Media Releases

July 21, 2021

The Nature Conservation Council welcomes the government's announcement today that 8 out of 12 ‘zombie’ petroleum exploration licenses (PELs) will be cancelled, and calls for the remaining PELs on the Liverpool Plains to be cancelled as well.  “Coal seam gas industrialises the landscape and threatens water quality and quantity, so we...

July 09, 2021

Environment groups are calling on the NSW Government to include best practise mandatory standards for tree canopy cover, climate action, parkland and urban heat mitigation in a new planning policy due to take effect for all urban areas by the end of 2021.  Planning...

June 29, 2021

Latest land clearing data shows 150 hectares of wildlife habitat is bulldozed or logged every day in NSW, almost twice the average annual rate recorded before the Coalition overhauled nature laws in 2016. [1]  The annual Statewide Land and Tree Study (SLATS) data shows...

June 25, 2021

The conservation movement welcomes the inquiry into the NSW biodiversity offsetting scheme announced by the Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee.  “There have been serious concerns about the government’s new biodiversity offsets scheme since it was introduced as part of its suit of weakened land-clearing and nature laws in 2017,” Nature Conservation...

June 23, 2021

23 June 2021  The Nature Conservation Council looks forward to contributing to the NSW Upper House inquiry into floodplain harvesting announced today.  “The inquiry follows the introduction earlier this year of poorly designed regulations that would have transferred billions of dollars’ worth of public water into private...

June 23, 2021

The Nature Conservation Council calls on all Senators to defend the Murray-Darling River system and reject proposed National Party amendments to the Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021.  “The proposed amendments will substantially hamper attempts to restore the...

June 23, 2021

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinarian Medicines Authority’s (APVMA) has rejected a dangerous proposal to use bromadiolone around the perimeter of crops to control the state’s mouse plague.  “The APVMA’s decision is a sensible result,” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said.  “Everybody said when this dangerous proposal was floated that bromadiolone was completely unsuitable for broadscale application.  “Thank goodness sense...

June 22, 2021

The NSW Government has delivered a strong budget for climate action and nature, investing significantly in clean energy and koalas and extending the Saving Our Species Program for another five years.  “This is probably the best budget for climate and nature we have seen from the Coalition...

June 20, 2021

The NSW Government’s almost $500 million package to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles [1] is the beginning of the end of the internal combustion engine’s 120-year monopoly on road transportation in NSW. [2]  “This is an historic and very welcome package from a government that has significantly increased its commitment to climate action over the past few years,” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said.   “It will not only reduce the climate impact of road transportation,...

June 09, 2021

The Nature Conservation Council today launched its campaign to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles in NSW as a new plank in its broader campaign to transition the state economy to 100% clean energy by 2030.  The council’s Accelerate NSW campaign includes policies to:  Waive stamp duty for...