Media releases
25 November 2020
Conservation groups have vowed to continue the campaign to stop the Narrabri gas project despoiling the largest temperate forest in NSW.
Forests and wildlifeCoal and gas
20 November 2020
The conservation movement applauds Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack’s principled decision to block the National Party’s Local Land Services Amendment Bill in the upper house last night.
Forests and wildlife
19 November, 2020
The NSW Government has used its response to the Black Summer bushfires to sneak through new land-clearing laws that will destroy thousands of hectares of forest and woodland.
Forests and wildlife
11 November, 2020
The NSW Government is pushing through changes to the Rural Fires Act that will lead to a 50m strip of bushland destruction around thousands of properties across the state.
Forests and wildlifeBushfires
11 November, 2020
Liberal MPs are starting to see through the Nationals’ deception about the changes to koala protections in NSW.
Forests and wildlife
November 9, 2020
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes today’s NSW Government Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap as a crucial step towards making NSW a low-carbon economy.
Climate and energy
31 October 2020
Environment Minister Matt Kean has pledged to add 400,000 hectares of wildlife habitat to national parks by 2022, doubling the area he promised to protect last August.
Forests and wildlife
30 October 2020
The Commonwealth Bushfire Royal Commission has concluded hazard reduction burning is not a cure-all that will protect communities from catastrophic fire events.
Healthy ecosystemsBushfires
22 October 2020
The Coalition government’s Local Land Services Amendment Bill endangers koalas and scuppers any hope the government will achieve its goal of doubling koala populations by 2050.
Forests and wildlife