Federal Environment Law Reform Package – Our chance to shape it

Nov 12, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized

This week we joined 130 environment and justice advocacy groups to sign a joint statement, created by the Lock The Gate Alliance to urgently call on the Australian Parliament to reject the Albanese government’s proposed changes to national environment laws. The...

Water Governance In The ACT (and NSW)

Oct 1, 2025 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Nature and waterways

The ACT Catchment Strategy Meeting took place on the 29th of August and brought together stakeholders who work within the catchment to review the updated Strategy ACT Catchment Strategy Guide. The ACT Catchment Strategy outlines goals to guide stakeholders in their...

The New Nature Conservation Strategy will be an opportunity to fix Canberra’s biodiversity crisis

Sep 30, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

Canberrans love our natural environment. We want to protect our bush capital and make sure everyone can enjoy a healthy and thriving environment. We value the forests that dominate the mountains in the southern ACT. In the north, we value the grassy woodlands on the...

A huge win for Coombs Peninsula, over ten years in the making

Sep 10, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

On the 14th of May, a resolution was passed in the ACT Legislative Assembly to protect the Coombs Peninsula from urban development in the future. This resolution marks an over decade-long struggle to guarantee a level of protection for Coombs Peninsula that is...

The Conservation Council writes to the Ministers regarding the Western Edge Investigation Area

Sep 8, 2025 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge

Today, the Conservation Council ACT Region has formally requested the ACT Government commit to the following asks of  the “Save our Western Edge!” campaign: Keep the Western Edge outside of the to-be-set ACT urban boundary Take the Western Edge out of the...

Dismay as Government refuses to progress wood heater phase out

Sep 4, 2025 | Climate, Latest News, Nature and waterways

The Conservation Council ACT Region has today expressed dismay after the ACT Government refused to take concrete steps on a commitment to phase out wood heaters in the Territory by 2045, which was initially announced in 2023. The Government yesterday voted down a...