Latest Environment and Heritage media releases

Parts of the Royal National Park closed to the public

Clean-up works are ongoing following serious flooding over the past few weeks to areas within the Royal National Park.

  • 21 May 2024

Goonoo State Conservation Area hazard reduction burn

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, with assistance from Orana Rural Fire Service, is conducting a hazard reduction burn in Goonoo State Conservation Area near Dubbo commencing 22 May, weather permitting.

  • 21 May 2024

NSW strengthens First Nations engagement for Renewable Energy Zones

The NSW Government is paving the way for more meaningful engagement with Aboriginal communities in the Hunter-Central Coast and the South West Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) with the release of 2 new First Nations Guidelines (guidelines).

  • 17 May 2024

NSW gears up for humpback migration with expanded disentanglement team

With the first humpback whales of the season sighted off Sydney this week, an expanded team of specialised rescuers are poised and ready to launch as tens of thousands of majestic humpback whales begin their annual migration along the NSW coastline.

  • 16 May 2024

Hazard reduction burns in Central West

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is planning hazard reduction burns in the Trinkey State Conservation Area and Tinkrameanah National Park from Friday 17 May, weather permitting.

  • 16 May 2024

Latest ministerial media releases

Cabarita Beach powered up with new EV fast charging station

The future of sustainable transport is rolling into Northern New South Wales with the opening of a new electric vehicle (EV) fast charging station as the NSW Government rolls out the most extensive EV charging network in the country.

  • 18 May 2024

Improving wildlife rehabilitation and care

The NSW Government is launching a statewide consultation on the wildlife rehabilitation sector to gain a detailed understanding of how New South Wales can improve the way we care for our native animals.

  • 15 May 2024

Gulaga National Park expands as 200 hectares added

Nearly 200-hectares of culturally and ecologically rich land has been added to Aboriginal-owned Gulaga National Park on the South Coast of New South Wales. This affords a higher level of protection to Yuin sacred sites and koala habitat.

  • 10 May 2024

Action to reverse the trend: NSW biodiversity outlook report

Updated data has provided further evidence that biodiversity is in decline across New South Wales, and urgent action is needed to prevent half our threatened species becoming extinct in the next 100 years.

  • 08 May 2024

Beachwatch consultation reinstated

The NSW Government is giving Sydney coastal councils an additional 12 months’ consultation before the implementation of the Universal Beachwatch Partnership Program which provides information on water quality at our beaches and waterways.

  • 04 May 2024