The Nature Conservation Council of NSW will hold its Annual Conference on Saturday 18th October 2025.
Download the 2025 Annual Conference Program
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NCC will conduct formal proceedings in the morning (from 9am sharp) before the conference begins at 11.45am. Papers for the 2025 Conference:
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See below for past Annual Conference themes and speakers:
2024: Branching Out: Growing the Movement for Nature
Speakers included:
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Welcome to Country by Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Gadigal, Bidjigal and Yuin Elder
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Penny Sharpe MLC, Minister for Environment, Heritage, Energy, and Climate Change
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Sue Higginson, MLC, Greens Spokesperson for the Environment and Climate Change
- Anita Tang, Australian Progress
- Jess Harrison, Sydney Alliance
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Natasha Abhayawickrama, Australian Youth Climate Coalition
2023: In It to Win It
Speakers included:
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Welcome to Country by Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Gadigal, Bidjigal and Yuin Elder
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Penny Sharpe MLC, Minister for Environment, Heritage, Energy, and Climate Change
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Kellie Sloane MP, Shadow Minister for the Environment
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Sandy Greenwood, Gumbaynggirr Custodian
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Jack Gough, Invasive Species Council
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Felicity Wade, Labor Environment Action Network
2022: For the future we can win
Speakers included:
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James Griffin MP, Minister for Environment and Heritage
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Penny Sharpe MLC, Shadow Minister for the Environment
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Sue Higginson MLC, Greens Spokesperson for the Environment and Climate Change
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Millie Rooney from Australia ReMade
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Kate Nairn from FutureEarth (Australian Academy of Science)
2021: Democracy and grassroots action, the Uluru Statement
Speakers included:
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Thomas Mayor on The Uluru Statement from the Heart
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NSW Treasurer and Environment Minister the Honorable Matt Kean
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NSW Labor spokesperson for the environment and MLC Penny Sharpe
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NSW Greens spokesperson for the environment and MLC Cate Faehrmann
2020: Hope in times of crisis, water and renewables
2019: The water crisis, and angry summer and old growth forests
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2017: Threats and Opportunities—Climate change and Nature in NSW