Why this proposed planning change is sparking fierce farmer pushback

For Brendan Trevaskis and his father, Graeme, the family fine merino sheep farm on the edge of Belconnen is paradise.

"This isn't a job. I tell people I get to come to work with my best mate and this view is better than any office," Brendan Trevaskis said at Wagtail Park, which looks out south-east towards the growing suburbs of the Molonglo Valley.

Brendan Trevaskis, left, with his father Graeme at Wagtail Park, the family farm the pair worries will be threatened by the ACT government's proposed new green waste site. Picture by Karleen Minney