Federal welcomes the ACT Government's decision to recommend the development of a low-impact retirement community at the southern end of our golf course. This project will deliver up to 125 retirement dwellings in a bushland environment that allows us to preserve the 18-hole golf course and deliver ongoing benefits to the local community.

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Federal is in this critical position after more than a decade of difficult climatic conditions and heavily increasing water costs. We now spend up to $2 million annually maintaining the public-access green space that includes the golf course and surrounding environment, but we do not have the financial reserves or resources to survive another hot and dry summer. 

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The development of the retirement community will secure our long-term financial sustainability and pay for the immense cost of replacing our failing water infrastructure, creating new wetlands and substantial water storage basins. We will also use this one-time-only opportunity to improve our ecological and social contributions to the local community.