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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...
Read MoreNSW 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.
Read MoreUrgent interim action needed as NSW clears 570 football fields of habitat each day
September 13, 2024
MEDIA RELEASE13 September 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has called on the NSW Government to act on its commitment to stop the runaway land clearing that is continuing to decimate NSW bush. NSW...
Read MoreDud 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...
Read MoreNSW Forestry plan must end native forest logging and invest in a plantation based timber industry
August 26, 2024
Forest Alliance NSWMEDIA RELEASE26 August 2024 The Forest Alliance NSW is calling on a newly announced expert panel, set up by the Minns Labor Government to advise it on the future of forestry, to put ending native forest logging front and centre of their...
Read MoreProtection 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...
Read MoreGroundbreaking 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...
Read MoreNSW 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...
Read More‘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...
Read MoreCourt 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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