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Cape Byron Lighthouse, Walgun Cape Byron State Conservation Area.
Credit: John Spencer/DCCEEW

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Three people, one in a bright safety shirt, stand in a large warehouse-type space.
Minister Penny Sharpe and Solidcast owners, Will and Sarah Hynes, at the facility in Wauchope.
Credit: DCCEEW
Creating manufacturing jobs on the Mid North Coast
Black and white photo of a large bus bearing a hand-made sign 'Student action for Aborigines'. The bus is parked outside the Hotel Boggabilla and there is a small group of people standing at the hotel entrance.
Student Action for Aborigines bus outside Hotel Boggabilla, 17–26 February 1965.
Credit: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and SEARCH Foundation
Have your say: Help shape 1965 Freedom Ride Blue Plaque Trail
Abercrombie Bridge, spanning the Abercrombie River near Bathurst, is an Alan truss timber road bridge built in 1918 and incorporating stone piers from the original 1870s bridge
Abercrombie Bridge, listed on the State Heritage Register, is an example of an Alan truss timber road bridge.
Credit: DCCEEW
Abercrombie Bridge recognised as landmark of innovation and community heritage
A flooded wetland with rich blue water and grass plants growing from it
Narran Lake Nature Reserve in flood, April 2021.
Credit: Joanne Ocock/DPE
Flood recovery works continue in Myall Lakes National Park and surrounds
An adult black and white bird walks along the beach accompanied by 2 grey and white chicks
Pied oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris).
Credit: Yolande C
Celebrating a silver anniversary for South Coast shorebirds
Three men in high-vis clothing stand in a factory surrounded by manufacturing equipment
Sell & Parker manufacturing site, Smithfield.
Credit: Melanie Garrick/DCCEEW
Anchoring renewable jobs in western Sydney
A female officer is helping a woman to read her energy bill in a household environment
Inclusive Energy Outreach Program.
Credit: Katherine Griffiths/DCCEEW
$2 million energy literacy fund to support vulnerable residents
A koala clings to a thin tree branch
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
Credit: DCCEEW
The Great Koala National Park
Aerial view of swimmers at Bronte Beach
Aerial view of swimmers at Bronte Beach.
Credit: C Board/DPE
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Clouds, weather pattern
Clouds, weather pattern.
Credit: V Duncan
Air quality

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