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NSW must strengthen Biodiversity Offset laws as threatened species list grows

November 15, 2024

MEDIA RELEASEFriday 15th November, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, says the addition or uplisting of 48 species to the NSW threatened species list so far this year highlights the need for strong reforms...

End the Basin Plan misinformation and let the rivers flow

November 13, 2024

MEDIA RELEASEWednesday 13th November, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today joined in calls from the NSW Government for an end to the spread of misinformation regarding the Reconnecting River Country Program in the...

Peak environment body welcomes faster clean energy assessments

November 12, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 12th November The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, today welcomed the commitment from the NSW State Government to reduce planning delays for renewable energy projects and called for action to restore nature during...

The Washington Post shines an international spotlight on the NSW failure to protect Koalas

November 11, 2024

MEDIA RELEASENovember 11th, 2024 The lack of action on logging in the proposed Great Koala National Park has received international spotlight with a scathing article in the Washington Post. The Forest Alliance of NSW is calling for an immediate moratorium on logging in the...

Nature Negative: How NSW is destroying the homes of our most iconic endangered animals

October 17, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE17th October 2024 A new report, Nature Negative: How governments are pushing greater gliders towards extinction, reveals that current regulations for logging operations amount to a “licence to kill” endangered species. The report by Forest Alliance NSW (FANSW) profiles four state forests where...

NSW Consumer Energy Strategy will slash bills and emissions

September 16, 2024

The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the NSW Government’s Consumer Energy Strategy which will make it easier for households to access clean energy and lower their bills.

Urgent interim action needed as NSW clears 570 football fields of habitat each day

September 13, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE13 September 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has called on the NSW Government to act on its commitment to stop the runaway land clearing that is continuing to decimate NSW bush. NSW...

Dud deal with Dutton on nature would betray communities and nature

September 12, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE12 September 2024 Conservation Councils from all Australia States and Territories are calling on the Albanese Government to rule out a deal with the Liberal Party that would weaken proposed Nature Positive laws. The groups are calling on the Government and Senate Crossbench...

NSW Forestry plan must end native forest logging and invest in a plantation based timber industry

August 26, 2024

Forest Alliance NSWMEDIA RELEASE26 August 2024 The Forest Alliance NSW is calling on a newly announced expert panel, set up by the Minns Labor Government to advise it on the future of forestry, to put ending native forest logging front and centre of their...

Protection of Sacred Site the right call

August 21, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE21 August 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today thanked the Federal Minister for Water and the Environment Tanya Plibersek for applying section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act...