The Lake Burley Griffin Guardians were formed at a meeting on 5th February 2015. We are a non-profit community group committed to safeguarding one of Canberra’s greatest treasures, the open space of Lake Burley Griffin and its lakeshore landscape setting. We welcome new members. Follow us on Facebook.
Hot Topics
- 20/09/20 ACT Greens Policy Statement on West Basin development
- 09/09/20 Candidates/Policy Statements concerning Lake Burley Griffin and West Basin
- 13/08/20 Privatising Acton Park is still an issue
- 26/07/20 Crisis time for Lake Burley Griffin and its Foreshore
- 25/05/20 West Basin Phase 2 (boardwalk and lake infill)
Latest Articles
- 12/05/20 Planning the National Capital: Interventions by the Walter Burley Griffin Society
- 06/05/20 Cultural Landscape Diversity and the Implications for Management
- 20/02/20 Act Light Rail Stage 2. Civic to Capital Hill Section.
- 10/08/19 Central Conceit
- 24/01/19 Public parklands traded for apartments
Latest Submissions (PDFs)
- 22/5/2020 West Basin Phase 2 (Boardwalk and Land Reclamation) Works Approval Application
- 12/2/2019 West Basin Values, Principles for Development and Acceptable proposals
- 21/10/2018 Submission regarding works approval application for “The Barracks” development, Canberra
- 29/6/2018 Nature In Our City Inquiry
- 16/6/2018 Inquiry into Commonwealth and Parliamentary approvals for the proposed Stage 2 of the Australian Capital Territory light rail project
In The Media (External Links)
- 15/3/2019 Tenders wanted for West Basin planning and design
- 4/3/2019 Breathe Deeply Folks
- 17/2/2019 Tough call
- 13/2/2019 ek into Basin Plans
- 4/2/2019 Basin’s beauty at risk