Aug 1, 2022 | Latest News, Urban planning
Late last month, the Federal Government released the long-awaited national State of Environment Report, exposing the stark reality that the majority of Australia’s natural environment is in a “poor” condition. Habitat destruction, mining, climate change, and invasive...
Nov 27, 2021 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Urban planning
Canberra’s Western Edge: the new urban development frontier Most Canberrans would be unaware that the ACT Government has flagged plans for the Territory’s urban footprint to radically expand to the west. Identified in the Government’s 2018 ACT Planning Strategy,...
Nov 26, 2021 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Urban planning
The Conservation Council ACT Region is disappointed by Defence Housing Australia’s recently released revised development plans for Lawson North, noting that the proposal to construct single and multi-unit residences over critically-endangered natural temperate...
Nov 12, 2021 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases, Transport, Urban planning, Waste
The Conservation Council ACT Region welcomes the report on Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in the ACT, produced by the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment and tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly on 11th November. “This report is an important step...
Nov 5, 2021 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Urban planning
Below the Molonglo River Reserve and to the West of Denman Prospect Development, is a remarkable natural area known as “Bluetts Block”. Two ecological communities are found at Bluetts Block 1) Dry Forest with a shrubby-healthy-grassy ground layer located on higher...
Oct 17, 2021 | Climate, Nature and waterways, Transport, Urban planning, Waste
Earlier this year, the Conservation Council made a Budget submission to the ACT Government this year that focussed on 4 key priorities: Respond to the climate emergency by expediting action to cut the ACT’s direct emissions from gas (stationary energy) and transport;...
