Hall and District 2022 News Archive

August 2022

August 2022 Rural Fringe online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.
ACT Government Begins Storm Water Infrastructure Assessment - On 11 July, the Hall Progress Association received a response from Transport and City Services Minister Chris Steel to our letter of 22 April reiterating our request to arrange for the relevant ACT government authority to work with the Progress Association on the assessment, design and completion of appropriate works on residential storm water drainage infrastructure...

Two Accidents on Barton Highway/ Gladstone St/ Wallaroo Rd Intersection within One Week - In six days between 6 and 12 July, there have been two motor vehicle accidents at the Barton Highway/ Gladstone Street/ Wallaroo Road Intersection...
Boost to Removal of Green Waste from the Hall Reserve - Following the overwhelmingly successful community work day on the Hall reserve on Sunday 19 June, a number of village residents have been progressively removing trailer loads of green waste...

Have Your Say about the Hall Reserve - Over the last six months, the Progress Association Committee has been preparing for a Village Work Day to begin clearing the unkempt state of the Hall Reserve where dead foliage and undergrowth presents a somewhat neglected landscape in the heart of the village...
Environmental Consultation on Wallaroo Solar Farm to Close by 24 June - NGH environmental consultants are undertaking a social impact assessment (SIA) for the proposed Wallaroo Solar Farm development...
June Rural Fringe Online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.

Businesses, Rate Payers, Residents and other Stakeholders are invited to have their say on Yass Valley Council Plans - Nanima, Spring Range and Wallaroo Businesses, Rate Payers, Residents and other Stakeholders are invited to have your say on Yass Valley Council Draft Integrated Planning and Reporting Documents...
Australian Federal Election - House and Senate Candidates - The Australian electoral system comprises the laws and processes used for the election of members of the Australian Parliament and is governed primarily by the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918...

Media and MLA Interest in Hall Storm Water - Following a lack of substantial response by the ACT government to the storm water issues in Hall, and months of work by the Progress Association with Yerrabi MLAs, Leanne Castley and James Milligan, representatives from WIN News and the RiotAct came to a joint media briefing in Hall today...

April Rural Fringe online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.
ACT Minister Chris Steel Refuses Request for Safer Speed on Barton Highway - At its December meeting, the Progress Association Committee received a request from Hall and Wallaroo residents to petition the ACT government to extend the 80kph speed limit on the Barton Highway from the Clarrie Hermes Drive intersection to the NSW border...
Update on Storm Water Drainage and Laneway Erosion in Hall village - It is very positive to see work to fill and grade some of the Hall village lanes. Cord Civil began work with Bootmakers Lane then continued in Cricketers Lane, One Tree Lane and finally Saddlers Lane...
Rev Peter Malone appointed as Priest in Charge of St Michael's and All Angels Anglican Church in Hall - On 19 February, Rev Peter Malone was inducted into the role of Priest in Charge of the combined Anglican parish of St Barnabas Charnwood and St Michael and All Angels in Hall...

Bespoke Jewellery Studio and Gallery Open in Hall - A manufacturing jewellery studio that provides custom design, remodelling and repair services, Venetia Major, has opened in Hall...
St Francis Xavier Mass to Return from 13 March - After an extended hiatus as a result of Covid-19, St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic church will resume Sunday Mass from 8:30am on Sunday 13 March...
Storm Water Drainage and Laneway Eerosion in Hall Village - The wetter than usual conditions over the last eighteen months, including severe and torrential rain, have seriously exacerbated the chronic issue of storm water drainage and the condition of the laneways in Hall Village...
February 2022 Rural Fringe online - The latest issue of the Rural Fringe can be downloaded here. Enjoy the usual rich mix of stories about local people and happenings, a bit of history, the work of the Progress Association and other local organisations.
Storm Water Drainage and Laneway Erosion - The issues of storm water drainage and erosion of the Hall Village laneways is a perennial problem that has been neglected by the ACT government for 20 years...