Canberrans Against Paid Parking in the Parliamentary Triangle Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/canberrans-against-paid-parking-in-the-parliamentary-triangle.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:54 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15539937?utm_medium=rss Each location needs to be considered on its own merits. A blanket solution is unjust and pure revenue raising eg Russell Offices. Focus on containing particular parking problems within the locations causing the problem.
There is a lot of grassed area that is costing money being maintained to look photogenic. Surely some of it can be parked on?

]]> Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:15:56 UTC 15539937 Anonymous [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15533378?utm_medium=rss Some car parks at the Capital’s attractions (National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, National Science Centre, National Library, National Archives and the Parliament Houses) have put in place mechanisms to reduce the inconvenience to tourists visiting the Capitals institutions (eg you have to validate your ticket inside the relevant attraction). Movie theatres have this system too. If someone can afford to be a tourist and have a holiday at all, they can afford to pay a small price for parking at the attractions, just like everyone expects to pay parking when we are visiting Sydney.

The way this works is:
1) Dedicate a small number of PAID parking spaces for tourists in premium spots next to bonafide attractions (ie not offices).
2) Charge a premium for parking in those premium spots, but it is refunded/discounted for genuine tourists who validate their ticket(s) at the attractions where they park or at the Visitor Information Centre (Northbourne Ave).
3) Leave all the other spaces as free parking – an incentive for commuters to park further away.

The tourists would get free/cheap parking close to attractions and commuters would not be slugged parking costs unnecessarily

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:04:04 UTC 15533378 Mr Anonymous [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9022378?utm_medium=rss Just an ACT money grabbing scheme!
My wife and I car pool. Using the bus is more costly $13 by bus versus $3 by car. The Bus trip takes an extra 1 hour each day and the buses times are limited (that's 2 hour each day we would lose). As well as having to stand up some of the time. GET LOST STANHOPELESS!
10 years ago there were more free car parks in Barton but the ACT government keeps closing parks and selling the land! I wonder why parking is tight now, Morons!

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:24:42 UTC 9022378 Mr Anonymous [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8859561?utm_medium=rss What is in the Parliamentary Triangle, the HCA, National Library, Quesicon, Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, Old Parliament House, Parliament House. This is a cultural centre, why should people have to pay to visit these sites?

]]> Tue, 9 Nov 2010 06:37:13 UTC 8859561 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8847898?utm_medium=rss The ACT Gov is addicted to money (and funding pet projects that benefit a few). Stop turning the working public into working slaves.

]]> Mon, 8 Nov 2010 04:05:17 UTC 8847898 Mr Peter Presneill [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8181204?utm_medium=rss Parking is har enough at the moment adn public transport to these locations is horrible!!! Leave free parking...

]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:55:36 UTC 8181204 Mr Richard Arvisais [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8176181?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:20:29 UTC 8176181 David Fogg [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7184655?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:11:23 UTC 7184655 Naomi Newton [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6576481?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:40:57 UTC 6576481 Mr Quynh Vu [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6569241?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:48:12 UTC 6569241 Mr Anonymous [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6447661?utm_medium=rss There is simply nothing other than work in the parliamentary triangle. If the concern is that people catch buses into the city (a) this is no different to the park and ride in other cities and (b) a retunr bus fare cost $6... almost as much as the $9 parking in the city and a whole lot more hassle. Apart from revenue raising and trying to get people on to an inadequate public transport system I fail to see a valid justification.

]]> Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:18:19 UTC 6447661 Ms Jude Ardern [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6420455?utm_medium=rss Paid parking will be an enormous added burden - I am the sole income earner in my family. I work long hours and the bus transport system is not adequate in my area.

]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:37:38 UTC 6420455 Mr Anonymous [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6420372?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:09:46 UTC 6420372 Miss Anonymous [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6420368?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:06:20 UTC 6420368 Mr Anonymous [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6405819?utm_medium=rss Canberra does not need paid parking any where. It is an unfair tax.

]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:58:15 UTC 6405819 Mr Chris Fryar [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6191276?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:07:55 UTC 6191276 Mr Anonymous [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6188374?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:22:06 UTC 6188374 mr Anonymous [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6145842?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Sep 2009 05:01:45 UTC 6145842 Ms Patricia Hurtado [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6131233?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:44:13 UTC 6131233 Mr John Mulcair [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6051457?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:42:09 UTC 6051457 Mr David Childs [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6051145?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:55:28 UTC 6051145 Ms Anonymous [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6033864?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:30:40 UTC 6033864 Mrs Pam Dwyer [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6022862?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:03:59 UTC 6022862 Anthony Eastaway [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6016291?utm_medium=rss The time is long past for a good bus or alternative transport so I do not have to use my car

]]> Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:14:38 UTC 6016291 MS Robyn Hamstra [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6012231?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:40:52 UTC 6012231 Ms Murrelia Wheatley [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6006125?utm_medium=rss The free parking in Barton comes with anxiety each day on whether I'll find a spot and the damage done to my car by other drivers squeezing into spots/being careless. Public tpt is useless for the hours I work and the places I need to travel. Plus the ACT govt has replaced many all-weather bus shelters with benches further putting me off using public tpt. I also use my car for work purposes because the Cmlth doesn't have enough work vehicles for such use and taxis are so unreliable.

]]> Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:23:51 UTC 6006125 Mr Anonymous [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6002849?utm_medium=rss Wed, 5 Aug 2009 06:58:46 UTC 6002849 Ms Anthea Kerrison [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6001286?utm_medium=rss Lots of Canberrans now live in surrounding NSW due to high housing costs in ACT, but commute in every day. There's no buses for us to catch! (We'd use park and rides though)

]]> Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:47:57 UTC 6001286 Mr Phil Andrews [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6000021?utm_medium=rss There is a long-standing convention that there be no paid-parking in the Parliamentary Triangle. This serves employees and tourists who visit the area. Mr Stanhope has no 'rights' over this area - it's Federal territory. I would agree that parking in the area, particularly around Russell, needs to be looked at. Fix up the public transport (across the ACT) and focus on other more important issues. This has been reviewed and decided before and should not be looked at again for a long time.

]]> Tue, 4 Aug 2009 04:17:49 UTC 6000021 Ms B Edmond [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5994739?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Aug 2009 06:34:06 UTC 5994739 Len Partridge [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5986431?utm_medium=rss Stop punishing those of us who aren't doing the wrong thing & provide incentive for those who are.

]]> Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:45:19 UTC 5986431 Miss Clare Spring [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5975440?utm_medium=rss If there is no plan to improve the bus services (and, in fact, the price of buses for tertiary students has just gone up 49%), there should be no plan to charge for public parking in the parliamentary triangle.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:34:12 UTC 5975440 Miss Stephanie Smythe [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5975256?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:01:02 UTC 5975256 Mr Robert Hardie [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5974949?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:49:24 UTC 5974949 Mr Alex White [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5970187?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:47:30 UTC 5970187 Ms Gina Dow [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5969503?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:22:25 UTC 5969503 Catherine Stafford [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5969139?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:11:32 UTC 5969139 Miss Anonymous [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968760?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:07:06 UTC 5968760 Jules Griffiths [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968653?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:32:50 UTC 5968653 Ms Anonymous [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968628?utm_medium=rss No paid parking for the parliamentary triangle.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:22:05 UTC 5968628 Mr Peter Holland [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968587?utm_medium=rss Good on you Gary for standing up for us all re paid parking...

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:09:09 UTC 5968587 Mr Michael Heming [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968548?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:57:43 UTC 5968548 Mr Colin Marks [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968447?utm_medium=rss The main reason I direct my business outside of Canberra is this obsession with paid parking, soon there will be nowhere left.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:26:16 UTC 5968447 Mr Martin Ross [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5968208?utm_medium=rss Having thought about this, I think that it is inappropriate that the Parliamentary Triangle get paid parking. But in saying that I also think that parking for the rest of Canberra should go down to what it previously was or be stopped altogether so as to be a bit fairer on the rest of us. Bad economic management on Stanhope's behalf!!! He's far too slick.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:32:30 UTC 5968208 Ms M Collins [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5966048?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:15:46 UTC 5966048 Mark Croxford [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5965638?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:57:27 UTC 5965638 Anonymous [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5965226?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:38:43 UTC 5965226 Mr Anonymous [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5965134?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:20:20 UTC 5965134 Mr Anonymous [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5965045?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:00:35 UTC 5965045 Felix Humphries [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964839?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:05:37 UTC 5964839 Bruce Dutton [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964813?utm_medium=rss Stanhope is a tosser. The residents of South Canberra have been done over for the last 2 terms by this guy in favour of the Northern region which most of the current ministers reside in.
Lets give him the boot!!!!

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:01:20 UTC 5964813 Mr Anonymous [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964475?utm_medium=rss Stanhope you are a lost soul. Wake up to yourself! When was the last time you had to dig into your shallow little pockets to pay for parking? Probably not since the sad sad day the people of the territory elected you. One day they will all learn that they made a very big mistake. Listen to Senator Humphries and make alternative transport feasible and a real green alternative, because at the moment parking isn't a luxury, its a necessity. Catch ACTION for a week and you'll see.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:46:55 UTC 5964475 Ms Wendy Berkley [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964332?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:15:30 UTC 5964332 Mr Timothy Morton [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964319?utm_medium=rss Gary is right! The buses must be fixed before living in Canberra and working in the city is made even harder for commuters (including public servants!) and students alike.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:11:28 UTC 5964319 Mr Timothy Rees [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964308?utm_medium=rss Another useless policy of nothing except ripping canberrans off from Mr "no"hope

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:10:38 UTC 5964308 Mr Keith Samuels [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964265?utm_medium=rss Parking is already high enough in enough places under the labor government in the ACT.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:55:28 UTC 5964265 Richard Clemson [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5964084?utm_medium=rss Pay parking should only be considered n the Parliamentary Triangle if those in the Legislative Assembly agree to give up their Free parking spaces in the CBD, and then pay (out of their own pocket) to take public transport to work and official functions on a daily basis.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:13:09 UTC 5964084 Mr Zane Samuels [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963970?utm_medium=rss The Labour Government Has Made Parking Expensive Enough As It Is!

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:43:02 UTC 5963970 Ms Angela Samuels [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963961?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:40:35 UTC 5963961 mr jason corney [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963942?utm_medium=rss well said Gary.

Build a good public transport system and people will use it. Stanhope needs to try for more carrot and less stick in his approach to this problem

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:35:59 UTC 5963942 Mrs Christina Samuels [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963883?utm_medium=rss I sincerely object to the charging of parking in the Parliamentary triangle.
This is nothing more than a grubby money making exercise which will not result in a better public transport system from the Labor government

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:18:20 UTC 5963883 Ms Anonymous [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963850?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:08:38 UTC 5963850 Mr Lance Williamson [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963739?utm_medium=rss I have tried the bus services to Russell and it is inflexible, crowded and often will not pickup because its FULL. Back to the car!

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:26:13 UTC 5963739 Mr Paul Swann [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963733?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:22:32 UTC 5963733 Mrs Louise De Domenico [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963659?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:49:54 UTC 5963659 Mr Ben McCarthy [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963656?utm_medium=rss Why would tourists want to come visit all our national buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle when they'd have to pay for parking.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:47:28 UTC 5963656 Mr Dugald Holmes [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963598?utm_medium=rss There is no justification in introducing paid parking until Canberra's public transport system offers a suitable alternative.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:28:59 UTC 5963598 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963325?utm_medium=rss I am yet to see any major improvements to public transport in the ACT to justify this.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:46 UTC 5963325 Mr James Hyland [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963321?utm_medium=rss I'm appalled at this Government's inability to do anything correctly. Instead of improving services, and providing more for the community they take take take.

Mr Stanhope do us all a favour and resign

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:27 UTC 5963321 Anonymous [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963264?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:48:45 UTC 5963264 Mr Chris Webster [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963225?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:40:29 UTC 5963225 Mr Shane Brittle [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5963137?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:19:09 UTC 5963137 Anonymous [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5962941?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:22:03 UTC 5962941