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Nature Negative: How NSW is destroying the homes of our most iconic endangered animals

October 17, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE17th October 2024 A new report, Nature Negative: How governments are pushing greater gliders towards extinction, reveals that current regulations for logging operations amount to a “licence to kill” endangered species.  The report by Forest Alliance NSW (FANSW) profiles four state forests where...

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NSW Consumer Energy Strategy will slash bills and emissions

September 16, 2024

The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the NSW Government’s Consumer Energy Strategy which will make it easier for households to access clean energy and lower their bills. 

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Dud deal with Dutton on nature would betray communities and nature

September 12, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE12 September 2024 Conservation Councils from all Australia States and Territories are calling on the Albanese Government to rule out a deal with the Liberal Party that would weaken proposed Nature Positive laws. The groups are calling on the Government and Senate Crossbench...

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Protection of Sacred Site the right call

August 21, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE21 August 2024   The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today thanked the Federal Minister for Water and the Environment Tanya Plibersek for applying section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act...

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Groundbreaking report exposes huge risks to NSW and Queensland koala populations from new coal mines and expansions

August 21, 2024

Joint media releaseWednesday 21 August 2024 Queensland Conservation Council NSW Nature Conservation Council Lock the Gate Alliance Groundbreaking report exposes huge risks to NSW and Queensland koala populations from new coal mines and expansions A shocking new report, ‘Koalas or coal mines, how the federal government can...

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NSW failing to “save our species”: Auditor General

August 15, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE15th August 2024 The NSW Auditor General today released an audit highlighting the sorry state of threatened species protection in NSW, according to the state’s peak environmental organisation, the Nature Conservation Council.  “Sadly, today’s Auditor General report shines light on the decline of...

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‘Let the Baaka flow’: Voices from the Northern Basin front NSW Parliament

August 15, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE15th August 2024  The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, is today bringing a delegation of people from the Northern Murray-Darling Basin to NSW Parliament to advocate for the collapsing ecosystem of the Darling/Baaka.  The...

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Court fines Forestry Corporation $360,000

August 01, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE Court fines Forestry Corporation $360,0001st August, 2024 In a damning judgement handed down in the NSW Land and Environment Court, Justice Pepper pulled no punches. She found that the NSW Government’s logging company, Forestry Corporation, (FCNSW) had failed to protect areas that...

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