Show threadDavid CoombeFeb 20

#JamisonPool #Belconnen #Canberra - At Thursday night’s community meeting Greens MLA Jo Clay released her #SaveBigSplash “listening report”. It’s now online. It’s quick to read and not what I would call party political.

https://greens.org.au/act/news/media-release/big-splash-listening-report-shows-canberrans-want-government-action-save

Big Splash listening report shows Canberrans want government action to save the water park | The Australian Greens

At the Save Big Splash community meeting last night, ACT Greens Deputy Leader Jo Clay released a

The Australian Greens
Show threadDavid CoombeFeb 19
#JamisonPool #SaveBigSplash A worthwhile community meeting last night. Almost all have a positive vision. I didn’t realise how important this is #Canberra wide, not just to #Belconnen. And valued by youth. The nearest waterpark is now a 2 hour drive.
David CoombeFeb 18

#JamisonPool - #SaveBigSplash Community Meeting, with speakers including Jo Clay, Yvette Berry, David Pocock, Amelia Tattam ...
Tomorrow evening, Thu, 19 Feb, 6pm - 7:30pm, #Belconnen Labor Club

https://events.humanitix.com/save-big-splash-community-meeting

Save Big Splash Community Meeting

Join the fight for Big Splash. Hear from Minister Berry, Senator Pocock & community leaders. Share your vision. Over 3,000 petition signatures & counting!

David CoombeFeb 1

#JamisonPool #Belconnen : link to the "Save Big Splash" e-petition on ACT Legislative Assembly site. Petition is open to ACT residents. #Canberra

https://epetitions.parliament.act.gov.au/details/e-pet-004-26

Save Big Splash ACT Legislative Assembly

David CoombeJan 30
#JamisonPool #Belconnen : ACT Government has issued a “show cause” to Big Splash lessee. Also 2100 have signed petition to resume public ownership and restore facility. (Canberra Times, page 1.)
Show threadDavid CoombeJan 19
ABC 666 #Canberra reporting live now from #JamisonPool. Jo Clay to be interviewed after the news. #Belconnen
David CoombeJan 19

From your on-the-spot reporter at #JamisonPool ... Mortgagee-in-Possession notice affixed.

I hope this is another step in getting this community asset back into community use. #Belconnen #Canberra

(Reported earlier by C. Times. Plus I saw Region and Guardian in the pool carpark just now.)

Show threadDavid CoombeNov 13
#JamisonPool not to re-open this summer (no surprise there). Yvette Berry confirms #ACTGovernment to take regulatory action. Source: 666 ABC news. #Belconnen
Show threadDavid CoombeNov 13
#JamisonPool : #ACTGovernment says no rezoning; but regulatory action. #Belconnen
Today's media:
https://region.com.au/its-true-big-splashs-owners-are-looking-at-other-options-but-what-will-the-government-say/921203/
It's true - Big Splash's owners are looking at other options. But what will the government say? | Region Canberra

The ACT Government has confirmed it received a proposal to redevelop Belconnen's Big Splash site

Region Canberra
Show threadDavid CoombeNov 12

#Belconnen No News

With #JamisonPool due to reopen "mid-November" I can report today that the number of Olympic sized swimming pools of water - that standard measure - is zero.

No surprise given the track record - the lease-holder keeps giving us the runaround. #ACTGovernment needs to act.