Media Releases

May 18, 2023

The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, is excited to announce the appointment of Jacqui Mumford as CEO.   The Executive Board of the NSW Nature Conservation Council has appointed Jacqui to run the organisation following...

May 10, 2023

MEDIA RELEASE  May 10th, 2023 The Albanese Government has committed $146.8m in this budget towards their election promise to complete the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but failed to commit the funds needed to deliver on the final 450 gigalitres (GL) of water for the environment....

May 04, 2023

Snowy 2.0 delay an opportunity for NSW government to step up, says NCC 4th May 2023  With Snowy Hydro announcing an additional 12-24 month construction delay, Nature Conservation Council of NSW warns that climate goals will slip unless additional battery storage is commissioned.  "These delays put our climate goals at...

April 27, 2023

27th April 2023  Worth more standing: Blueprint report highlights the economic benefits of ending native forest logging, funding transition for workers  The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today argued that the Blueprint Institute’s Branching Out report highlights...

April 21, 2023

21st April 2023  Liddell retirement cuts pollution, not reliability, says NCC   The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today highlighted that over 1100 MW of dispatchable capacity has been added to the NSW electricity grid...

April 18, 2023

  18th April 2023  Giant trees almost felled: Suspension of logging highlights the need for greater oversight of NSW forestry Corp  The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the cessation of logging operations...

March 30, 2023

   30th March 2023    NCC welcomes court decision on water theft, calls for stronger sentencing in the future  The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), the states peak body for climate and environment, has today welcomed the finding of criminal liability for Brewarrina...

March 29, 2023

29 March 2023   The Nature Conservation Council has applauded Premier Chris Minns’s decision to visit Menindee on his first day as Premier of New South Wales.   Premier Minns will travel to the far west of the state to see first hand the...

March 22, 2023

The New South Wales Government must immediately halt operations at Peabody Energy’s Metropolitan Coal Mine in the Royal National Park near Helensburgh, following a new report which has uncovered the discharge of contaminated metals into Worona Reservoir which supplies drinking water to Sydney and...

March 14, 2023

14 March 2023 With less than a fortnight to go until the state election, leading water experts, traditional owners, MPs and candidates will take part in this evening’s NSW Online Water Forum to discuss the future of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. After years...