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This week in Parliament – when the Government does and doesn’t intervene
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...
Conservation Council Supports New Law to Protect Ainslie Volcanics
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,...
Big win as ACT Legislative Assembly agrees to get fossil fuels out of Canberra Schools
The Conservation Council ACT Region and Comms Declare have today jointly welcomed the passage of a motion in the ACT Legislative Assembly calling on the Government to get fossil fuels out of Canberra’s schools. The motion, moved by Greens MLA Laura Nuttall, calls on...
Update: Work halted on North Airport Road, but we need to keep the pressure on!
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 holding...
Tanya Plibersek – Stop the destruction of the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon habitat!
Friends of Grasslands (FOG) and Conservation Council ACT Region (the Council) have today called on the Federal Minister of the Environment, Tanya Plibersek, to immediately intervene to save the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon by stopping the construction of the...
Latest Progress on the Biodiversity Network
The Conservation Council’s Biodiversity Working Group and Friends of Grasslands (FOG) developed a proposal in early 2023 to establish a Biodiversity Network to protect remnants of natural value that are not reserved, whereby these remnants, together with those in...
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
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...
Conservation Council joins Fossil Free ACT campaign to call for end to fossil fuel sponsorship in schools
A new survey by communications collective, Comms Declare and peak environment body, Conservation Council ACT, has revealed increased worry and alarm over fossil fuel companies’ involvement in schools. As pupils across the country return to school this week, new data...
A good news story for ACT grasslands
This article is written by Rainer Rehwinkel, a member of Friends of Grasslands and the Conservation Council’s Biodiversity Working Group It’s not that often we get a good news story when it comes to the interaction between community groups and the maze of ACT...