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Advocacy Friends of Grasslands has an Advocacy Group to coordinate and take responsibility for advocacy. Advocacy includes things like:
Advocacy is done mostly by writing submissions and letters, and/or by organising or attending and following-up on meetings. Please Contact Us if you would like to help with advocacy work. The following submissions have been made by FoG on a range of planning and management issues. 2010 12 March 2010: Management of trees on national lands (National Captial Authority) 22 February 2010: Investigation into Canberra Nature Park, the Molonglo River Corridor and Googong foreshores (ACT Commissioner for the Environment) 2009 29 December 2009: Meeting about ACT Government implementation of recommendations from the Native Grassland Investigation 22 December 2009: NCA referral - removal of trees on national land: EPBC reference number 2009/5204 14 December 2009: Canberra Airport Environment Strategy (ACT) 14 December 2009: Murrumbidgee to Googong water transfer development: EPBC Reference Number 2009/5124 14 December 2009: Murrumbidgee to Googong Water Transfer project (ACTEW) 14 December 2009: Murrumbidgee to Googong Water Transfer: Environmental Assessment (NSW) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (ACT), August 2009 Report on Community Monitoring of Golden Sun Moths in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), November 2009 (assisted by FoG) (1.2MB PDF) 24 November 2009: Lawson South Planning Study: draft variation no 299 (ACT) 10 November 2009: Edwin Land Parkway stage 2 – Jerrabomberra to Karabar EPBC Reference Number 2009/5162, NSW 9 November 2009: Policy for management techniques – Clause 28 of the Native Vegetation Regulation 2005, NSW 4 November 2009: Clarrie Hermes Drive Extension development EPBC Reference Number 2009/5156, ACT 19 October 2009: Murrumbidgee to Googong water transfer development EPBC Reference Number 2009/5124, ACT 22 September 2009: NSW Native Vegetation Act 2003 review 20 September 2009: S78A reconsideration request: Bonner Stage 4, Site Servicing and Land Release Gungahlin, ACT, Reference Number EPBC 2009/4816 15 September 2009: Draft Strategic Bushfire Management Plan (ACT) 15 September 2009: Murrumbidgee to Googong Water Transfer: Environmental Assessment (NSW) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (ACT), August 2009 8 September 2009: Majura ACT freeway development 8 September 2009: Clarrie Hermes Drive Extension EIS 3002194/Revision No 2/29 July 2009, ACT 2 September 2009: ACTPLA development in the suburb of Coombs and Wright, Molonglo Valley, ACT 30 August 2009: ACT Government implementation of recommendations from the Native Grassland Investigation 29 August 2009: Management priorities for the Stirling Ridge and Yarramundi Reach, ACT 14 August 2009: National Museum of Australia new storgage facility proposal, ACT 14 August 2009: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Majura Parkway, ACT 28 May 2009: Lake Burley Griffin and Adjacent Lands Draft Heritage Management Plan, ACT 19 May 2009: Lawson South Planning Study, ACT 13 April 2009: EPBC ref 09/4816 – Bonner stage 4 – site servicing and land release, ACT 6 April 2009: EPBC ref 09/4805 – Williamsdale electricity substation, ACT 00 April 2009: Nomination for listing the ecological community “Inland Grey Box Woodland” as a threatened ecological community under the EPBConservation Act 1999 12 March 2009: EPBC ref 09/4752 – North Weston residential development, ACT 5 March 2009: EPBC ref 09/4748 – infrastructure upgrade and construction at Canberra Airport, ACT 25 February 2009: Comments on the Tidbinbilla, New Management Plan Discussion Paper, ACT (pdf, 36kB) 2008 19 December 2008: Submission to the Independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 19 December 2008: Letter to incoming ACT Government 15 December 2008: ActewAGL sub-transmission line, Williamsdale to Theodore, ACT 12 December 2008: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Canberra Technology City, ACT 17 November 2008: Expanded role of Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, ACT 20 October 2008: Draft Terms of Reference (ToR) for Molonglo Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), ACT 14 October 2008: Belconnen Naval Transmission Station (BNTS) remediation activity, ACT 26 September 2008: Extension of Taxiway Bravo, Canberra International Airport, ACT 26 June 2008: Draft agreement between the Australian and ACT governments relating to environmental impact assessment 23 June 2008: ACT Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Planning and Environment inquiry into the Territory Plan Draft Variation No.281 - Molonglo and North Weston 16 June 2008: Gungahlin town centre study, ACT 9 May 2008: Preliminary Assessment for upgrading of the ACT portion of the Kings Highway 8 May 2008: EPBC referral 2008/4175 Crace: proposal to develop a new residential suburb in Gungahlin ACT 6 May 2008: EPBC referral 2008/4170, a proposal for taxiway extension at the Canberra International Airport, ACT 1 May 2008: Letter to Prime Minister re lack of action in managing kangaroos on Department of Defence land in Canberra, ACT 28 April 2008: Further to FoG submission to the Commissioner's grassland management inquiry of 25 January 2008, ACT 27 February 2008: Comment on the Canberra International Airport preliminary Draft Master Plan 2008, ACT 26 February 2008: Comments to the NSW NPWS on Turallo Nature Reserve draft plan of management, NSW 14 February 2008: Comment on a draft management plan on the Narrabundah Long Stay Caravan Park swapsite, ACT 25 January 2008: Submission to the ACT Lowland Native Grasslands Inquiry 19 January 2008: Comments under the EPBC Act on the transfer of land from the Department of Defence to the Canberra Airport Group (CAG) to build a road around the northern end of the Canberra Airport, ACT 2007 21 December 2007: Transfer of 38.83ha of land from the Department of Defence to the Canberra Airport Group to build a 2.3km road around the northern end of the airport, ACT 3 December 2007: comments on 'the Belconnen native lowland grasslands' site - the Belconnen Naval Station site, 'the Lawson grassland', ACT 26 November 2007: Draft Variation to the ACT Territory Plan No. 261 North Watson 26 November 2007: Draft Variation to the ACT Territory Plan No. 281 Molonglo and North Weston, and the associated Preliminary Assessment 29 October 2007: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) 29 October 2007: ACT Legislative Assembly Standing Committee's 'Water Use and Management Inquiry'. 18 October 2007: Transfer of Defence land at Majura ACT 8 October 2007: Residential development, Macgregor ACT 14 September 2007: Draft ACT Weeds Strategy 3 September 2007: Draft Variation to the ACT Territory Plan No. 285 Symonston Block 17 Section 12 - extension of Broadacre 10E Area Specific Policy 30 August 2007: Provisions for Mobile Home Park, Symonston, ACT 17 August 2007: Three Preliminary Assessments - Site preparation of the Inner Asset Protection Zones of three southern Canberra Nature Park Nature Reserves: Cooleman Ridge, Tuggeranong Hill, Urambi Hills, ACT 3 August 2007: Block 17 Section 102 Symonston, ACT 1 August 2007: Letter to the Editor: Rare reptiles and precious plants at West Macgregor, ACT 19 July 2007: Proposal for 39 sites within three Nature Reserves of Canberra Nature Park, ACT, to enable mowing with a slasher 'to protect adjacent assets by maintaining bushfire hazards at an acceptable risk level' 13 July 2007: Proposal to develop Block 22 Section 32, Yarralumla, ACT for a diplomatic mission 11 July 2007: Letter to the Editor: Kangaroo culling, ACT 1 June 2007: Draft restructured Territory Plan, ACT 28 May 2007: ACT Flora and Fauna Committee's 'Proposed amendments to the guidelines and criteria for assessment of threatened species and communities in the ACT' 18 May 2007: Four proposed fire trails in Namadgi National Park and Bullen Range Nature Reserve, ACT 2 May 2007: Scabby Range Reserve and Yaouk Nature Reserve Draft Fire Management Strategies, ACT 4 April 2007: Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve Draft Management Plan, ACT 2 April 2007: Draft Murrumbateman Bush Cemetery Landscape Development Plan, NSW. |