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Developing Santos’s Narrabri gas field will accelerate climate change, poison aquifers, and destroy wildlife habitat
June 15, 2022
Opening Narrabri gas field will not ease the short-term energy shortage but it will cause lasting environmental harm to the climate, water supplies and wildlife habitat. [1] “Minister Madeleine King’s suggestions to fast track the Narrabri gas field will do nothing to solve the...
Read MoreDendrobium mine expansion plan still poses unacceptable risks to drinking water and climate
June 14, 2022
The Nature Conservation Council has urged the NSW Planning Department to reject the expansion of Dendrobium coal mine in Sydney’s drinking water catchment. [See submission attached.] South32’s previous application to expand the mine was rejected by the Independent Planning Commission in 2021 because of...
Read MoreASIC escalates investigation into Sweetman Renewables
June 14, 2022
ASIC has escalated the Nature Conservation Council’s complaint about possibly misleading and deceptive conduct by Cessnock-based energy start-up Sweetman Renewables to a full-blown inquiry. “We wrote to the nation’s corporate watchdog last December with concerns the company may have made false statements to the...
Read MoreRecord $1.2 billion renewable energy infrastructure budget vital to meet state’s 2050 target
June 10, 2022
The NSW Government’s record $1.2 billion renewable energy infrastructure investment is a vital step in making NSW carbon neutral by 2050. [1] “This announcement will drop another vital piece into the state’s renewable energy puzzle,” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said. “NSW has...
Read MoreCourt’s Redbank ruling is a reprieve for native forests, but threat remains
June 08, 2022
Verdant Energy’s plans to use wood to fuel Redbank power station have hit a hurdle after a Land and Environment Court ruling that requires the company to submit a new development application. The Land and Environment Court on Friday ruled that changing the fuel...
Read MoreRenewal of wood supply contracts spells disaster for native forests on the North Coast
June 03, 2022
The NSW Government today has locked in another five years of public native forests by extending most North Coast Wood Supply Agreements to 2028. [1] “This decision flies the face of advice from the Natural Resources Commission, [2] which assessed the public forests estate...
Read MoreNSW must deliver robust, climate-ready Water Resource Plans as a matter of urgency
June 03, 2022
The Federal Government and water management agencies must use all available powers to make NSW deliver robust, climate-ready Water Resource Plans (WRPs) as required under the Basin Plan as a matter of urgency. The Nature Conservation Council supports the Commonwealth Inspector-General of Water Compliance...
Read MoreComment on key appointments to the Albanese ministry
June 01, 2022
Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said: “Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has elevated the standing of environment and water in the federal government by appointing one of Labor’s most talented and experienced ministers to the portfolio. ...
Read MoreGovernment’s answer to Floodplain Harvesting report bitter pill for the Darling-Baaka River
May 26, 2022
The Water Minister Kevin Anderson has today confirmed, with its release of a response to the Floodplain Harvesting Inquiry Report, that the Government is intent on continuing to ignore community outcry. “In recent years we have seen horrific fish kills and rapidly shrinking Ramsar...
Read MoreKoala endangered listing must push NSW Government to protect habitat
May 20, 2022
Today’s announcement that koalas will be finally listed as Endangered under the Biodiversity Conservation Act is a huge wake up call for protecting koala habitat in New South Wales. “The devastating endangered listing of koalas comes as no surprise in a state where the government refuses...
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