The Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure resolved on 6 December 2011 to conduct an inquiry to review the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth) and any associated regulations, and make recommendations as to whether the Act should be modified since it was enacted by the Commonwealth Parliament on 6 December 1988. Eighteen submissions were made which are available on the ACT Legislative Assembly website.

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The ACT chapter of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, with support from the ACT Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, is holding a series of free seminars next month about how we can design our home gardens and public spaces to help reduce our carbon footprint.

The seminars will be held on 10, 15, 17 and 22 May at various locations.  Please check via this link  www.aila.org.au/rsvp for more details.

We have a deferred meeting for April to be held on Wednesday 2 May due to ANZAC Day falling on the last Wednesday of the month.  The meeting will be held at the Weston Club at 7.30 pm. 

This month we will have Lynne Harwood, the CEO of Communities at Work, speaking to us on the role of Communities at Work and asking her to outline what they do for the Community and Weston Creek in particular.  I am looking forward to this talk.

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The Friends of Fetherston Gardens say they are mostly pleased with a draft plan outlining future development of the Weston site but want a commitment on funding and ongoing maintenance from the ACT government.

Part of the former Canberra Institute of Technology School of Horticulture, Fetherston Gardens comprises an arboretum, woodlands garden and an enclosed ''secret garden'', and was named in honour of the first head of the school, Tony Fetherston.

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A Public Design Workshop on planning options for the Weston Group Centre Master Plan will be held on Wednesday the 4th of April at the Uniting Church Parkinson Street Weston between 6 and 8.30 pm.  This workshop will be run by the Strategic City Planning and Design Group of the Environment and Sustainability Directorate of the ACT Government.  Options for the Group Centre will be presented and outlined at this Workshop.

If you have an interest in the outcome of the Master Plan you are encouraged to attend and view and discuss the options proposed for the Group Centre.  This is again another opportunity for community input.  Remember its "our Centre" and we need your input.