Have Your Say on the Water Act before 31 August

Aug 27, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized

  Did you know the Water Act 2007, Australia’s national water framework, is being reviewed?  The Water Act provides an important framework for protecting rivers and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin and we encourage you to make a submission as this is a...

Government update on setting city limits for Canberra rings hollow

Aug 27, 2026 | Latest News, Media Releases, Save Our Western Edge

Last month, the ACT Government silently released their latest update on setting an “urban growth boundary” for our city. The Government is required to release these half-yearly updates on its commitment to set an urban growth boundary for the ACT in...

Get your Western Edge T-shirt & 2027 Calendar!

Aug 20, 2026 | Campaigns, Latest News, Save Our Western Edge

Support the Save our Western Edge campaign in style with our campaign t-shirt and 2027 Western Edge calendar available to purchase now in our shop! Western Edge t-shirt Designed by Remus Douglas (@larrikinfound) for the Save our Western Edge community campaign, our...

A win for wombats in the ACT!

Aug 18, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized

Good news for wombats in the ACT! On 22 July 2026, the Minister for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Suzanne Orr MLA, confirmed that the ACT Government has no current intention to declare wombats a Controlled Native Species or to pursue lethal...

Have you heard of Canberra’s rarest insects? They need your help.

Aug 13, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways

The Perunga Grasshopper, Perunga ochracea (Left) and the Canberra Raspy Cricket, Cooraboorama canberrae (Right) The habitat of two beautiful insects found in our region’s remaining patches of intact natural grassland is in decline — so much so that the ACT...

One year of the Save our Western Edge! campaign

Aug 12, 2026 | Campaigns, Latest News, Save Our Western Edge

One year ago today, we launched the Save our Western Edge! community campaign to save Canberra’s critically endangered and culturally significant Western Edge from suburban sprawl development, and instead choose a fairer, more sustainable and better planned future for...