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April 03, 2024

28th March 2024  Overall: Positive environmental reform is again underway in NSW, but in order to address the urgent threats facing nature and the climate, we need to lift our game.   Taking action on climate change  Passage of a Climate Change Act with...

March 25, 2024

When was your group formed and why?   Tweed Water Alliance Inc was formed in early 2017 in response to four water extraction for bottling operations in the Tweed Shire. We call this ‘water mining’ as a campaigning tool and our activities ramped up in...

February 26, 2024

When was your group formed and why?   Manyana Matters was started by a group of locals as a Facebook group in 2018, focusing on environmental issues.  The Manyana Matters Environmental Association incorporated early in 2020, when, immediately following the Black Summers bushfires, a developer...

February 21, 2024

February 20th, 2024 A huge thank you to the thousands of people who have supported our campaign to protect the greater glider.  After sustained pressure, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has backed down on their attempts to scrap survey requirements for greater gliders. They have...

January 30, 2024

  When was your group formed and why? The North Coast Environment Council formed in 1986, in response to the growing need to cooperate between all the smaller environment centres and groups to regional issues. A decade later we had 44 member groups showing...

December 21, 2023

WEPA - the Willoughby Environmental Protection Association, is a community strong organisation committed to preserving Willoughby's natural heritage, protecting local bushland and wildlife and mitigating the impacts of pollution. While their primary interest is the City of Willoughby on Sydney’s North Shore, WEPA members...

December 15, 2023

The Federal Government passed legislation in November 2023 that will finally get more water for the rivers and wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin.   The Restoring Our Rivers Bill 2023 delivers a vital lifeline for inland rivers ahead of the looming drought. This is...

November 27, 2023

The Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance is a national voice for the rivers, wetlands and wildlife of the Murray-Darling. Members include conservation groups in every Basin state – NSW, Vic, SA and QLD – representing half a million people in rural communities and east-coast cities. Each...

October 25, 2023

            The Nature Coast Marine Group is a community-based organisation that was formed in 2008 to support the establishment of the Batemans Marine Park on the south coast of NSW.  With a vision to enhance protection of the marine...

August 30, 2023

When was your group formed and why?    The Tree Veneration Society (TVS) was formed in 2010 in response the founder, Louise Fowler-Smith’s growing concern for Native and Old Growth Forests and the importance of Trees to Climate Change. Louise had witnessed the protection of...