Capital Airport Group are environmental vandals as they restart construction on Northern Road

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...

Conservation Council calls for more money for nature protection in budget submission

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....

Update: Work halted on North Airport Road, but we need to keep the pressure on!

Feb 26, 2025 | Campaigns, Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons, Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways

There is good news and bad news. After pressure from all of us, the Canberra Airport Group has agreed to halt works on the parts of the Northern Airport Road that would impact the habitat of the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon. The airport have said “We are...

Conservation Council welcomes decision to place 2/3rds of Bluetts Block into a nature reserve, calls on ACT Government to do more to protect this area

Feb 14, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized

The Conservation Council​ ACT Region has​ today welcomed the decision that Block 403 and the undeveloped section of Block 12 of Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block will become part of the Molonglo River Nature Reserve. This significant win for our environment comes after years...

Community leaders walk out of Alicia Payne Climate Reference Group in response to Albanese Government approval of coal and gas projects

Jan 29, 2025 | Latest News, Media Releases, Uncategorized

Seven Canberran community leaders have resigned from a Climate Reference Group organised by Federal Member for Canberra, Alicia Payne, as a protest against the Albanese government’s continued approval of coal and gas mines. This includes four coal expansions approved...

Act now, Minister, to prevent the slaying of a Dragon at Canberra Airport

Jan 17, 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 today called on Federal Minister for the Environment, Tanya Plibersek, to rescue the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragons from the Canberra Airport Group (CAG) by revoking development...