Page 3543 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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Thylacine Art Projects is near the lake in John Knight Memorial Park and was recently unveiled by the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister’s media release at the time gives an expressive word picture:
… brings light, sound and movement to the lake and at night will be spectacular against the black water, its perforated metal columns throwing rays of light to sparkle on the surface of the water.
The media release continues:
… Thylacine had created a very modern work that nevertheless connected 21st century Belconnen to its 20,000-year history. The name, Running Lights, was a response to the Ngunnawal word for the creek that fed the lake—Ginin-ginin-derry, meaning “sparkling” or “throwing out little rays of light”.
“This is the first major public artwork to be commissioned by the Government for Belconnen and will be a great asset to the mature commercial and cultural precinct that is developing on the shores of Lake Ginninderra,” Mr Stanhope said.
Belconnen residents and the arts community in particular are looking forward to the day when the planned arts centre is established on the lakeshore. At the November community forum of the Belconnen Community Council, community input will be sought on design ideas and concepts for a mural marking the 40th anniversary of Belconnen. The mural is expected to be completed by March 2007 and will be painted on the front of the Belconnen Community Centre by four prominent Belconnen artists—Phil Nizette, Nasser Palangi, Duncan Smith and Kurt Laurenson.
Tomorrow evening the west Belconnen community health committee will hold the formation meeting for its board of governance. It will be this board that will guide the establishment of this centre in the very near future—another example of the community spirit and energy that exist in Belconnen.
The new Kippax Library and the refurbishment of the Belconnen Library have been welcomed by the community. Also exciting is the commitment by the Stanhope government to establish a modern, first-class P to 10 campus on the site of the old Ginninderra district high school. This government’s support of and commitment to first-class education for our community’s young people are considerable. Sadly, members opposite seem not to agree.
I thought Mrs Dunne’s gratuitous remarks about me as a local member in the adjournment debate on 20 September, when she was supposedly addressing Belconnen’s 40th birthday, were both unhelpful and incorrect. They certainly were not in the spirit of debate. So I was pleased that she was seemingly able to resist being negative today. Unfortunately, that was not the case. She again spent her time taking cheap shots at the government in general and at me in particular. Well, Mrs Dunne, I know you are having a hard time at the moment, but I know that I have a fine record of achievement in my electorate since I was elected two years ago. It is not about blowing one’s own trumpet. It is about the community, Mrs Dunne.
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