NSW and ACT in talks over biggest border shake-up in living memory

ACT set to acquire 330 hectares of farmland called Parkwood within the proposed Ginninderry housing development site

• Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast

More than 100 years since New South Wales magnanimously handed over Jervis Bay to the Australian Capital Territory, the chief minister, Andrew Barr, has confirmed talks are under way for what would be the biggest shake-up in state-territorial borderlines in living memory.

The ACT has begun discussions with the NSW government to acquire 330 hectares of farmland called Parkwood.

Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning