Aug 27, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Uncategorized, Waste
Prepared by Camille De Burgh for the Conservation Council ACT Region In good news for conscious consumers, soft plastics recycling has returned once again to supermarkets across Australia. With the end of the REDcycle soft plastics recycling scheme in November 2022,...
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...
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...
Aug 10, 2026 | Healthy Waterways, Latest News, Media Releases, Nature and waterways, Uncategorized
Conservation and bird advocacy organisations are calling for an urgent national response to strengthen wetland resilience and protect vulnerable waterbird populations as H5N1 bird flu hits the Murray-Darling Basin. The call follows confirmation of H5N1 in a seabird in...
Jul 20, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge, Transport, Uncategorized, Urban planning
This post was prepared by Conservation Council volunteer, William Jones. Undeniably, governments urgently need to take steps to address barriers and inequalities in housing. One solution that the ACT Government is currently investigating is to expand Canberra’s urban...
Jul 9, 2026 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Save Our Western Edge, Uncategorized
The ACT government is proposing to amend the Territory Plan to permit a ‘recycling facility’ and ‘bulk landscape supplies’ as a land use for a 5.08 hectare former vineyard in southwest Belconnen, known as Block 1653. Block 1653 sits right in the middle of ecologically...
