Welcome everybody. It is good to see you out on such a cold night. It is with sadness that I reflect that it was this time last year that Alison Ryan, a dedicated TCC member died last year. In memory of Alison, her children Chloe and Liam put on a Cancer Morning Tea on the 16 May, to which I an a number of the TCC attended. It was a great success with over a 100 people attending.
As I was thinking about what to put in my report to you, I couldn’t get the most significant thing that’s happened recently in Tuggeranong out of my mind. I’m referring to the horrific murder of a young mother in Calwell a few days ago. …
Our first meeting for 2015 on 3rd February was very well attended and I’d like to thank the folks from Lanyon who came along to have their say about the closure of Tharwa Drive in early January. Ministers Joy Burch and Mick Gentleman came to …
Welcome to 2015! I’m excited about the year ahead and look forward to doing our job which is advocating on behalf of the people and businesses of Tuggeranong. So how are we getting the year started? Our first monthly meeting is on Tuesday 3rd February …
The Tuggeranong Community Council was consulted in mid–December about road works planned for Tharwa Drive in early January. The consultations took place after the Council’s general meetings had concluded for the year. Representatives from the ACT Emergency Services Department (ESD) met with the TCC President. They advised that …
New Years Eve is here so we now need to turn our minds to 2015 and what we would like to achieve. If we don’t set any goals, don’t be surprised if we don’t achieve anything. So what are some goals the TCC should be …
Dear Members and Friends Another year is almost over and I hope the TCC Committee has been able to deliver a useful service in keeping you up to date on the issues that affect us all, and an opportunity to have your views heard. We …
What’s happened since the October meeting? The long -awaited public release of the updated light rail business case took place last Friday, 31/10/14 with much fanfare. It concluded that light rail would provide a cost/benefit ratio of 1:1.2. That is, for every $1 spent, ACT …
At our last meeting, we had two developers tell us about their plans to build several hundred residential units in South Quay opposite Bunnings. There will also be commercial premises on Anketell St. The TCC hopes they will succeed in selling the units. We need more …
What has The Tuggeranong Community Council Executive Committee been doing since the September meeting? 1. Continuing our anti Light Rail campaign. We finally got an answer to our letter to the Chief Minister on 27th August after sending her a follow-up letter. It was then …
The Government has just announced that they are proceeding to the next stage of the light rail project. This involves calling for expressions of interest from which a short list of tenderers will be asked to submit their proposal to build, operate and maintain the …
It is a sad year for all of us at Tuggeranong Community Council, when after fighting cancer for a long period, Eric Traise our President passed away. Eric was a retired Royal Australian Air Force Officer from Newcastle who served on the TCC for many years as a general member, Treasurer and TCC President in 2013 and, despite his illness, he stood and was re-elected for a 2nd term in September 2014. More than 140 people attended a Memorial Service for Eric on Friday 14th August, 2015.
