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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...
Read MoreEnd 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...
Read MorePeak 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreNature 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...
Read MoreNSW 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.
Read MoreUrgent 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...
Read MoreDud 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...
Read MoreNSW 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...
Read MoreProtection 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...
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