2009 Master Plan - Public Consultation
Public MEETINGS
During the 60-day public consultation period for the 2009 Preliminary Draft Master Plan, Canberra Airport presented at the following 5 public meetings with respect to the 2009 Preliminary Draft Master Plan:
- Public Meeting, Canberra Airport - 17 March 2009 - Download
- Tuggeranong Community Council - 2 April 2009 - Download
- Gungahlin Community Council - 8 April 2009 - Download
- Jerrabomberra Residents' Association - 15 April 2009 - Download
- Public meeting sponsored by ACT Greens, with a presentation also by Curfew 4 Canberra. Representatives from the North Canberra Community Council, Gungahlin Community Council, Woden Valley Community Council and Canberra Business Council also attended.
Public notices (initial notice and reminder) were published in the Canberra Times and Chronicles and on the Airport's website with respect to the meeting at Canberra Airport on 17 March 2009.
Public meetings hosted by community organisations were publicised to the members of those organisations and in some cases were also published in the Canberra Times and/or Chronicle.
The final public meeting in Civic was publicised on Canberra Airport's website. It is noted that requests by the Airport to publicise this meeting further were declined by the ACT Greens who were hosting the meeting and had also agreed to coordinate publicity. However Curfew 4 Canberra did letter-drop 2,500 homes in North Canberra regarding the meeting and the Master Plan.
Stakeholder briefings
During the 60-day public consultation period, Canberra Airport met with the following stakeholders with respect to the 2009 Preliminary Draft Master Plan:
- ACT Government
- Department of Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water
- ACT Planning & Land Authority
- Land Development Agency
- ACT Politicians and their staff
- Mr Andrew Barr, MLA, Minister for Planning
- Mr Steve Doszpot, MLA
- Mr Brendan Smyth, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Legislative Assembly for the ACT
- Liberal MLAs and their staff:
- Zed Seselja MLA, Leader of the Opposition |
- ACT Greens
- Shane Rattenbury, MLA |
- Federal Politicians (ACT based) - Ms Annette Ellis MP, Member for Canberra
- Senator Kate Lundy, Senator for the ACT
- Senator Gary Humphries, Senator for the ACT
- Mr Bob McMullan MP, Member for Fraser and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance
- Federal Politicians - Other - The Hon Warren Truss, MP, Leader of the National Party
- Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- The Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP, Federal Member for Eden Monaro
- Federal Government agencies - Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
- Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- Department of Defence
- Airservices Australia
- NSW Politicians - Mr Steve Whan MP, Member for Monaro
- Mr Barry O'Farrell MP, NSW Leader of the Opposition
- Mr M.R. Mason-Cox MLC, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council
- NSW Government Departments - Department of State and Regional Development
- NSW Government Department of Planning
- Queanbeyan City Council - Cr Tim Overall, Mayor of Queanbeyan
- Cr Tom Mavec
- Cr Ann Rocca
- Cr Steve Stavreas
- Cr Peter Bray
- Cr Trudy Taylor
- Cr Velice Trajanoski
- Canberra Airport Aircraft Noise Consultative Forum - Brindabella Airlines
- Gungahlin Community Council Inc
- Jerrabomberra Residents' Association
- Weston Creek Community Council
- Woden Valley Community Council
- Airservices Australia
- RAAF 34 Squadron
- ACT Chief Ministers Department
- Overnight Airfreight Operators Association (OAOA)
- Airlines - Qantas (Sydney)
- Virgin Blue (Brisbane)
- Industry Representative Organisations - Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF)
- ACT Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Master Builders Association
- Canberra Business Council
- National Capital Attractions Association
- Green Building Council Australia
- Property Developers - Village Building Company
- Canberra Investment Corporation Limited
- Environment Groups - The Conservation Council
- Mr Geoff Robertson, President, Friends of the Grassland
- Tralee Station Land Owner - Stephanie Barker, Associate Director, Urbis (consultant)
- Sandra Walsh, Land Owner, Tralee Station
Further meetings were held following the close of the public consultation period (as an acceptable time was unable to be scheduled during the public consultation period) with:
- Curfew 4 Canberra;
- ACT Greens (Shane Rattenbury MLA) and Helen Oakey, Senior Advisor (to discuss their submission on the Master Plan and their main concerns);
- The Hon Gary Gray AO, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia;
- ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope MLA; and
- ACT Government multi-agency meetings (three meetings).