AusDev Canberra Desk
The AusDev Canberra Desk files The Australian Developer's coverage of Canberra and the ACT. Since 17 Oct 2026 it has published 36 stories, 2 of them linking a public record such as a council, court, planning or ASIC filing.
How this desk sources a story
Stories start from public records (council and state planning decisions, courts, titles and ASIC notices), data feeds, company announcements and other publications. Each story carries a label saying which, and links the primary source or the outlet that reported it. A company announcement is a lead, not proof. Technology, including AI, helps discover, organise and summarise each story, and every claim is checked against its source before it publishes.
Record sources this desk cites most: data.act.gov.au (1), cmtedd.act.gov.au (1), planning.act.gov.au (1).
Standards and corrections
We check figures against the source, write our own text and use at most one short, attributed quote. To report an error, email hello@australiandeveloper.com.au with the story's URL. Corrections are noted, with their date, on the story. Full policy: how we report.
Market hub: Canberra (ACT).
Latest from the AusDev Canberra Desk
- Capital & Deals
DEWR racks up $5m rent bill on empty Canberra CBD offices
DEWR is paying rent on three empty Civic office sites while it waits until 2029 for a consolidated Canberra headquarters.
· Source Briefing - Policy & Planning
ACT opens national contest for pre-approved missing middle homes
The Canberra House Pattern Book aims to pre-approve missing middle housing designs so they can be built without a fresh DA.
· Source Briefing - People & Companies
Canberra charity takes 30-home disability model to three states
Canberra charity Project Independence takes its disability homeownership model interstate after 17 of 30 ACT residents moved into open-market ownership.
· Source Briefing - Distress & Opportunity
Macquarie: Big Splash mortgagees open food tent to hold Crown lease
· Source Briefing - Distress & Opportunity
C&R Projects' plumbing licence automatically suspended for four days
· Source Briefing - Policy & Planning
Legal doubt over ACT's power to cancel non-compliant Crown leases
· Source Briefing - People & Companies
Geocon Phillip pool redesign approved, Icon Water sign-off needed
· Source Briefing - Policy & Planning
ACT Govt gets 60 days to reveal housing records as 588 homes vacant
· Source Briefing - People & Companies
Manuka's 192-room hotel has no confirmed operator or opening date
· Source Briefing - Policy & Planning
ACT passes missing middle bill, scraps lease step for granny flats
· Source Briefing - Distress & Opportunity
Canberra childcare centres in limbo as provider enters administration
· Source Briefing
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