Chisholm and Conder

Humphries at the Hyperdome

ACT Liberal Senator, Gary Humphries recently braved a cold morning to meet with shoppers at the Tuggeranong Hy-perdome. Mr Humphries said in the few hours he was there he spoke with a number of shopowners, parents, busi-ness people and other member of the community who were out braving the elements. ―I was concerned by small business own-ers who said they are struggling to pay increasing rents, young families who face rising living costs and residents who believed the ACT is being allowed to run down,‖ Senator Humphries said. He said the overwhelming feeling is that Canberrans are proud of the National Capital and are committed to keeping it as a great place to live and work.

Source: Media Release

Spotting blackspots

Canberrans have been asked to identify dangerous intersections for possible inclusion in the federal government‘s Black Spots program. Member for Fraser and chair of the ACT Black Spots Consultative Panel, Andrew Leigh, has called on Canberrans to help make their community safer by suggest-ing locations that may benefit from road improvements. The federally-funded Black Spots pro-gram allocates around $1 million per year to help make ACT roads safer. ―By funding measures such as traffic signals and roundabouts at dangerous locations, the Black Spots program re-duces the risk of crashes, ultimately sav-ing lives,‖ Mr. Leigh said. ―When we last called for nominations back in February, 21 intersections or corners were nominated as potentially dangerous locations. These intersections and corners were then assessed by Roads ACT.‖ Nominations may be emailed to andrew.leigh.mp@aph.gov.au, or by telephoning Andrew Leigh on 6247 4396. For inclusion in this round of the pro-gram, nominations must be made by the end of July.

Source: Media Release

Community grants ACT Minister for Community Services, Joy Burch, has called on community groups in Tuggeranong to apply for $250,000 in funding to help pay for im-portant projects and vital equipment. Ms Burch said the 2011-12 Community Support and Infrastructure Grants pro-gram awards grants of between $10,000 and $20,000 to groups that contribute significantly to the local community. Links to application packages and further information can be found at http://www.grants.act.gov.au/ or by phoning 6205 1308. Applications close on 15 August.

Calling frugal foodies OzHarvest is calling all frugal foodies to assist it in compiling a recipe book on what can be made from food leftovers. The book, Luscious Leftovers, will be launched at Floriade and all copies sold will help OzHarvest in providing meals to the underprivileged in our community. If you have a recipe for leftovers please send it, with a photo if available (either of your dish or you), to Ruth Oldfield at ruth.oldfield@commsatwork.org. Full acknowledgment will be given. It will also be road or home tested, so please in-clude any relevant instructions, tips, etc.

Masterplan update The ACT Government is preparing a master plan for the Tuggeranong town centre. This plan will set out how the centre can continue to develop and rede-velop into the future. In April preliminary designs showing what the centre could look like in 30 years were presented to the community. You can see and comment on the draft master plan design, vision, goals and design principles and see how previous community feedback has been included. When: Tuesday 26 July - Friday 29 July Where: Hyperdome (near Woolworths) Planners will be on hand to answer your questions from 10am to 2pm on Tuesday 26 July and 4pm-7pm on Friday 29 July For more information, see www.actpla.act.gov.au/tuggeranongerindale

News in brief

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Ginninderra could become a 7-Member electorate and Molonglo could become a 5-Member electorate under major changes to the ACT Legislative Assem-bly electoral boundaries proposed by the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission. ACT Electoral Commissioner, Phillip Green, said after considering 23 public objections to the boundaries proposed by the ACT Redistribution Committee, the Augmented Commission has pro-posed that Ginninderra be made the 7-Member electorate, consisting of Belcon-nen, Gungahlin and Hall and the suburbs of Lyneham, O‘Connor and Turner. Molonglo would become a 5-Member electorate. Mr. Green said the Augmented Commis-sion does not propose to alter the exist-ing 5-Member Brindabella electorate. He said while this proposal is different to the one published by the Redistribution Committee on 5 May 2011, which sug-gested that the Gungahlin suburbs of Crace and Palmerston should be trans-ferred from the existing 7-Member elec-torate of Molonglo to the existing 5-Member electorate of Ginninderra, it does reflect an alternative model that was also published by the Redistribution Committee. ―Members of the public have 28 days in which to object to the Augmented ACT Electoral Commission‘s proposal. Ob-jections in writing may be made to the

ACT Electoral Commission up to 5 Au-gust 2011,‖ Mr. Green said. The proposed electorates are as follows:

BRINDABELLA, a 5-Member electorate comprising the district of Tuggeranong (excluding the suburb of Hume), the Woden Valley suburbs of Chifley, Farrer, Pearce and Torrens and the dis-tricts of Booth, Coree, Cotter River, Mount Clear, Paddys River, Rendezvous Creek and Tennent;

GINNINDERRA, a 7-Member electorate comprising the districts of Belconnen, Gungahlin and Hall, and the Canberra Central suburbs of Lyneham, O‘Connor and Turner; and

MOLONGLO, a 5-Member elec-torate comprising the districts of Canberra Central (excluding the suburbs of Lyneham, O‘Connor and Turner), Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek, Woden Valley (excluding the suburbs of Chifley, Farrer, Pearce and Torrens), Jer-rabomberra (including the entire suburb of Hume), Kowen, Majura, and Stromlo.

Mr. Green said one key requirement for an ACT redistribution is ensuring that electoral enrolments in the three elector-ates will be within +/- 5% of the quota at the time of the next election. ―This requirement is aimed at ensuring ‗one vote, one value‘,‖ Mr. Green said. The quota for the two 5 member elector-ates is 5/17 of the ACT total enrolment, and the quota for the 7 member elector-ate is 7/17 of the ACT total,‖ he said. ―The current electorate of Molonglo is expected to be around 6.5% over the quota in 2012, and Ginninderra is pro-jected to be 5.6% under the quota in 2012. Consequently, the size of Molon-glo needs to be reduced and Ginninderra needs to be increased to bring them within +/- 5% of the quota at the time of the 2012 election,‖ Mr. Green added. ―The ACT Redistribution Committee pro-posal to transfer Crace and Palmerston from Molonglo to Ginninderra, while a relatively small change, would have re-sulted in 3 Gungahlin suburbs being in Ginninderra,‖ he said. ―The Gungahlin suburb of Nicholls is currently the only part of Gungahlin in Ginninderra.‖

―This proposal attracted 19 public objec-tions to further increasing the split of Gungahlin between two electorates. Many of these objections supported a proposal to alter the location of the 7-Member seat – currently Molonglo – to Ginninderra, to allow all of Belconnen and Gungahlin to be included in one electorate.‖ Mr. Green said some submissions also objected to the size and diverse nature of the current 7-Member electorate of Molonglo, which currently stretches from Gungahlin, through Canberra Central to Woden Valley and Weston Creek. ―Other public submissions supported making the smaller change proposed by the Redistribution Committee. A public hearing held on 24 June canvassed the issues raised in the objections.‖ ―After considering all the public submis-sions, the Augmented Commission con-cluded that the case for the proposed change to make Ginninderra the 7-Member electorate, comprising all of Belconnen, Gungahlin and Hall and the north Canberra suburbs of Lyneham, O‘Connor and Turner, is a strong one.‖ Mr Green said the Augmented Commis-sion does not propose to alter the exist-ing 5-Member Brindabella electorate. ―The current electorate of Brindabella is projected to be within the required 5% of the enrolment quota at the time of the 2012 election; therefore there is no statu-tory imperative to alter the Brindabella boundary.‖ ―The report gives further details about the reasons for the proposed bounda-ries. In particular, it looks at suggestions for changing the existing Brindabella boundaries, but concludes that there is no preferable alternative to the current boundaries,‖ he said. ―The Augmented Commission‘s reasons for its proposal, and a map of the pro-posed electorates, are available on the ACT Electoral Commission website at www.elections.act.gov.au.‖ ―A notice inviting public objections and including a map of the proposed elector-ates was published in the Canberra Times on 8 July 2011. Objections will be considered by the Augmented ACT Elec-toral Commission, chaired by the Elec-toral Commission‘s Chairperson, Roger Beale AO,‖ Mr. Green concluded.

Source: Media Release

Brindabella unchanged in boundary proposal

A map of the ACT showing proposed changes

to electoral boundaries.

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Calwell Medical Calwell Medical

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is an incorporated, voluntary, not for profit, non political, community based association operat-

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Tuggeranong Community Council acknowledges its supporters.

Jul 30: Tuggeranong Festival Committee Meeting, 6.30pm Tuggeranong Community Centre Aug 2: TCC General Meeting, 7.30pm Tuggeranong Southern Cross Club. 14: Lions Club Tuggeranong Homestead Markets. 25: Tuggeranong Festival Committee Meeting, 6.30pm Tuggeranong Community Centre Sept 5 to 11: Landcare Week 6: TCC Annual General Meeting, 7.30pm Tuggeranong Southern Cross Club. 11: Lions Club Tuggeranong Homestead Markets. 29: Tuggeranong Festival Committee Meeting, 6.30pm Tuggeranong Community Centre

Oct 4: TCC General Meeting, 7.30pm

Tuggeranong Southern Cross

Club.

7: National Walk to Work Day.

Nov 1: TCC General Meeting, 7.30pm

Tuggeranong Southern Cross

Club.

13: Lions Club Tuggeranong

Homestead Markets.

Computekkie If you are about as computer savvy as I am then you have had to make a few calls to a help desk. Here are some sto-ries to prove that you are not alone when it comes to all things computekkie. AST technical support had a caller com-plaining that her mouse was hard to con-trol with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in. Another Compaq technician received a call from a man complaining that the system wouldn't read word processing files from his old diskettes. After trouble- shooting for magnets and heat failed to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer labeled the diskettes then rolled them into the typewriter to type the labels. Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting, the technician discovered the man was try-ing to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen and hitting the "send" key. Another Dell customer needed help set-ting up a new program, so a Dell tech suggested he go to the local Egghead. "Yeah, I got me a couple of friends," the customer replied. When told Egghead was a software store, the man said, "Oh, I thought you meant for me to find a cou-ple of geeks." Yet another Dell customer called to com-plain that his keyboard no longer worked. He had cleaned it by filling up his tub with soap and water and soaking the keyboard for a day, then removing all the keys and washing them individually. A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an invalid". The tech explained that the computer's "bad command" and "invalid" responses shouldn't be taken personally. A guy calls in to complain that he gets an "Access Denied" message every time he logs in. He was typing his user name and password in capital letters. Tech Sup-port: "OK, let's try once more, but use lower-case letters." Customer: "Uh, I only have capital letters on my keyboard."