Draft Agenda: Committee Meeting 7pm 18 February 2026
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Attendance and apologies
Attendance:
Apologies:
Acceptance of minutes of 15 October 2025 committee meeting
Chair’s report
Treasurer’s report
Ways to better engage with local residents, to mobilise volunteer skills and energy
Jane Goffman of the Dickson Residents Association raised this issue on January 21.
Draft ACT climate change strategy?
On January 29 the ACT Minister for Climate Change informed the NCCC that the Government has begun community consultation on the next ACT climate change strategy.
Should we invite the ACT Climate Change and Energy Policy Branch and/or the Conservation Council to discuss the draft strategy?
Draft Nature Conservation Strategy 2026-2036
- Consultation closes 23 March. The consultation is available online, and includes the draft strategy and a summary.
Aquatic strategy
Does the NCCC wish to provide feedback on the scope of the proposed strategy. In a mis-directed email dated 28 January, the Minister for Sport and Recreation invited feedback to SportandRecreation@act.gov.au by 13 February.
Who can attend meetings with Shane Rattenbury and/or with the President of Friends of Manuka Pool?
Complexity of ACT Government consultation process
Voices of West Belconnen has advised that people wishing to comment on a particular development application are expected to log in to Objective Connect and individually open 110 documents, each of which generates an error message when you try to open it.
Any other business
Close of meeting
Next meetings
General meeting 18 March
Committee meeting 15 April