Sep 24, 2025 | Latest News, Member Group Event
The Conservation Council ACT Region Inc Annual General Meeting will be held Thursday 20 November 2025 at 6.00pm at the Conservation Council Office and on Zoom. Register below via the Humanitix link. Members who have voting rights should identify for which group they...
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...
Sep 10, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
On the 14th of May, a resolution was passed in the ACT Legislative Assembly to protect the Coombs Peninsula from urban development in the future. This resolution marks an over decade-long struggle to guarantee a level of protection for Coombs Peninsula that is...
Sep 8, 2025 | Campaigns, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge
Today, the Conservation Council ACT Region has formally requested the ACT Government commit to the following asks of the “Save our Western Edge!” campaign: Keep the Western Edge outside of the to-be-set ACT urban boundary Take the Western Edge out of the...
Sep 4, 2025 | Climate, Latest News, Nature and waterways
The Conservation Council ACT Region has today expressed dismay after the ACT Government refused to take concrete steps on a commitment to phase out wood heaters in the Territory by 2045, which was initially announced in 2023. The Government yesterday voted down a...
Aug 12, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
Standing proud and tall One could study me Guessing I’m a mighty Pine Or a She-Oak tree My branchlets look like feathers Of a rain forest bird Listen and they’ll whisper Wind will have them heard Anchored in the earth Nature comes to me Lots of different birds Need a...
