Anna Reynolds in Hobart, Tasmania | Public & government service
Anna Reynolds
Locality: Hobart, Tasmania
Phone: +61 423 222 149
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25.01.2022 Does Hobart need another co-ed public high school? Many kids who live in the southern part of Hobart can chose Taroona High, but its a long way from New Town, Lenah Valley and Mt Stuart to Taroona. For parents and children in these areas the only choice are single sex public schools. The Department of Education is running a survey about what to do about this, with one of the most practical options being to make New Town Boys and Ogilvie Girls co-ed schools. Have your say about this important issue for Hobart here - https://bit.ly/3lmKP2L
25.01.2022 Great to hear that Sabra Lane, anchor of ABC News' AM is moving to present this national radio program from Hobart. The ABC is finally recognising that national roles can be based outside Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. In a post-COVID world (now that employers have seen how remote working can work), there’s lots of opportunity for us to attract more professional, smart jobs to our beautiful, historic, caring and creative small city #lovehobart
25.01.2022 Positive project, wrong site? This is a proposed new private health centre in New Town and last night the City Planning committee voted 5 votes to 1 to refuse planning permission for it. There’s been criticism from some circles that the project should be waved through. But the question on my mind is - perhaps this is not the right location for Hobart’s latest private day surgery / mega medical centre? Nexus are a national company with 15 surgeries around the country - some a...re large buildings like this one, but sit in precincts on major highways surrounded by other large businesses. Others are just a floor or two in an existing commercial building. This site is surrounded by residential neighbours who say that the height and scale of this project is unreasonable. Our planning staff and Urban Design Panel agree and recommend that we not approve it. There are many other locations in Hobart where this kind of project would not have such an impact - like the commercial area along Argyle and Campbell St in our city. Or perhaps the company could scale back the floor space of this project or even excavate and put the car parking underground? What do you think?
22.01.2022 Hobart is sparkling today - what a great day to enjoy Elizabeth Street which has been spruced up with extra places to sit outside and enjoy the day. This pop-up project (on today till 8pm) has been organised by the Tasmanian Young Planners working with the businesses in the street and Council. Thank you for being so creative with our streets!
22.01.2022 What are street-smart cities doing in response to COVID19? They are trying to reinvigorate their empty streets and give people the confidence to get back out and about. Cities from Milan to Melbourne are creating new pop-up safe spaces for people to travel and socialise. Join me this Wednesday for our first Hobart CityTalk on this topic - guest speaker is the fabulous Skye Duncan from the Global Designing Cities Initiative and a local panel including: Stacey Pennicott, RAC...T Professors Rufus Black and Jason Byrne, University of Tasmania And me too... It’s an online lunchtime event from 1-2pm this Wednesday. Register to join here - https://utas.zoom.us/web/register/WN_UAp0dXbKQWWR-LIq-ZnRTA
21.01.2022 Hobart City has a fabulous team working to reduce the risk of bushfire in our city - yesterday our 35 firefighters (most of whom have very different day jobs) were training. We also spend almost $2 million every year on fire prevention, which has created 50 hectares of fire breaks, upgraded 100km of fire trails and undertaken many fuel reduction burns. But it's important acknowledge that unfortunately on an extreme fire weather day, all of this won't be enough - and that's why we must also keep working to tackle global climate change.
20.01.2022 THANKFULLY THIS HAS BEEN RULED OUT! The State Government has released its study into a tunnel / bypass between the Kingston and the city. It thoroughly trashes this road-driven vision of Hobart and finds that: - it would cost about $3.3 - $3.4 billion to build and taxpayers would need to put in $350 million per year in order to attract a private partner to the project. - on a per-trip basis, it would cost the taxpayer $31 for every trip to subsidise the tunnel (about ...$800,000 per day) - it would save drivers between 2 - 4 minutes on their journey (until this road also filled up) but it would create new bottle necks in the various entry / exit tunnels - it would completely smash the character and amenity of large parts of central Hobart. More than 100 properties would need to be acquired (& demolished) and 60 properties on the state heritage list would be affected. Ventilation towers of around 6 stories would have to be built all over central Hobart. I'm glad its been ruled out by the Infrastructure Minister, but disappointed that $700,000 was spent on this study because of pressure from influential people who think we can build our way out of congestion. From now on can we focus our time and money on making public transport and active transport more viable options for people, managing traffic peaks better and putting effort into residential development along the rail corridor between Hobart and the northern suburbs. You can read the full study here - https://www.transport.tas.gov.au//Hobart_Western_Bypass_Fe
19.01.2022 Snow expected on the mountain this weekend - please plan your trip as snow can mean lots of visitors and cars. Please consider sharing rides or getting a drop off / pickup lift, walking, riding or even taking a Metro bus to Ferntree. We have a new snow page on our website for updates and information - https://www.hobartcity.com.au//Snow-on-kunanyiMt-Wellington
18.01.2022 Update from our most recent Council meeting...
17.01.2022 Things to be thankful for - a beautiful day in Hobart and sanity restored on the other side of the world
15.01.2022 FOGO’s First Birthday - I joined a group of young green thumbs at Lansdowne Crescent Primary to mark one year since we rolled out our Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection service in Hobart. In that year: 70% of homes are using their green top bin 11 Hobart schools have FOGO bins 3.5 million kgs of FOGO waste has been collected and turned into compost, rather than left to rot in landfill... this has saved nearly 5,000 tonnes of CO2 See more
14.01.2022 So happy to see this excellent Hobart event is coming back post COVID. It’s a magic way to activate our beautiful Franklin Square
14.01.2022 UPDATE - Many residents of New Town will be concerned that rather than making a decision about the private hospital last night, the matter was deferred. Literally at the last minute, during the meeting, the developer sent a text message agreeing to delay the decision deadline (which was today). It’s not clear why they couldn’t have asked for this a week ago or a day ago - they knew their design was outside our planning rules and generating a lot of concerns. If we had made a... decision last night to follow our planner’s advice, a formal mediation process could have begun in the Planning Tribunal between the residents and the developer. In this process, both parties would be on an equal footing to find a compromise. It would have stopped the process being the political football that it is at the moment. Now I don’t know what to advise concerned residents - will you have a formal seat at the table in finding a compromise? I hope so, but I’m not sure. Will this get dragged out for several more weeks? Yes. Will concerned residents asking us to stick to our planning keep being called names by vested interests? I sincerely hope not. I will continue to call for decency in this debate.
14.01.2022 Hello, here's my newsletter for September. In this issue: what's happened to the cable car? looking for a fair go for Hobart an iridescent bushland resident... bushfire awareness community meetings Please sign up at eepurl.com/dkq_Xv to receive my (mostly) monthly newsletters as an email. Thanks! Anna
14.01.2022 Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage Council requested that we plant a second native blue gum in St David’s Park - to acknowledge the remains and spirits of their old people in the park. Also to ensure that there is always one native tree standing in this place. I planted it today with Council member Robert Anders and Alderman Briscoe.
13.01.2022 Where would we be without our passionate community historians in Hobart? Maria and John Grist have tramped over kunanyi since the 1970s and have been researching its history, finding and preserving maps, old photos and postcards. They have identified the sites of the amazing Art Nouvea mountain huts from the early 1900s and written books. Now for the first time 100 pieces from their exceptional collection are on display at the Salamanca Arts Centre till mid-September. I was honored to open this exhibition - Hobartians have always loved their mountain and its wonderful to see this history - www.kunanyihistory.com
12.01.2022 People often ask me where are things at with the cable car development application (DA)? This update provides a good overview of what has happened to date, the outstanding information required from the company and the next steps once the completed DA is submitted.
11.01.2022 Official opening of Hobart’s first fast electric car charger this morning with Premier Peter Gutwein. This charger can fill a car full of energy to drive in 30 minutes. Electric cars are the way of the future - they’re quiet, low pollution and need less maintenance, but governments need to work together to put in charging infrastructure and ensure the cheaper models are available to people. Working towards a more sustainable Hobart.
09.01.2022 A new species discovered in Hobart bushland? Meet the likely new species of jumping spider found by Dr Keith Martin-Smith in the foothills of kunanyi. Keith knew he’d found something special when he saw the iridescent pedipalps (used by male spiders for reproduction) on the spider. Half the land managed by the City of Hobart is native bush and grassland, and it’s home to thousands of species (including some found nowhere else). I’m hoping this colourful chap is soon added as one of our newest native Hobartians.
08.01.2022 MORE MUSIC + DANCING IN OUR STREETS THIS SUMMER Up until now there have been only 3 locations where busking is allowed in Hobart. But we are trialing an additional 24 locations and extending the allowed performance times. If you're a performer of any kind, please try out some of the new locations and tell people where they can find and support you. For Hobart residents, please carry some cash, support our creative community this spring / summer and let us know what you think about this trial. More info at hobartcity.com.au/busking
08.01.2022 Supporting business to create pre-Xmas events - in place of the Christmas pageant we are funding and supporting 'Block Parties'. These are one-off, half-day events in the city or in our suburban shopping streets to create a buzz and appeal to Hobartians to come out and support local businesses. What you need to do! Talk to a couple of your neighbouring businesses, come up with some ideas and fill in an expression of interest form by 14 October. Our city staff can then work with you and will take care of logistics. Looking forward to seeing some fun events to brighten up the end of the year! hobartcity.com.au/blockparty
08.01.2022 Meet the War on Waste Warriors of Mount Stuart! I spoke to them yesterday about their amazing work to cut the waste going to landfill from the school by two-thirds in a couple of years. Their efforts were assisted by a small City of Hobart sustainability grant. A great investment in our city’s future in more ways than one!
07.01.2022 Calling West Hobartians this wonderful Christmas project is something really special for your community
06.01.2022 Professor David Bowman and I often chat about Hobart’s fire risk in a changing climate. It’s great to be able to access to such clever, globally recognised experts in Hobart. David and I penned a joint opinion piece for today’s Mercury.
04.01.2022 UPDATE on our push for safer speed limits - the Transport Commissioner has approved our request for a 40km/h speed limit in the CBD (not including Davey and Macquarie) The traffic modelling by GHD found that the 10km/h reduction across the 16 blocks will not impact on congestion or travel times - BUT importantly they found that this change will see 125 fewer accidents, 2 fewer fatal and serious injuries and 13 fewer accidents involving pedestrians. Now thats a change worth making!
03.01.2022 Hobart City Talks - for everyone who is interested in conversations about designing our city for the future. There are so many interesting ideas about how cities can help solve some of our biggest challenges. Hope to see you at this online event.
03.01.2022 Is our history and heritage important to your vision for Hobart? I’d love you to join me for an interesting online forum on Monday from 6-7pm - you’ll hear about the economic value that heritage creates for cities like Hobart. I’ll be in conversation with some great minds about how reusing heritage buildings and protecting streetscapes is the smart way for Hobart to develop. More info on the forum here - shorturl.at/tJLUZ You can watch live at 6pm on www.youtube.com/c/IslandofIdeas
03.01.2022 Tonight I hosted a Mayoral Reception to celebrate the much-loved Orange Roughy and the people who served on the ship. For 30 years the Aurora Australis has been part of Hobart’s cityscape between its journeys through wind, waves and ice to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It was important for the AA’s home port to say farewell and listen to stories about her before she heads off.
03.01.2022 LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR YOUR GREAT IDEA? Is there a community project, a creative idea, an event you'd like to organise or an initiative to promote sustainable living in Hobart? Our next round of grants is open just for a few more weeks - please apply! https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Community/Grants-and-funding
01.01.2022 I’ll be your Tour Guide this Saturday! 11am or 1.30pm. Follow the Open House Hobart links to book etc
