The ACT government has urged the Commonwealth government to consider the risks to the growth and future development of Canberra if the city is placed on the national heritage list a decade after it was nominated, while also suggesting a narrower listing may reduce the impact of new protections.
Acting Chief Minister Yvette Berry wrote to the federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, to seek fresh assurances over the decade-old process to consider listing the city, including whether protections would be "onerous" and what scope they would cover.
