Page 5467 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 16 November 2011

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video

(1) notes:

(a) the Weston Creek Community festival is an annual community event, usually held each year since the 1970s;

(b) in July this year, Weston Creek Community Council (WCCC) applied to the ACT government for funding through the 2012 ACT Festival Fund;

(d) the ACT government did not engage or consult with the WCCC prior to rejecting their request;

(e) without some funding from the ACT Government the Weston Creek Community festival may not proceed; and

(f) the government has provided funding for other community festivals across Canberra; and

(2) calls on the ACT government to:

(a) engage with the WCCC and advise of any additional information required to support their funding request; and

(b) review the decision not to provide funding to the WCCC for the purposes of supporting the Weston Creek Community festival with a view to providing adequate funding that would allow the festival to occur.

In the Southside Chronicle on 23 November the president of the Weston Creek Community Council, Mr Tom Anderson, is quoted as saying:

We just want a fair go from the government.

Tom Anderson in the Chronicle after this year’s budget said:

The ACT Budget once more has been disappointing for Weston Creek. No Shopfront, No Library, No Swimming Pool, No enhancement or change to Bus Services, No real Seniors Centre, No new Community Facility, No Health Centre, just some new bicycle lanes on the roads that few people want. Once more the District has been forgotten yet there seems to be plenty for Molonglo—a leisure centre feasibility study and a design for a Riverside Park.

We know that we can now add to that long list that Mr Tom Anderson listed in the Chronicle. That list now can include missing out on funding to support the Weston Creek community festival.

In July this year the Weston Creek Community Council applied to the ACT government for funding through the 2012 ACT festival fund. Unlike Woden, Tuggeranong and other festivals, they were not successful. After waiting since 4 July, the bad news for Weston Creek residents arrived in the last week of October in a letter dated 28 September, having already been sent to several other addresses instead of the

Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video