| Inquiry status: Completed | Date started: 21 October 2025 | Reporting date: 11 May 2026 (Report released) |
This inquiry is now complete.
The Committee’s report was released on 11 May 2026 and is available under the “Reports” tab above.
The Government Response to the report is due on 11 September 2026 and, when published, will be available under the “Government Responses” tab above.
The Committee thanks all those who contributed to the inquiry by making a submission or participating in hearings.
For further information, please contact the Secretariat:
- By email (preferred): LACommitteeEnvironment@parliament.act.gov.au
- By post: Standing Committee on Environment and Planning, ACT Legislative Assembly, GPO Box 1020, Canberra ACT 2601
Terms of reference
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| Terms of reference |  PDF (180.6 KB) |
Public hearings
Monday, 11 November to Friday, 21 November 2025
Transcript
Click here to read transcripts from these hearings.
Hearing transcripts (approximately one week later) at the transcripts page.
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| Public Hearing Schedule - Annual and Financial Reports 2024-25 | PDF (348.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 067 Answer - CED - Climate Change - 30 by 30 Programs - CLAY | PDF (254.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 066 Answer - Community cohesion program - RATTENBURY - | PDF (226.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 065 Answer - Services and Needs - RATTENBURY | PDF (234.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 064 Answer - Homelessness crisis services - CARRICK | PDF (226.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 063 Answer - Social Housing - RATTENBURY | PDF (223.8 KB) |
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| EP QON 062 Answer - Release of land for affordable, community and public housing - CLAY | PDF (235.6 KB) |
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| EP QON 061 Answer - Redirected to Attorney-General - Strata commissions - EMERSON | PDF (181.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 060 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Callum Brae - CLAY | PDF (237.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 059 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Close to the Edge report response - CLAY | PDF (266.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 058 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Coombs Peninsula - CLAY | PDF (293.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 057 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Construction and Demolition Waste - CLAY | PDF (299.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 056 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Zero Emissions Government Framework for 2025-26 - BRADDOCK | PDF (259.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 055 Answer - CED - Climate Change - ACTPS entities targets for emissions reduction - BRADDOCK | PDF (215.8 KB) |
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| EP QON 054 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Zero Emissions Vehicles - global factors - BRADDOCK | PDF (201.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 053 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Biosecurity - EMERSON | PDF (232.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 052 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Environmental Conservation - Wombats - EMERSON | PDF (245.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 052 Answer - CED - Attachment A_ Review of wombats in the ACT | PDF (1.4 MB) |
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| EP QON 051 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Gas disconnection modelling vs. actual numbers - BRADDOCK | PDF (269.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 050 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Net zero target - CARRICK | PDF (250.8 KB) |
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| EP QON 049 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Environment protection policy - CARRICK | PDF (285.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 048 Answer - CED - Climate Change redirected - Yarralumla Nursery - CARRICK | PDF (188.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 047 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Tuggeranong Creek - NUTTALL | PDF (220.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 046 Answer - CED - Climate Change - H5N1 - NUTTALL | PDF (244.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 045 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Climate change policy - CARRICK | PDF (227.4 KB) |
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| EP QON 044 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Wombat management - CLAY | PDF (264.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 043 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Ecosystem Condition - CLAY | PDF (231.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 042 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Nature Repair Market - CLAY | PDF (258.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 041 Answer - CED - Climate Change - TCCS report p.24 - CLAY | PDF (230.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 040 Answer - CED - Climate Change - First Nations environment engagement - CLAY | PDF (234.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 039 Answer - CED - Climate Change - Threatened Species - EHP - CLAY | PDF (255.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 038 Answer - CED - Bulk Waste Collection - CLAY | PDF (191.4 KB) |
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| EP QON 037 Answer - CED - Community Consultation (Materials Recycling Facility)- CLAY | PDF (172.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 036 Answer - CED - Goodies Junction - CLAY | PDF (206.8 KB) |
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| EP QON 035 Answer - CED - Lease Variation Charge Review - CLAY | PDF (160.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 034 Answer - CED - ACT Sustainable Building Pathways - CLAY | PDF (202.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 033 Answer - Redirected to Treasury - Operation of Lease Variation Charge - CLAY | PDF (175.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 032 Answer - CED - Community Engagement - CLAY | PDF (157.0 KB) |
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| EP QON 031 Answer - CED - Planning system Evaluation Framework - CLAY | PDF (186.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 030 Answer - CED - ACT Sustainable Building Pathways - CLAY | PDF (202.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 029 Answer - CED - National Capital Design Review Panel - CLAY | PDF (151.4 KB) |
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| EP QON 028 Answer - CED - Land Management Agreements - CLAY | PDF (202.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 027 Answer - CED - Offsets - CLAY | PDF (174.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 026 Answer - CED - SGS Economics Audit - NUTTALL | PDF (188.4 KB) |
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| EP QON 025 Answer - CED - Completeness checks for Development Applications - CLAY | PDF (180.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 024 Answer - CED - Future development scenarios - CLAY | PDF (176.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 023 Answer - CED - Urban Growth Boundary - CLAY | PDF (163.4 KB) |
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| EP QON 021 Answer - CED - Crown lease compliance - CLAY | PDF (194.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 020 Answer - CED - Shop-top housing - CLAY | PDF (155.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 019 Answer - CED - Western Edge- CLAY | PDF (193.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 018 Answer - CED - Environment and Planning Forum - CLAY | PDF (162.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 017 Answer - CED - Sale of land to Housing ACT - CLAY | PDF (152.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 016 Answer - CED - Studies to determine suitability of land for development - CLAY | PDF (178.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 015 Answer - CED - Inclusionary Zoning - CLAY | PDF (180.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 014 Answer - CED - Planning - Erindale Group Centre - MORRIS | PDF (386.5 KB) |
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| EP QON 013 Answer - CED - Heritage - Griffith Oval Heritage - EMERSON | PDF (203.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 012 Answer - CED - Conserving Canberra initiative - CLAY | PDF (169.7 KB) |
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| EP QON 011 Answer - CED - Soft Jaw traps - NUTTALL | PDF (194.8 KB) |
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| EP QON 010 Answer - CED - Murrumbidgee Weeding - EMERSON | PDF (162.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 009 Answer - CED - Air Pollution - EMERSON | PDF (178.6 KB) |
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| EP QON 008 Answer - CRA - Acton Waterfront Development - EMERSON | PDF (192.0 KB) |
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| EP QON 007 Answer - CRA - Dickson Shops Working Group - EMERSON | PDF (217.9 KB) |
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| EP QON 006 Answer - CRA - Dickson Upgrades - EMERSON | PDF (195.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 005 Answer - SLA - Affordable, community and public housing targets - CLAY | PDF (308.0 KB) |
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| EP QON 004 Answer - SLA - Housing in North Wright - CLAY | PDF (280.1 KB) |
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| EP QON 003 Answer - SLA (redirected CM) - Masterplan for section 72 Dickson - CLAY | PDF (201.3 KB) |
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| EP QON 002 Answer - SLA - Build-To-Rent - Gungahlin - CLAY | PDF (240.2 KB) |
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| EP QON 001 Answer - SLA - Build-To-Rent - Turner - CLAY | PDF (261.2 KB) |
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| EP QTON 031 Answer - SLA - CSIRO Ginninderra site negotiations - EMERSON | PDF (187.9 KB) |
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| EP QTON 030 Answer - SLA - Land release target reporting to Cabinet - CLAY | PDF (192.7 KB) |
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| EP QTON 028 Answer - Housing ACT - Proportion of housing owned by government - CLAY | PDF (207.5 KB) |
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| EP QTON 027 Answer - iCBR - Public housing pipeline - CLAY | PDF (210.4 KB) |
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| EP QTON 026 Answer - CED - Unsuccessful electrification funding bids - CLAY | PDF (247.4 KB) |
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| EP QTON 025 Answer - CED - Commercial gas connections - CASTLEY | PDF (245.0 KB) |
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| EP QTON 024 Answer - CED - UTS work on stewardship barriers - NUTTALL | PDF (240.3 KB) |
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| EP QTON 023 Answer - CED - Tuggeranong Creek naturalisation - NUTTALL | PDF (227.0 KB) |
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| EP QTON 022 Answer - CED - Leaf litter bags - TOUGH | PDF (248.9 KB) |
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| EP QTON 021 Answer - CED - Soft jaw traps data - TOUGH | PDF (172.2 KB) |
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| EP QTON 020 Answer - CED - Capital injection drawdown delays - TOUGH | PDF (180.0 KB) |
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| EP QTON 019 Answer - CED - Stromlo to Cotter track tourism - CARRICK | PDF (212.8 KB) |
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| EP QTON 018 Answer - CED - Namadgi National Park plan timelines - CLAY | PDF (204.9 KB) |
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| EP QTON 017 Answer - CED - Cultural advisor positions funding - CLAY | PDF (202.7 KB) |
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| EP QTON 016 Answer - CED - Indigenous rangers employment trends - CLAY | PDF (138.5 KB) |
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| EP QTON 015 Answer - CED - Federal funding for Indigenous rangers - CLAY | PDF (140.7 KB) |
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| EP QTON 014 Answer - CED - Urban edge studies - CLAY | PDF (193.2 KB) |
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| EP QTON 013 Answer - CED - Population projection methodology - CASTLEY | PDF (169.1 KB) |
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| EP QTON 012 Answer - CED - Mr Fluffy class action advice - CLAY | PDF (165.1 KB) |
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| EP QTON 011 Answer - CED - Territory Plan amendments - CLAY | PDF (218.9 KB) |
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| EP QTON 010 Answer - CED - National housing target data - BRADDOCK | PDF (208.2 KB) |
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| EP QTON 009 Attach A - Land use summary listening report alias | PDF (285.6 KB) |
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| EP QTON 009 Answer - CED - Canberra City Farm listening report - EMERSON | PDF (242.2 KB) |
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| EP QTON 008 Answer - CED - Lease enforcement actions and timelines - CAIN | PDF (249.5 KB) |
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| EP QTON 007 Answer - CED - Big Splash Development - PARTON | PDF (163.1 KB) |
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| EP QTON 005 Answer - CED - Canberra Casino site - PARTON | PDF (163.7 KB) |
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| EP QTON 004 Answer - CED - LMA Compliance - CLAY | PDF (214.9 KB) |
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| EP QTON 003 Answer - SLA - Molonglo Town Centre and Community needs assessment - CARRICK | PDF (159.0 KB) |
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| Report 7 - Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2024-25 | PDF (615.0 KB) |
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| Sam Engele, CED to Chair EP - Correction to the record - Hearings of 12 November 2025 | PDF (174.8 KB) |
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| Media release - Report tabled - Inquiry into Annual and Financial Reports 2024-25 | PDF (199.5 KB) |
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| Media alert - Publication of correction | PDF (180.0 KB) |