Media report

Released 05/11/2015

The ACT and Region Catchment Management Coordination Group’s independent chair, community representative and members were today appointed by Minister for the Environment Simon Corbell.

“I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Ian Falconer as the Chair of the Coordination Group, and Dr Fiona Dyer as the community representative from the Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Coordination Committee,” Mr Corbell said.

October 27, 2015 by Kirsten Lawson

The ACT government has given the green light to zoning changes to allow 6500 new houses to be built in West Belconnen, against the border with NSW.

Land Development Agency's Dan Stewart moves to private sector

By Meredith Clisby

The Land Development Agency's outgoing deputy chief executive, Dan Stewart, has made the move back to the private sector but remains committed to progressing the city.

See Sprawl threatens Ginninderra Falls

In this era of continuing popula­tion growth inAustralian capital cities, it is certainly difficult to decide exactly where to build our homes ('Planning executive says ACT needs to balance infill and greenfield concerns', September 13, p9).

The Canberra Times, 7 May 2015 by John Thistleton

Explorer Captain Charles Sturt, a property developer at West Belconnen, and Doug Anthony's former press secretary have each seen amazing land we ordinary types rarely get to see.

Posted by John Thistleton in Canberra Times on 3 May 2015.

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Gang-gang. In defence of the Dawn Service numbers

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Posted 18 April 2015 by Ewan Gilbert

Canberra's borders are set to blur with the latest green light given to the construction of the first suburb shared by the ACT and NSW.

Yass Valley Council has been handed NSW planning approval to submit a proposal to rezone the area known as Parkwood, west of Belconnen.

RIOTACT, JessicaGlitter, 16 July 2014

Sometimes no matter how much we want something, real life just gets in the way. So it is with Ginninderra Falls, the beautiful bit of Kakadu right here in Canberra that has been closed for 10 years now despite everyone involved wishing it wasn’t.