Conservation Council ACT Region raises concerns about proposed new business park in Symonston

Aug 7, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

The Conservation Council ACT Region is very concerned about a proposal to develop a business park over critically endangered Natural Temperate Grassland that could – if protected – help connect two sites occupied by Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons. This is high...

Australian Labor Government approves northern airport road, destroying vital habitat of Canberra’s very own lizard

Aug 7, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

Last week, The Australian Labor Government gave the Canberra Airport the go-ahead to build it’s northern airport road, destroying vital habitat of Canberra’s very own lizard, the critically endangered Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon. The Government...

The Australian Government allows Canberra Airport Group to slay Canberra’s critically endangered Grassland Earless Dragon

Aug 4, 2025 | Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways

Today, the Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) and local environmental groups condemn the Federal Labor Government’s decision, last Wednesday, to allow Capital Airport Group (CAG) to destroy vital habitat of Canberra’s very own lizard, the critically...

Rebutting claims by Capital Airport Group regarding matters ecological at the Canberra Airport

Jul 16, 2025 | Campaigns, Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Nature and waterways

On 8 July 2025, Mr Stephen Byron, the CEO of Canberra Airport Group (CAG), made several claims on ABC Radio about matters ecological (Footnote 1). He said the area of Natural Temperate Grassland (NTG) which CAG is preparing to dig up and move into a seed bank, which...

Canberra community groups decry Capital Airport Group’s absurd attempt to “move” large grassland habitat of the critically endangered Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon 

Jun 23, 2025 | Campaigns, Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Nature and waterways

Friends of Grasslands (FOG) and Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) are today raising the alarm on the Capital Airport Group’s (CAG) imminent plans to “move” Natural Temperate Grassland that is the final remaining quality habitat for the critically...

Conservation Council Gives New Environment Minister First Task To Protect Our Environment

May 13, 2025 | Campaigns, Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Nature and waterways

​The Conservation Council ACT Region has congratulated Murray Watt on being appointed the new minister for environment and water today. We have encouraged Watt to step up and start acting soon – saying that his first act should be to protect Canberra’s Grassland...