Oct 27, 2025 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases
The ACT Government today informed the community that the Territory will not meet our 2025 interim target of reducing emissions by 50-60% on 1990 levels and that if we stay on the current trajectory, we will struggle to achieve net zero by 2045. This reinvigorates the...
Sep 22, 2025 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases, Urban planning
The Conservation Council has recently made a submission on the draft Missing Middle Housing Reforms policy. This ACT Government policy aims to diversify the housing options for the Canberra region by increasing the stock of dual or tri-occupancy housing, townhouses...
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...
May 8, 2025 | Campaigns, Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways
The Conservation Council ACT and Friends of Grasslands have welcomed a boost in funding to stop the extinction of the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon, announced today by ACT Environment Minister Suzanne Orr. With this funding secured, they reiterated their calls for...
Apr 23, 2025 | Campaigns, Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways
Friends of Grasslands (FOG) and Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) have raised the alarm after the Capital Airport Group expanded construction on the Northern Road at Canberra Airport, which will destroy vital habitat for the Canberra Grassland Earless...
Mar 26, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Uncategorized
The Conservation Council ACT Region has called for more money for nature protection in its submission to the 2025/26 ACT budget. Canberrans love our nature. We are blessed to live in the bush capital – a home to incredible and unique ecosystems, plants and animals....
