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NSW manufacturing can reduce gas consumption by 75% with the right policy support

February 10, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE 10th February 2026 NSW’s small to medium manufacturing sector has the potential to reduce its gas consumption by 75% by 2050 with the right policy support, future-proofing industry and helping to tackle climate change. A new report, Future Proofing NSW Small to Medium...

Another mass fish kill at Menindee Lakes highlights NSW government’s failure to act on Darling/Baaka River

February 04, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE 4th February 2025 The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) is today expressing profound concern and frustration following yet another mass fishkill at Menindee Lakes, where an estimated 100,000 native bony bream have perished. This latest event underscores the Minns government’s ongoing failure to protect the Darling/Baaka River, nearly three years after...

Environmental regulator issues clean-up notice to Centennial Coal for Sydney drinking water catchment

January 29, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE January 29, 2026The NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has substantiated reports from the Gardens of Stone Alliance finding huge spikes in pollutants from coal mining entering a local creek at the headwaters of Sydney’s drinking water catchment and Blue Mountains World Heritage area. ...

Critically Endangered listing of Lower Murray River ecosystem and Macquarie Marshes is a wake up call

January 15, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE 15th January 2026 The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has welcomed today’s decision by the Australian Government to list the Lower Murray River System as Critically Endangered, saying the announcement confirms what communities and scientists have warned for years.: Australia’s greatest river system is in serious trouble. The...

Coal mines no longer approvable in NSW

December 12, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 12th of December 2025 Today’s Spotlight report from the Net Zero Commission is a line in the sand for new coal in NSW, according to the Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), the state’s leading environmental organisation. “The Net Zero Commission’s audit...

Forestry Corporation posts another multi-million-dollar loss in native forest division

December 03, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 3rd December 2025 Forestry Corporation has posted another multi-million-dollar loss in its native forest division, continuing a decade-long trend of unprofitable operations. Forestry Corporation’s annual report outlines a loss of $32 million for the 2024–25 financial year. This follows losses of 29 million dollars...

Wildlife at risk as Redbank biomass-fired power station appeal commences

December 03, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 3rd December 2025 Verdant Technology has appealed the Independent Planning Commission’s (IPC) rejection of their Redbank biomass power station proposal with the first directions hearing held in the Land and Environment Court yesterday. The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC)...

MDBA climate outlook report confirms climate change as a defining issue for the next basin plan

November 28, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 28th November 2025 The Climate Outlook report from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority reinforces what communities, scientists and First Nations have warned for years – addressing worsening climate impacts will be crucial to the survival of Australia’s largest river system. We know Basin ecosystems are in...

Federal deal on nature laws could finally stop logging in nationally important habitat across NSW

November 28, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 27 November 2025 The Forest Alliance NSW has welcomed today’s deal between the Labor Government and the Greens to remove the long-standing exemption that allowed native forest logging to avoid federal environment laws. Forest Alliance NSW Senior Campaigner Clancy Barnard said the...

New environment laws fall short: gains for nature could be undermined by handing powers to the states

November 27, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 27 November 2025 Australia’s State and Territory Conservation Councils congratulate the Greens for clawing back some big wins in negotiations with Labor, including removing the Regional Forest Agreement exemption and stopping the fast-tracking of fossil fuel projects. However, they say the Albanese Government has...