State of the Environment Reporting for the Australian Capital Region

Overview

The Australian Capital Region was created in the early 1990s by the elected leaders of the 17 NSW Local Government Areas and of the ACT, to jointly benefit from a regional approach to planning and development.

The first regional State of the Environment Report was published in 1997, by the ACT Office of the Commissioner for the Environment, it is a joint effort of all the governments in the Region. Subsequently reports were published for 1997–2000 and for 2000–04. These reports represent the goodwill and cooperation that has developed in this Region. The reports meet the requirements of the NSW Local Government Act 1993 , and of the ACT Commissioner for the Environment Act 1993 .

Council reports

Downloads
Name	Format
Australian Capital Territory (ACT), 2003 Report	HTML
Bega Valley Shire	HTML
Bombala Council Area	HTML
Boorowa Shire	HTML
Cooma-Monaro Shire	HTML
Cootamundra Shire	HTML
Eurobodalla Shire	HTML
Goulburn Mulwaree Council Area	HTML
Gundagai Shire	HTML
Harden Shire	HTML
Queanbeyan City Council Area	HTML
Palerang Council Area	HTML
Snowy River Shire	HTML
Tumbarumba Shire	HTML
Tumut Shire	HTML
Yass Valley Local Government Area	HTML
Young Shire	HTML

The composition of the Australian Capital Region changed during the 2000–04 reporting period. Three Local Government Areas—Cootamundra, Gundagai and Tumbarumba—joined the region. Also, some existing Local Government Areas were amalgamated to form the 'new' Local Government Areas as follows:

• Goulburn Mulwaree (an amalgamation of Goulburn City and Mulwaree Shire)
• Upper Lachlan (an amalgamation of Crookwell Shire and part of Gunning and Mulwaree Shires)
• Palerang (an amalgamation of Tallaganda and Yarralumla Shires and part of Gunning Shire)
• Queanbeyan City (formerly Queanbyean City with some of Yarralumla Shire)
• Yass Valley (an amalgamation of Yass Shire and part of Mulwaree and Gunning Shires)