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Low-hanging fruit: Pet cat containment a vital step to protect NSW’s wildlife

September 11, 2023

11th September, 2023 The Nature Conservation Council and the Invasive Species Council have today called on the NSW government to introduce clear laws to ensure pet cats are kept safe at home in order to save millions of native animals every year. The call comes in the...

Environment groups welcome progress on Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but guarantees needed to ensure real water reaches rivers

September 06, 2023

Wednesday September 6, 2023 In response to a new bill allowing water purchases being introduced to federal parliament today, environment groups from across four states have welcomed progress on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but warn that delays will be costly to the health of...

Energy Market Operator report shows NSW can avoid costly Eraring bail-out.

September 05, 2023

4th September 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC) has today urged the Minns government to roll out an energy security plan based on clean energy, as described in the Australian Energy Markey Operator’s (AEMO) Electricity Statement of Opportunities, and avoid subsidising Australia’s largest...

Report into the Menindee fish deaths highlights urgent need for action

August 31, 2023

31st August 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today responded to the release of the Chief Scientist’s report into the Menindee fish deaths1 with an urgent message to the NSW government: take action...

Senseless killing of endangered gliders highlights the need to stop logging glider habitat

August 31, 2023

31st August 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state's leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today labelled the reported death of an endangered Greater Glider just 50m from Forestry Corporation's logging operation in Tallaganda state forest ‘appalling and unnecessary’. Analysis released today by the Nature Conversation Council shows...

Starting gun fires to rein-in runaway clearing of bushland in NSW

August 25, 2023

24th August 2023 Two key reports tabled in the NSW parliament today open a critical window of opportunity to reverse environmental decline, an alliance of key conservation groups has said today. Lines attributable to NCC acting CEO Brad Smith. “The expert review is blunt: ‘biodiversity...

Media Alert: Press Conference calling on Minns government to rule out Eraring extension

August 24, 2023

9:15am, Thursday 24th August 2023 Climate, finance and civil society groups will host a press conference at NSW Parliament today calling on the Minns Government to rule out using public money to extend the life of Eraring coal fired power station, focusing on the...

Polling shows Majority of NSW residents want investment in renewables, not Eraring extension.

August 24, 2023

24th August, 2023 New polling released today shows that 60% of NSW residents agree that the Minns Government should prioritise investment in renewable energy generation instead of keeping the Eraring coal-fired power station open beyond its scheduled closure date in 2025. The new research...

New Murray-Darling deal breaks decade-long deadlock to deliver water to rivers

August 22, 2023

Environment groups from across four states have welcomed progress on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, saying the new agreement has the potential to move us beyond the unworkable barriers and delay tactics we've seen in the past decade. The new agreement for the Murray-Darling Basin...

NSW will fail to meet already weak climate targets if the decision to subsidise Australia’s biggest coal plant goes ahead.

August 22, 2023

22nd August 2023 A report commissioned by the NSW government and written by former coal lobbyist Cameron O’Reilly is recommending that the NSW government spend hundreds of millions of dollars per year to extend the life of Eraring coal-fired power station beyond its current lifespan. “The fact that this report was leaked suggests factions within the NSW Labor government are attempting to lock in a yet...