MEDIA RELEASES
Forestry Corporation caught out changing sustainability report
The NSW Forestry Corporation has been discovered amending three years of sustainability reports, dramatically reducing the reported yield from native forest logging since 2021. The changed data forms part of legally required reports by the State Owned Forestry Corporation and represents a 28% decline in reported yield across NSW. The...
80% of young people refused bail is a poor test for reducing crime
The Minns Labor Government has announced that temporary youth bail law changes will be extended from 12 months to 4 years, with data showing 80% of young people charged with certain offences have been refused bail since March last year. The youth bail law changes were opposed by civil society...
Police chase teenagers into wave of Critical Incidents in Northern NSW
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has today declared it is monitoring a second Critical Incident following the police pursuit of multiple minors. Both pursuits, which occurred on 25 January in Casino and 28 January in Gunnedah, involved the police pursuit of stolen vehicles by minors. In Casino, a 13-year-old boy...
Filming an employee's genitals "unprofessional" but not "criminal", NSW Police
A NSW Police sergeant received only a warning and a transfer to another command after filming a colleague's genitals and posting the footage to a group chat in November 2023. A complaint of serious bullying and misconduct was made to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) who referred the complaint...
12 out of 21 new threatened animal species in 2024 are found in NSW
A new report by the Australian Conservation Foundation, ACF’s “Extinction Wrapped”, has revealed that more than half of the Australian animal species newly threatened with extinction live in NSW. The report also highlights that the total number of new species threatened with extinction has risen by 41 to a total...
Sydney Water must account for sewage waste on beaches
Nine beaches in Northern Sydney have been closed due to more material washing up that are similar to the human waste found on beaches in the Eastern Suburbs last year. Repeated occasions where wastewater is causing pollution and with no clear source must be addressed by the Environment Protection Authority...
Community rallies against accelerated logging in Great Koala National Park
Community members have rallied at the NSW Forestry Corporation’s offices in Coffs Harbour and Sydney this morning as a new report has revealed that logging in the Great Koala National Park has accelerated by 62% since the Minns Labor Government was elected on a platform to protect those forests. Greens...
New Report: Connectivity of habitat critical for Koalas
A new report from Canines for Wildlife has revealed the critical importance of maintaining habitat connectivity for Koala populations. The report, provided to Jaliigirr Biodiversity Alliance, examined the Koala population in the Bellingen-Coffs Harbour area and demonstrated the genetic health of the Koalas was reliant on a wide geographic range...
Human waste found on more Sydney beaches
More fatbergs have been discovered on Sydney beaches, this time at Kurnell, with no signs that the Environment Protection Authority is any closer to discovering the source of the human waste that is contaminating Botany Bay. The EPA has ruled out the Bondi and Malabar wastewater treatment plants as potential...
Labor refuses to consider impacts on climate from coal
The Federal Labor Government has issued a notice today confirming that the Boggabri Coal Mine Modification 8 will not be assessed for the impact it will have on climate change as part of its assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The notice comes 5 days after the...