May 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Paths closed around a major construction project occupying a whole block on Northbourne Avenue have created a serious public safety problem. People who used the paths on this major transport corridor are now walking on busy roads because safe pathways have been closed...
Apr 16, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
For years, conservationists, city planners and Canberrans alike have been calling on the ACT government to stop the unchecked urban sprawl in Canberra. Now, the ACT government has taken a huge step in the right direction, drawing a physical and metaphorical line in...
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....
Mar 25, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
Maugean Skate Case Today in Parliament, Labor is expected to table a Bill that, if passed, will limit the power of the Fed Env Min (Minister) to reconsider proposals determined at the referral stage to be not controlled actions (NCA). Proposals determined to be NCA at...
Mar 20, 2025 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
The Conservation Council have today thrown their support for a new law, introduced by ACT Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury, to protect the Ainslie Volcanics from the development of a communications tower. We were happy to join in a press conference about the legislation,...
Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’d like to write a letter to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek regarding the North Airport Road, you can use this below as a template. Dear Minister Tanya Plibersek I am writing to ask that you immediately revoke the approval for the Northern Airport...
