Namadgi to do away with overhead powerlines due to bushfire risk

Namadgi to do away with overhead powerlines due to bushfire risk

The parks directorate is looking to build a $110,000 off-grid power supply for its remote homesteads.

  • byFinbar O'Mallon

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Border move'fundamental'to cross-border Ginninderry development

Border move'fundamental'to cross-border Ginninderry development

Separately,development director David Maxwell confirmed NSW-side residents would pay NSW stamp duty as they paid ACT-level rates.

  • byFinbar O'Mallon
Out with Canberra's'reserved'offices,in with upscale townhouses

Out with Canberra's'reserved'offices,in with upscale townhouses

Demolition is proceeding quickly at the four-hectare former CSIRO site,where the Doma Group will build 104 apartments and 132 townhouses.

  • byPeter Brewer
Controversial Coombs apartment proposal to be revised

Controversial Coombs apartment proposal to be revised

POD Project Group's proposal of 123 apartments was rejected in February,and a second application is on its way.

  • byAndrew Brown
New cross-border development residents may have to pay ACT-level rates

New cross-border development residents may have to pay ACT-level rates

Parkwood,the name of the NSW side of Ginninderry,will get its own school,with residents expected to pay ACT-level rates.

  • byFinbar O'Mallon
Land valuation objections on the rise

Land valuation objections on the rise

Some people have had to wait 274 days for their complaint to be dealt with,ACT Opposition leader Alistair Coe said.

  • byKatie Burgess
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Kowen could become Canberra suburbia,planning officials suggest

Kowen could become Canberra suburbia,planning officials suggest

The suggestion comes less than four months after chief minister Andrew Barr completely ruled out the possibility.

  • byCassandra Morgan
'Money and dirt':Yass votes on new plan to deal with development

'Money and dirt':Yass votes on new plan to deal with development

Yass council has previously raised concerns about Canberra developers using local farmlands to dump clean fill and avoid ACT dumping costs.

  • byFinbar O'Mallon
Planning authority facing backlog in DAs,despite working overtime

Planning authority facing backlog in DAs,despite working overtime

Staff in the ACT government's planning authority had to work overtime to cut a massive backlog of development applications last year.

  • byDaniel Burdon
Planning rules could be contributing to high petrol prices

Planning rules could be contributing to high petrol prices

The lack of petrol stations on major arterial roads in Canberra could be contributing to the city's high petrol prices.

  • byDaniella White
Canberra Now:Refusal to break confession seal;ACT population booming

Canberra Now:Refusal to break confession seal;ACT population booming

Plus,Canberra to lead military's virtual tech project.

  • byDaniella White