The ACT is eager to finalise a deal to unlock a large former research farm in Canberra's north-west for new housing, calling on the federal government to wrap up negotiations for the 701-hectare site.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry have written to Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Science Minister Ed Husic, urging the federal government to finalise an agreement to transfer the CSIRO's Ginninderra experiment station to the territory.