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
- 11/01/23 Replacing Poplars in the Parliamentary Zone when not needed!!
- 22/09/20 Canberra's West Basin Development
- 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
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)
- 18/6/2022 Response to Acton Waterfront Design and Process
- 9/6/2022 ACT Planning System Review and Reform
- 24/12/2021 Raising of London Circuit Consultation
- 8/9/2021 Works Approval application (WA102428) for the removal of the 38 Lombardy (Populus nigra ‘Italica’) Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’
- 8/9/2021 Works Approval application for the ‘One City Hill’ development, Canberra
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