BRIEFLY

A six-course Enlighten dinner

be a set 50 per cent for multi-unit in RZ1 and RZ2”, and “allowing multiunit developments in RZ2 dwellings to be in the form of an apartment”.

“Amended vehicle parking requirements to encourage and support active travel, while requiring provision of infrastructure for electric vehicle charging facilities”. This really means less parking places for people in high-density living! The plan will seek to force people on to public transport by reducing requirements for parking spaces. The outcome of this approach in big cities – that the planning authority is attempting to emulate – is just more on-street parking. At least there will be more charging stations for electric vehicles!

If Canberra is to continue to grow there will be a need for a wide range of housing types. Although it claims to plan for how much development and where, the real challenge for a plan like this is to illustrate how it will deliver an out come that genuinely reflects the sort of choices that people would like to be able to make.

DAVID Learmonth, executive chef at Parliament House, is hosting a six-course celebration of Australian master producers, featuring expert cheesemakers and Australia’s finest sustainable produce at a special Enlighten Festival dinner in the exclusive Members and Guests Dining Room on March 10. Tickets via premier.ticketek.com.au

Youth group reunion

PATRICIA O’Keefe is co-organising a 50-year reunion of the Coffee House youth group from St Christopher’s, Manuka, on Saturday, March 25. Starting at 3pm, it includes a 5pm mass in the cathedral with music by the original folk group members and a social gathering in Haydon Hall. She’s looking for an RSVP by March 11 to 0414 672267 or email oktricia0@gmail.com

Clothing sale

ST Ninian’s at Lyneham is having a pre-loved clothing sale offering end-of-season men’s and women’s clothing, plus linen, bags, footwear and children’s clothing. There’s also the promise of morning tea with scones cooked on the premises. In the church hall, at the corner of Mouat and Brigalow streets, 9am-1pm, March 10 and 11. Community notices to: editor@citynews.com.au