FROM Thursday (July 1) businesses and individuals will no longer be allowed to sell, supply or distribute single-use plastic cutlery, single-use plastic stirrers and expanded polystyrene containers.
The ban follows the passing of the
Plastics Reduction Act 2021 in the ACT Legislative Assembly in March, which will also see the phase out of plastic barrier bags for fruit and vegetables, oxo-degradable plastic products and plastic straws by next year.
In the lead up to the ban, City Services Minister Chris Steel says: “We know from over 700 face-to-face business visits conducted in the past few months that there is strong support from the business community and Canberrans to reduce our plastic use.
LEGISLATION passed in the ACT Legislative Assembly today (May 13) will require all dog owners to register their dogs annually on a new digital database.
Rolling out from July 1, the mandatory registration will not cost anything but dog owners who do not register will be at risk of receiving a $150 fine.
However, during the rollout the ACT government will be taking an educative approach before it starts to deliver fines.
“Engagement and education are the first steps to help ensure pet owners understand their obligations,” she said.
“This can be followed by compliance and enforcement where circumstances warrant it. A strict liability offence applies for failure to comply with the reminder notice. The maximum penalty is 10 penalty units or an infringement notice of $150.”
City Services Minister Chris Steel, left, with ACT Public Cemeteries Authority board chair Stephen Bartos at the site of the future cemetery.
CITY Services Minister Chris Steel today (April 14) announced plans to build a “bush cemetery” in Symonston to meet the growing demand for another cemetery in Canberra’s south.
Set to be located on Mugga Lane, the development of Southern Memorial Park will take place over a four-stage master plan that will aim to accomodate Canberra’s growing population over the next 100 years.
Mr Steel said stage one of the master plan will include road access, preparation for future wetlands, car parking, landscaping and the first 2500 burial plots, and is set to be open within five years following the completion of detailed plans.
ACT Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee.
UPDATED plans for the upgrade of Braddon’s Lonsdale Street will put further pressure on parking in the area, says Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee.Â
A new draft of the $4 million concept plan, originally costed at $9.6 million in an ACT Labor election promise, of the Braddon Streetscape Upgrade was published last week, and under the current plan, Ms Lee says up to 25 carparks could be slashed.
âLocal businesses and customers have told us repeatedly that parking on Lonsdale Street is already difficult as it is,â she said.
âCutting a further 25 spaces would put even more pressure on parking in Braddon, which is rightly leaving businesses and their customers concerned.”
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