Feb 26, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways
There is good news and bad news. After pressure from all of us, the Canberra Airport Group has agreed to halt works on the parts of the Northern Airport Road that would impact the habitat of the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon. The airport have said “We are...
Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’d like to write a letter to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek regarding the North Airport Road, you can use this below as a template. Dear Minister Tanya Plibersek I am writing to ask that you immediately revoke the approval for the Northern Airport...
Feb 23, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
Friends of Grasslands (FOG) and Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) have today called on the Federal Minister of the Environment, Tanya Plibersek, to immediately intervene to save the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon by stopping the construction of the...
Feb 14, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
The Conservation Council​ ACT Region has​ today welcomed the decision that Block 403 and the undeveloped section of Block 12 of Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block will become part of the Molonglo River Nature Reserve. This significant win for our environment comes after years...
Feb 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
All of Ngununggula/Bluetts Block deserves to be a Nature Reserve – instead it remains under threat as long as Canberra’s Western Edge is viewed as a possible next frontier for urban development. All development that will impact on the area’s important natural values...
