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Stop work order highlights the need to overhaul forestry surveys, and search for nocturnal animals at night
November 15, 2023
15th November 2023 With the Environmental Protection Agency issuing another stop work order for the failure to identify endangered glider dens, the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC) is calling on the Minns government to take decisive action to protect endangered wildlife across...
Read More‘We stand by our river’: First Nations leaders, fishers, farmers and environment groups unite in Canberra to demand real water for the Murray-Darling
November 14, 2023
Tuesday, 14th November 2023 With the Senate set to decide the fate of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, an alliance of First Nation leaders, irrigators, farmers, ecologists and environmental organisations today travelled to federal parliament to urge politicians from across the political spectrum to deliver...
Read MoreMurray-Darling bill needs to go much further to deliver real water to rivers and justice for First Nations
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023 A Senate inquiry report tabled today shows cross-party support for improving legislation to restore rivers in the Murray-Darling, giving the Albanese Government an opportunity to significantly improve its bill. Peak environment groups across NSW, VIC, QLD and SA have called on...
Read MoreDespite $246.9 million in taxpayer money, Forestry Corporation still lost $28 million, report finds.
November 10, 2023
10th November 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC) has today released a new report from Frontier Economics which reveals for the first time that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have been gifted to the taxpayer owned logging business Forestry...
Read MoreWater Bill must go further to deliver for the Darling
November 01, 2023
November 1st 2023 Leading environmental organisations from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland will today present evidence to a Senate Committee on the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill. As it stands the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill would allow 450...
Read MoreA win for the Australian Alps - NCC applauds Minister Sharpe for evidence-based approach to feral horses
October 27, 2023
27th October 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has welcomed today’s announcement that the NSW Government will allow aerial shooting as an additional control option for feral horses in the Alpine National Park. “We commend Minister Sharpe for the leadership she...
Read MoreEnvironment groups welcome progress of Water Bill with support of independent regional MPs
October 18, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Leading environmental organisations from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland have welcomed the progress of the Water Amendment (Restoring our Rivers) Bill through the House of Representatives today, saying it gives our rivers a chance of restoration after...
Read MoreEither blind or not looking: Analysis reveals Forestry Corporation ignores endangered gliders across NSW
October 17, 2023
Either blind or not looking: Analysis reveals Forestry Corporation ignores endangered gliders across NSW 17th October 2023 Analysis by the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state's leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today revealed that Forestry Corporation NSW is logging forests...
Read MoreNSW climate bill welcomed, but targets unachievable without on-time retirement of coal-fired power stations
October 12, 2023
12th October 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the NSW Government's establishment of the Net Zero Commission, and the legislating of NSW's 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets. “It's great to...
Read MoreFormer NSW Premier Bob Carr backs campaign to end land clearing.
October 03, 2023
Thursday 28th September 2023 The campaign to stop habitat destruction has received the backing of former NSW Premier Bob Carr, whose government introduced much of the legislation to protect habitats, ecosystems and wildlife homes that were undone by the former NSW Liberal-National Government. Habitat...
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