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Rallies across NSW on World Environment Day demand action to save koalas
June 05, 2021
People have rallied across the state today, calling on the NSW Government to strengthen protections for koalas and their habitat. More than 500 people gathered in Hyde Park, Sydney, and were addressed by a range of speakers, including: Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian, Animal...
Read MoreConservation movement ready to work with the new Labor leadership on koalas, climate, water and forestry
June 04, 2021
Statement by Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian “We welcome Chris Minns’ election as leader of NSW Labor and look forward to working with the new Labor leadership team to put climate action and the protection of nature at the top of the political agenda. “The people want an effective Opposition...
Read MorePumped hydro plan will help to maintain Lithgow’s place as an energy hub
June 03, 2021
The Nature Conservation Council has welcomed plans to create a new hydro-electricity facility on the edge of Lithgow in the state’s central west. “Energy Australia’s plans to establish a pumped hydro-electricity facility near Lithgow will help the city maintain its position as a key...
Read MoreProtest for stronger koala protection
June 02, 2021
What: Koala Day of Action, June 5. The campaign to save the koala from extinction continues with a rally in Hyde Park and other locations this Saturday calling on the government to strengthen legal protections for the species. When: 11am, Saturday, June 5 Where: Hyde Park (near the Archibald Fountain), Sydney Who: ...
Read MoreLeading NGOs urge AGL to drop Greenpeace lawsuit
May 26, 2021
Some of Australia’s leading NGOs and biggest environmental advocacy groups have delivered an open letter to AGL urging the energy major to drop its legal action against Greenpeace Australia Pacific ahead of next week’s hearing in the Federal Court. The letter, addressed to AGL...
Read MoreTransparency and accountability are the key to restoring public confidence in water management in NSW
May 26, 2021
The NSW Government must vigorously prosecute landholders who have harvested floodplain waters illegally, and release all the legal advice it has received on the status of floodplain harvesting over the past two years. Media reports today reveal that Water Minister Melinda Pavey was told...
Read MoreKean and Bowen headline Nature Conservation Council business breakfast
May 19, 2021
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean and Federal Shadow Environment Minister Chris Bowen were keynote speakers at a Nature Conservation Council Business Forum at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney this morning. The sold-out event, titled Risks and Opportunities in a Changing Climate, drew 190 business...
Read More$600M should be spent on batteries, not gas
May 19, 2021
The $600 million the Morrison government plans to spend on a new gas peaking power plant at Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley would be much better spent on battery storage. The government announced today [1] that it would spend more than half a billion dollars of taxpayers’ hard-earned money on a gas plant that will probably operate only one week a...
Read MoreForestry Corporation must investigate breaches of post-fire logging standards in Mogo State Forest
May 18, 2021
Forestry Corporation appears to have breached its own post-fire logging rules in Mogo State Forest by cutting down a large ironbark, a feed tree for the critically endangered swift parrot. Swift parrots migrate from Tasmania to the mainland during winter and feed on the...
Read MoreNSW Regional Environment Conference 2021 in Batemans Bay this Saturday
May 17, 2021
More than 100 people are expected to attend the NSW Regional Environment Conference at Bateman’s Bay this Saturday (May 22). “The South Coast of NSW is one of the most stunning places in the world, with an astonishing variety forests, beaches and wetlands,” Nature...
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