Ian Bushnell

19 hours ago | region.com.au | Ian Bushnell

A mobile phone tower proposal in Fadden is facing a wall of opposition from the community, and in the Legislative Assembly, where members lined up to pan it and the proponent, telecommunications infrastructure company Indara. Indara has submitted a development application for the tower, compound and access track for a pocket of a public reserve in the middle of the suburb, next to tennis courts and close to a recreational pond and playground. Four trees planted by the community would be removed.

21 hours ago | region.com.au | Ian Bushnell

Kingston and Barton Residents Group has blasted Planning Minister Chris Steel for delaying the heritage registration of the 100-year-old Kingston shops, saying it casts the shadow of multi-storey housing over the area and puts its heritage values at risk. Mr Steel, who is also Heritage Minister, has extended the ‘provisional registration’ of the earliest part of the Kingston Shops, now celebrating its centenary, by three months to 27 August rather than proceeding to final registration.

1 day ago | region.com.au | Ian Bushnell

Brindabella Christian College will soon have a new owner with the transfer of school registration to the administrators’ choice, Christian Community Ministries, underway. ACT Education Minister approved the transfer, with conditions, on Monday (14 May). “I have imposed conditions on the school’s registration as part of the transfer and transition to CCM,” she said.

1 day ago | region.com.au | Ian Bushnell

ANU solar power pioneer Andrew Blakers has lambasted Yass residents who successfully fought off a massive solar farm proposal as selfish, but their spokesperson says it was just in the wrong place. French company ENGIE has pulled the plug on the 328-hectare project about 2.5 km south-west of the Yass township and encompassing the Transgrid substation, saying that after an early-stage review and extensive community consultation, ENGIE had decided not to continue.

1 day ago | region.com.au | Ian Bushnell

Amalgamated Property Group has released almost 350 apartments to the market in one of Canberra’s most recognisable corridors with views across Lake Burley Griffin to Parliament House. APG calls The Eastbourne, located within the historic Anzac Park Site in the Parliamentary Triangle, its most significant residential project to date. It has opened two display apartments to coincide with the market release.