Environment, planning, transport and climate

Local green spaces became welcome refuges for the people of Canberra during our lockdowns, with over half of Canberrans spending time in their local neighbourhood places.

Now libraries, outdoor playgrounds, skate parks, fitness stations, dog parks and BBQs are back open for people to enjoy.

• Support for people to volunteer and get outside in nature for personal wellbeing and to aid in social recovery.
• New floating wetlands at Yerrabi Pond.
• Establishment of Namarag - a special purpose nature reserve, codesigned with the Ngunnawal Community to support recovery of country and community.

$70m new funding for climate and the environment

Climate action

Faced with a changing climate, enhancing our environmental resilience is crucial and it is essential that more vulnerable members of the community are not left behind. The ACT Government is rolling out the five-year $150 million Sustainable Household Scheme to provide zero interest loans for households and not-for-profit community organisations to meet the up-front costs of investing in climate action infrastructure or vehicles.

We will continue our work to increase the proportion of zero-emission vehicles through free registration and increasing the number of charging stations, and we will commence our $50 million Vulnerable Household Energy Support Scheme to improve thermal comfort and reduce energy hardship among vulnerable households.