Inquiry status:
Ongoing
Date started:
29 May 2025
Submissions close:
19 September 2025
Reporting date:
TBC

Submissions to this inquiry are now closed.

The closing date for submissions was 19 September 2025.

Webform submissions have now also closed.

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Terms of reference

DescriptionPDFWord
Terms of Reference PDF (182.1 KB)
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Submission 106 - Woden Community Service PDF (221.9 KB)
Submission 105 - Weston Creek Woden Dodgers Basketball Club PDF (301.5 KB)
Submission 104 - Warehouse Circus PDF (4.5 MB)
Submission 103 - Confidential PDF (168.3 KB)
Submission 102 - Property Council of Australia PDF (257.7 KB)
Submission 101 - Curtin Residents Association PDF (292.0 KB)
Submission 100 - Woden Valley Community Council PDF (320.8 KB)
Submission 099 - Belconnen Community Council PDF (421.0 KB)
Submission 098 - Michael Reeves PDF (235.7 KB)
Submission 097 - Name withheld PDF (327.5 KB)
Submission 096 - Martin Miller PDF (293.4 KB)
Submission 095 - Judy Ware PDF (221.7 KB)
Submission 094 - Name withheld PDF (230.2 KB)
Submission 092 - Barbara Thomson PDF (290.3 KB)
Submission 091 - Ian Elsum PDF (209.7 KB)
Submission 090 - Name withheld PDF (349.6 KB)
Submission 089 - Confidential PDF (186.2 KB)
Submission 088 - Name withheld PDF (299.6 KB)
Submission 087 - Name withheld PDF (229.2 KB)
Submission 086 - Ian Bignall PDF (280.5 KB)
Submission 085 - Trevor Hickma PDF (251.1 KB)
Submission 084 - Name withheld PDF (226.4 KB)
Submission 083 - Name withheld PDF (226.7 KB)
Submission 082 - Public Transport Association of Canberra PDF (275.1 KB)
Submission 082.2 - Supplementary - attachment - Mock-up of Woden Town Center Design Guide PDF (472.1 KB)
Submission 082.1 - Supplementary - attachment - Scentre Group Woden Town Center Concept Masterplan PDF (797.8 KB)
Submission 081 - David and Mandy Wheen PDF (286.7 KB)
Submission 080 - Malcolm Bourke PDF (357.2 KB)
Submission 079 - Caroline Le Couteur PDF (326.4 KB)
Submission 078 - Louise Raisin PDF (225.4 KB)
Submission 077 - Tony and Ailsa Lawton PDF (272.0 KB)
Submission 076 - Frances McGee PDF (367.3 KB)
Submission 075 - Jude Dodd PDF (293.9 KB)
Submission 074 - John Foster PDF (324.1 KB)
Submission 073 - Name withheld PDF (285.3 KB)
Submission 072 - Fleur Horan PDF (206.8 KB)
Submission 071 - Ann-Marie McNess PDF (297.2 KB)
Submission 070 - Damien Clarke PDF (294.1 KB)
Submission 069 - Harry P PDF (293.1 KB)
Submission 068 - Name withheld PDF (300.2 KB)
Submission 067 - Name withheld PDF (209.8 KB)
Submission 066 - Rollo Brett PDF (289.4 KB)
Submission 065 - Lynne Bliss PDF (291.9 KB)
Submission 064 - Bruce Paine PDF (204.4 KB)
Submission 063 - Sarah Hubert PDF (223.1 KB)
Submission 063.1 - Supplementary PDF (283.7 KB)
Submission 062 - Fiona Blackburn PDF (290.6 KB)
Submission 061 - Julie Hamilton PDF (254.0 KB)
Submission 060 - Amanda Banks PDF (251.7 KB)
Submission 059 - Patricia O'Connor PDF (332.4 KB)
Submission 058 - Pedal Power PDF (2.0 MB)
Submission 057 - William MacLeod PDF (305.3 KB)
Submission 056 - Name withheld PDF (214.0 KB)
Submission 055 - ACT Government PDF (739.5 KB)
Submission 054 - Andrew Rice PDF (267.1 KB)
Submission 053 - Name withheld PDF (371.4 KB)
Submission 052 - Confidential PDF (191.7 KB)
Submission 051 - Confidential PDF (191.4 KB)
Submission 050 - Stephen Cooke PDF (208.2 KB)
Submission 049 - Name withheld PDF (214.3 KB)
Submission 048 - Name withheld PDF (215.1 KB)
Submission 047 - Confidential PDF (234.2 KB)
Submission 046 - Name withheld PDF (214.6 KB)
Submission 045 - Name withheld PDF (213.8 KB)
Submission 044 - Andrew Wodo PDF (213.5 KB)
Submission 043 - Josephine Bryant PDF (211.0 KB)
Submission 042 - Confidential PDF (233.7 KB)
Submission 041 - Name withheld PDF (206.0 KB)
Submission 040 - Name withheld PDF (214.8 KB)
Submission 039 - Jane Trevor PDF (210.2 KB)
Submission 038 - Bill Gemmell PDF (294.0 KB)
Submission 037 - Deb Marburg PDF (209.3 KB)
Submission 036 - Alison B PDF (208.4 KB)
Submission 035 - Peter Fenton PDF (209.9 KB)
Submission 034 - Name withheld PDF (215.1 KB)
Submission 033 - Confidential PDF (241.2 KB)
Submission 032 - Mel Hendrie PDF (223.3 KB)
Submission 031 - Name withheld PDF (225.7 KB)
Submission 030 - Name withheld PDF (231.7 KB)
Submission 029 - Eve Sullivan PDF (219.2 KB)
Submission 028 - Andrew Dempster PDF (221.5 KB)
Submission 027 - Name withheld PDF (266.0 KB)
Submission 026 - Name withheld PDF (231.6 KB)
Submission 025 - Angus Algie PDF (212.1 KB)
Submission 024 - ACT Sunday Social Cricket Association PDF (221.3 KB)
Submission 023 - Karen Almasi PDF (100.5 KB)
Submission 022 - Save Phillip Pool PDF (923.8 KB)
Submission 021- Rachael Chandler PDF (218.9 KB)
Submission 020 - Name withheld PDF (223.1 KB)
Submission 019 - Lachlan Taylor PDF (225.6 KB)
Submission 018 - Name withheld PDF (224.4 KB)
Submission 017 - Chrissy Phoong PDF (222.1 KB)
Submission 016 - Juli Poole PDF (197.1 KB)
Submission 015 - Name withheld PDF (212.8 KB)
Submission 014 - Name withheld PDF (234.6 KB)
Submission 013 - Confidential PDF (135.3 KB)
Submission 012 - Name withheld PDF (194.6 KB)
Submission 011 - Confidential PDF (165.8 KB)
Submission 010 - Helen Lyons PDF (182.4 KB)
Submission 009 - Greg Carman PDF (181.5 KB)
Submission 008 - Name withheld PDF (200.0 KB)
Submission 007 - Name withheld PDF (196.5 KB)
Submission 006 - Australian Multicultural Action Network PDF (4.8 MB)
Submission 005 - Sebastian Stallard PDF (179.6 KB)
Submission 004 - Don McCallum PDF (186.9 KB)
Submission 003 - Name withheld PDF (191.8 KB)
Submission 002 - Maria Greene PDF (177.7 KB)
Submission 001 - Jenny Graves PDF (179.4 KB)

Public hearings

Wednesday 10 December 2025, 1:20pm - 5:10pm

Thursday 11 December 2025, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday 19 February 2026, 9:30am - 10.00am

View current public hearings schedule

Transcript

Click here to read transcripts from these hearings.

Note: The Committee held an in-camera hearing on 11 December 2025. The Committee made attempts to consult the witness but did not receive a response. The Committee therefore resolved on 23 April 2026 to make this transcript publicly available. It is now available on the committee transcripts page along with the transcript of the remainder of the public hearing held on that day.

Hearing transcripts (approximately one week later) at the transcripts page.

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Public hearing schedule - 19 February 2026 PDF (153.5 KB)
Public hearing schedule - 11 December 2025 PDF (164.3 KB)
Public hearing schedule - 10 December 2025 PDF (164.3 KB)
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EP QON 3 Answer - CED - Woden District Strategy - CLAY PDF (201.8 KB)
EP QON 2 Answer - CED - Entertainment Precinct - CARRICK PDF (180.8 KB)
EP QON 1 Answer - CED - Planning Woden Town Square - overshadowing - CARRICK PDF (292.7 KB)
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EP QTON 10 Answer - CIT - CIT Strategic strategy and light rail - CAIN PDF (275.0 KB)
EP QTON 09 Answer - CIT - Extended use of campus restaurant and cafe - TOUGH PDF (252.8 KB)
EP QTON 08 Answer - CIT - Campus restaurant café opening hours and opportunities for expansion - TOUGH PDF (299.1 KB)
EP QTON 07 Answer - CIT - CIT part of the cross-directorate Woden Working Group - CARRICK PDF (244.6 KB)
EP QTON 06 Answer - CIT - Traffic and parking in Bowes Street – CARRICK PDF (225.0 KB)
EP QTON 05 Answer - CED - Recreational Needs Assessment Plan - CLAY PDF (191.4 KB)
EP QTON 04 Answer - Economic Development (Redirection) - Program Activities in Woden - CLAY PDF (201.2 KB)
EP QTON 03 Answer - CED - Community Centre in Woden - CLAY PDF (189.2 KB)
EP QTON 02 Answer - CED - Development Consultation - TOUGH PDF (247.9 KB)
EP QTON 01 Answer - CED - Development in Woden - TOUGH PDF (197.5 KB)
DescriptionPDFWord
Statement pursuant to standing order 246A - Inquiry into the Role and Future of the Woden Town Centre in the context of a compact city - New inquiry (tabled 24 June 2025) PDF (176.6 KB)
3. Media alert - Woden Town Centre Inquiry - in-camera transcript PDF (192.7 KB)
2. Media release - Inquiry into the role and future of Woden Town Centre submission date extended - 18 Aug 2025 PDF (192.5 KB)
1. Media release - New inquiry into the Role and Future of the Woden Town Centre in the context of a compact city PDF (185.4 KB)


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