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Conservation Council of the ACT Submission on Developing a new Climate Change Strategy for the ACT Discussion Paper
The Conservation Council of the ACT Region has today provided feedback to the ACT Government on their discussion paper towards developing a new Climate Change Strategy for the ACT. Click here to read our full submission. The Council is disappointed that the Discussion...
Have your Say on a Nature Positive Future for the ACT
Last month, the ACT Government released a draft of the new ACT Nature Conservation Strategy 2025-2035 for public comment, following extensive targeted stakeholder consultation. The Conservation Council welcomes the development of the new Strategy and supports the...
Conservation Council ACT Calls for Evidence-Based, Non-Lethal Wombat Management
The Conservation Council ACT Region is today urging the ACT Government to adopt a non-lethal, evidence-based framework for managing the region's bare-nosed wombat population. In its formal response to the ACT Government's Draft Technical Report on wombat management,...
Have your say on the future of climate action in the ACT
The ACT Government has released a Discussion Paper on developing the next ACT Climate Change Strategy, and is seeking community feedback to shape the future of the ACT's climate action efforts from 2026-2035. We're asking you to join us in making a submission as part...
Albanese government ‘burning our future’ with coal mine expansion tick of approval
We share the distress and frustration as per the media statements released last week by Lock the Gate, Queensland Conservation Council and Mackay Conservation Group about the approval of the Middlemount coal mine extension - February 2026. Australia has been...
Conservation Council ACT Welcomes New Nature Conservation Strategy
The Conservation Council ACT Region has today welcomed the release of the ACT Government's draft Nature Conservation Strategy, which is open for consultation from today. The Council has been engaged in consultation over the strategy for the past year, and believes it...
Bold reset required as 10 year review of the Basin Plan kicks off
As a major review of the Murray Darling Basin Plan begins today, the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance (which the Conservation Council ACT Region is a member of) will push for a bold and ambitious response to return Australia’s largest river system to health....
Submit your photo for our Western Edge Calendar
We're inviting you to submit a photo to our Western Edge 2027 Calendar. The ‘Western Edge’ is 9800 hectares of beautiful, critically endangered ecosystems to the west of Canberra; bordered by the Murrumbidgee River and the regions of Kambah, Weston Creek, Molonglo...
A brief update on the CCACT/ANU Gula (Koala) habitat project
Conservation Council ACT Region volunteers, in collaboration with ANU researchers and with help from ACT Government’s CED personnel are examining the viability of the ACT’s woodlands as wild Gula habitat. This project began in late 2024, prompted by the appearance of...