About Us – Curfew 4 Canberra Incorporated


Curfew4Canberra Incorporated (C4C) was incorporated on 18 January 2008, bringing together communities across the Canberra and Queanbeyan regions that are concerned about the Canberra Airport’s bid to become Sydney’s second airport, including a 24-hour passenger and freight hub. Curfew4Canberra membership draws on the following residents associations:

The aims and objectives of Curfew4Canberra are:
  • to secure a night time curfew at Canberra Airport
  • to oppose Canberra Airport becoming a 24-hour national & international freight and passenger hub
  • to oppose Canberra Airport becoming the second Sydney Airport
  • to oppose the construction of a parallel main runway
  • to oppose light aircraft engaged in training activities from transiting or over flying residential areas
  • to pursue appropriate amendments to the Canberra Noise Abatement Area
  • to inform the Canberra, Queanbeyan and surrounding communities about the consequences of aviation expansion that impact on residents' quality of life, and
  • to represent the concerns of residents and members to government and authorities.
As an incorporated association in the ACT, C4C is bound by model rules and the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 and its regulations.

We are a not-for-profit community campaign. All donations are gratefully received – contact us for details on how to donate.

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Campaign Year One - 2008
  • Curfew 4 Canberra on YouTube.



  • Public Meetings
    • 7 February 2008 at the ACT Legislative Assembly – ‘Canberra Airport Expansion: A Price Too High?’ - hosted by Dr Deb Foskey MLA. Speakers included Mick Gentleman MLA (for the ACT Government), Frank Pangallo (Mayor of Queanbeyan), and Andrew McIntosh (The Australia Institute).
    • 5 June 2008, Hackett – ‘Why we need a curfew at Canberra Airport’. Guest speaker Frank Pangallo, Mayor of Queanbeyan. Encouraged people to participate in the Federal Government’s National Aviation Policy development process.

    Petition
    • Collection of 3,226 signatures on a petition calling for a night-time curfew at Canberra Airport. Tabled by Federal Member, Annette Ellis, in the House of Representatives on 1 September 2008 – see Hansard.
    Submissions
    • to the Canberra Airport on its 2008 Preliminary Draft Master Plan. C4C Submission
    • to the Federal Government, on the issues paper 'Towards a National Aviation Policy Statement'. C4C Submission

    Electoral Campaigning
    C4C surveyed all candidates in the seat of Molonglo for the 2008 ACT elections regarding their position on an aviation curfew and the proposed 24-hour freight and passenger hub. These results were published on our website and C4C letterboxed how-to-vote cards in the seat of Molonglo, supporting votes for the ACT Greens, Frank Pangallo, Tony Farrell and Helen Cross.

    Campaign Highlights
    Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese MP, rejected Canberra Airport’s 2008 Draft Mast Plan on 21 November 2008. His reasons included the airport’s failure to address community concerns about aircraft noise. Read the Minister’s press release.

    Senator Bob Brown tabled a notice of motion in the Senate on 25 September 2008 calling for the implementation of a curfew at Canberra Airport. Unfortunately this was defeated on 13 October 2008, but it was a very successful way of drawing attention to the curfew issue. Liberal Senator Gary Humphries’ hoisted his colours to the mast. He said that a curfew ‘would threaten the economic development of Canberra and Australia as a whole’, and that ‘Canberra airport is the only airport between Brisbane and Melbourne that is curfew free’.     Fulls details on Hansard.

    Noise monitoring in Hackett – Airservices Australia installed a noise monitor in Hackett in December 2008 and the ACT Government appointed acoustics expert, Marion Burgess, to review the findings. This followed repeated complaints by north Canberra residents that Canberra Airport’s figures for aircraft noise were dodgy. Readings from the Hackett Noise Monitor can be followed on     WebTrak. Read the ACT Chief Minister’s media release.


    Questions in the ACT Leglislative Assembly: Dr Foskey MLA: My question is to the Chief Minister, 12 February 2008

    What is our Legislative Assembly doing? ACT Legislative Assembly, Questions Without Notice, 4 March 2008

    Question in the NSW Legislative Assembly: 27 February 2008, Minister for Planning Frank Sartor, on Tralee' Extract from Hansard