Mungo Brush Road and the new Dark Point carpark re-opens in Myall Lakes National Park
A $6.1 million infrastructure project in Myall Lakes National Park opened this week with the relocation of part of Mungo Brush Road and upgrade of Dark Point carpark.
- 10 Dec 2019
Caught on camera: Echidna love train crashes malleefowl mound
A project calling citizen scientists to scroll through thousands of images of a malleefowl mound has captured a rarely seen echidna love train crashing in a mound for the night.
- 04 Dec 2019
Armidale squirrel glider educates kindy class
When a Department of Planning Industry and Environment employee found a recently deceased squirrel glider at his home just outside Armidale, he turned tragedy into educational opportunity.
- 29 Nov 2019
20th Green Globe winners making a resilient NSW
An outstanding range of innovative projects from across NSW have been showcased in the 2019 winning line-up for the 20th annual Green Globe Awards.
- 28 Nov 2019
Emergency temporary air quality monitors installed on NSW north coast
Residents of Taree, Coffs Harbour, Grafton and Lismore – Ballina will have access to hourly air quality updates following the installation of temporary air quality incident monitors in response to the ongoing bushfires burning in their areas.
- 23 Nov 2019
Latest ministerial media releases
Barangaroo becomes Australia's first carbon neutral precinct
Barangaroo has become the first urban precinct in Australia to be awarded carbon neutral status.
- 06 Dec 2019
Funding to bring sand to Stockton for school holidays
Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock today announced an additional $175,000 of funding for the City of Newcastle Council to begin work to boost sand volumes on Stockton Beach.
- 25 Nov 2019
Affordable, reliable power for NSW
Households across NSW are expected to save $40 per year on their electricity bills and the State will have one of the highest reliability targets in the world under the NSW Electricity Strategy, released today.
- 22 Nov 2019
Premier declares State of Emergency in NSW
The NSW Government has taken a critical step to protect the residents of the State from bushfires by declaring a State of Emergency ahead of catastrophic conditions predicted for this week.
- 11 Nov 2019
New support for State's 5,600 wildlife heroes
The NSW Government is providing an additional $1.47 million support for the State's dedicated army of volunteer wildlife rehabilitators to help them meet the growing demands of rescuing more than 100,000 animals every year.
- 10 Nov 2019