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Media Release: Conservation Council launches positive vision for future of the Western Edge

Oct 12, 2026 | Latest News, Media Releases, Save Our Western Edge

The Conservation Council ACT Region has today released a plan to protect and restore the Western Edge, a 9800-hectare area of critically endangered bushland, farmland and recreational sites located on Canberra’s doorstep. The Conservation Councils’ Western...

Platypus: Our Quiet Neighbours in the Western Edge

Oct 1, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge, Uncategorized

At dawn and twilight, along the Murrumbidgee and Molonglo rivers, is when you’re most likely to see one of the Western Edge’s more reserved residents. If you crouch quietly on the river bank, you may see the glide of a sleek body along the surface and a ripple...

Community members visit Question Time to directly ask the Planning Minister about saving our Western Edge

Sep 22, 2026 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge

Forty community members filled the Legislative Assembly Chamber during Question Time today to hear questions asked of the Planning Minister as to whether he will keep Canberra’s Western Edge outside of the to-be-set urban growth boundary for the ACT. We had...

360 Canberrans line up for city limits in Canberra’s biggest ever Nutbush line dance

Sep 21, 2026 | Campaigns, Latest News, Save Our Western Edge

On Saturday we pulled off Canberra’s biggest Nutbush line dance to call on the ACT Government to follow through on their promise to set 🎵 Canberra City Limits 🎵 With 360 people in attendance we broke the previous record by ten people, which means every single...

Government update on setting city limits for Canberra rings hollow

Aug 27, 2026 | Latest News, Media Releases, Save Our Western Edge

Last month, the ACT Government silently released their latest update on setting an “urban growth boundary” for our city. The Government is required to release these half-yearly updates on its commitment to set an urban growth boundary for the ACT in...

Get your Western Edge T-shirt & 2027 Calendar!

Aug 20, 2026 | Campaigns, Latest News, Save Our Western Edge

Support the Save our Western Edge campaign in style with our campaign t-shirt and 2027 Western Edge calendar available to purchase now in our shop! Western Edge t-shirt Designed by Remus Douglas (@larrikinfound) for the Save our Western Edge community campaign, our...
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We acknowledge the Ngunnawal (Ngunawal), Ngambri and Ngarigo Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, extending respect to all other First Nations people with connection to this region. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and we benefit from stolen Country. We recognise the deep and continuing connection that First Nations Peoples have with land, sea, culture and community. We are striving to stand in allyship with First Nations communities for self-determination and environmental justice.

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