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Central Coast Council has found the funds to complete the first ever survey for Koalas across the region. As Ecologically Endangered Communities (EECs) such as Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland on the Woy Woy Peninsula and various EECs in COSS land and wetlands are subject to risks that the Central Coast […]

The Australian Marine Conservation Society has issued a call to action against heavyweight plastic bags sneaking their way back into shops and takeaway outlets. “In bad news for ocean wildlife, many big retailers have been handing out thick plastic bags – circumventing bans on lightweight plastic bags in every state […]

The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) will represent farmers and community members in the NSW IPC as they attempt to stop a proposed gold mine in central-western NSW over its impacts on water. EDO lawyers will provide expert legal advice to the local community and will brief scientific experts to appear […]

The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) has reported that its clients, Protect Our Water Catchment (POWC), have applied to join legal proceedings so they can defend the refusal of a coal mine extension south of Sydney.  In February 2021, the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) rejected the expansion application by South 32, to extend the life of its Dendrobium mine, near Wollongong.  South32 had sought planning […]