National Parks Association makes news!

Recent press releases are included on this site for the interest of members and others. Journalists are free to take whatever they need from here, however they are encouraged to contact Andrew Cox at the NPA State Council office to receive future media releases directly as they are issued. News that is not in the form of a media release will probably appear in the next edition of the National Parks Journal.

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RAIL TUNNEL STILL DAMAGES LAND COVE VALLEY (23 August 2001)

Journal Gives Case for Mining Law Reform (6 August 2001)

TRANSGRID IS STILL AT IT! (4 June 2001)

JOURNAL EXPOSES NPWS, DUAP SELL-OUT AT ADI (31 May 2001)

BULLDOZED MOONSCAPE TO BECOME RIVER OF WEEDS (30 May 2001)

NSW GOVERNMENT ACTION NEEDED ON FIREWOOD (24 May2001)

THREATENED SPECIES RECOVERY AT RISK (16 May 2001)

National Parks Association Endorses New National Parks for Central/North-West (10 May 2001)

SYDNEY'S FIREWOOD LINKED TO QLD LAND CLEARING (28 April 2001)

Narrabri Gas Field – an environmental disaster (12 April 2001)

ADI St Marys Regional Park Isn’t Worth Having (30 March 2001)

Don’t Overwhelm Public with 100’s of Plans (28 February 2001)

Green Light for Developers in Kosciuszko: NPA comment on Walker report (21 February 2001)

Sydney Olympic Park Authority: "Hands Off" (11 January 2001)

NO NEW RESERVES FOR THE WEST - Government Falls Short of Community Expectations (21 December 2000)

New national parks for the west, now not later! (13 December 2000)

New Southern National Parks a Reality - NPA welcomes legislation passed through NSW Parliament today creating 70 new national parks and nature reserves and other additions totalling 282,000 ha in southern NSW. (6 December 2000)

Blue Mountains Forever - The National Parks Association of NSW is ecstatic about last night's decision of the World Heritage Committee to list the Blue Mountains as World Heritage. (30 November 2000)

GREEN LEGACY FOR SYDNEY - SILVERWATER NATURE RESERVE GAZETTED (18 September 2000)

ONLY 8 DAYS TO GO - GAZETTE SILVERWATER NATURE RESERVE! (7 September 2000)

Gunnedah Charcoal Plant: Environmental, Salinity Impacts Ignored (4 August 2000)

Archive of press releases.

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