MEDIA RELEASE: Brickworks redevelopment should go all-electric

Jul 27, 2021 | Climate, Latest News, Urban planning

26 July 2021 Media release: Brickworks redevelopment should go all-electric The Conservation Council ACT Region has called on the Canberra Brickworks developer DomaGroup to commit to excluding gas from all buildings in the development at Yarralumla. In its submission...

MEDIA RELEASE: Call on Defence Housing Australia to rethink Lawson North development

Aug 21, 2020 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Urban planning

17th August 2020 MEDIA RELEASE  Call on Defence Housing Australia to rethink Lawson North development Over a hundred conservation groups, scientists, land managers and volunteers from across Canberra and the region have called on Defence Housing Australia to rethink...

MEDIA RELEASE: Community support for Coombs Peninsula to be protected

Nov 28, 2019 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Urban planning

MEDIA RELEASE: The Conservation Council has welcomed a motion which passed the ACT Legislative Assembly yesterday and called on the ACT Government to put aside the Coombs Peninsula for environmental and recreational purposes, and remove it from the land release...

Media release: Community petition shows support for active travel

Nov 26, 2019 | Campaigns, Climate, Latest News, Transport, Urban planning

26 November 2019 MEDIA RELEASE A community petition calling on the ACT Government to implement key measures that will support viable active travel options for Canberrans to walk, cycle and use public transport, was tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly today. The...

ACT Budget 2020/21 Submission

Oct 31, 2019 | Campaigns, Climate, Nature and waterways, Transport, Urban planning, Waste

In May 2019, the ACT Legislative Assembly declared a state of climate emergency noting that “​globally, nationally and locally, human induced climate change is contributing to record breaking temperatures, extreme weather events, and a range of negative social,...

Media release: Conservation Council calls on ACT Government to stop roll out of gas to new suburbs

Jun 13, 2019 | Campaigns, Climate, Latest News, Urban planning

13 June 2019 MEDIA RELEASE Conservation Council calls on ACT Government to stop roll out of gas to new suburbs The Conservation Council ACT Region has called on the ACT Government to stop the roll out of gas infrastructure to new suburbs to ensure policy consistency...