May 21, 2026

FCNSW abandons half of proposed logging area in Glenbog

Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) abandoned logging plans in the western half of a 515 hectare section of Glenbog State Forest in mid-May after 131 den trees were identified by citizen scientists.

April 16, 2026

Letter to the Prime Minister

Today over 50 environment groups have sent a letter to the Primer Minister expressing concerns over Australia's Timber Fibre Strategy.

January 13, 2026

Logging machines spotted in Glenbog State Forest

Logging machines have been spotted in Glenbog State Forest, one of the most critical remaining habitats for the nationally endangered Greater Glider.

September 15, 2025

Redbank Power Station Proposal Rejected!

Today, the Independent Planning Commission NSW (IPCN) released its decision on Verdant Earth Technology’s (Verdant) proposal to repurpose the Redbank Power Station to burn up to 850,000 tonnes of native forest and other biomass...

September 08, 2025

Great Koala National Park Announced!

The Great Koala National Park has been announced at long last, bringing to an end a decade-long campaign to create the world’s biggest koala sanctuary in northern NSW.

August 29, 2025

29 charges filed against Forestry Corp for Tallaganda!

Prosecution has commenced for what is likely to be the biggest case ever brought against Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW). But this is just the tip of the iceberg.

July 31, 2025

Inquiry into access restrictions in public lands and waterways

An inquiry is underway in NSW Parliament that poses a tremendous threat to our protected areas. Make a submission before Friday 1st August to help us protect the sanctity of our National...

May 08, 2025

Mid North Coast businesses call for the full Great Koala National Park

110 Mid North Coast Business Leaders stand united calling for the Minns Government to honour their promise and for the full 176,000-hectare Great Koala National Park to be immediately gazetted.

April 10, 2025

Logging has begun in another glider stronghold

NSW Forestry Minister, Tara Moriarty, has authorised the destruction of large sections of what is likely the most important greater glider stronghold left in the southern NSW.

March 04, 2025

Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry

This article by Caitlin Fitzsimmons, written on 3rd March 2025 and published by The Sydney Morning Herald, highlights our concerns on the ongoing logging and long delays in declaring the the Great...

February 14, 2025

Protection of 100% of the proposed Great Koala National Park is the minimum required, not the maximum.

Today, 17 environment groups & individuals have written to Premier Chris Minns urging the NSW Government to include all 176,000 of State Forest in the Great Koala National Park.

January 13, 2025

Open letter to Premier Minns and the NSW Government

31 environment groups have signed onto this open letter calling on the Minns Government to stop logging and announce the Great Koala National Park.

December 17, 2024

Media Release - Forestry Corporation posts huge loss as Independent review questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW

Today, the Forest Alliance NSW has responded to a report by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that questions the economic viability of native forest logging in NSW.

December 16, 2024

2025 could be one of the most significant years for nature in NSW history

In 2024 we saved two key greater glider strongholds from logging.  In 2025, we intend to save them all.

November 22, 2024

Another greater glider stronghold safe for now?

We can now confirm that after a concerted campaign by Wilderness Australia to find and record the den trees of the endangered greater glider, Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has withdrawn from two...

August 26, 2024

Media Release - Forest Industry Action Plan Independent Forestry Panel

The Forest Alliance NSW has released this media statement in response to the NSW Government's appointment of an expert panel to lead the consultation process required to inform the development of the...

August 22, 2024

The future of NSW forests and timber industries

The Forest Alliance NSW has released a public statement calling on the NSW Government to urgently begin the work of reviewing the future of NSW public forests and the state’s timber industry.

May 24, 2024

Media Release - Gardens of Stone SCA

Bid for Serviced Cabins in a Blue Mountains park will test the Minns Government’s green credentials. A proposal to build serviced cabins for tourism in pristine parts of the Gardens of Stone...

May 21, 2024

Australia’s greenhouse targets cannot be met without the conservation of native forest

The following piece was written by Wilderness Australia Chair, Bob Debus, and Wilderness Australia Director, Virginia Young. This was originally published in Pearls and Irritations on 20th May 2024.  

May 18, 2024

A powerful new approach: saving the Greater Glider one den tree at a time

Over the last three weeks, we have been working our way across the steep hills and thick forests of Tallaganda. Our mission has been to find and record the homes - called...

April 09, 2024

Make a submission on the Redbank Power Station before 11th April

The threat of biomass burning has resurfaced in NSW. Verdant Earth Technologies (Verdant) is proposing to re-open the Redbank Power Station (near Singleton, NSW) to operate as a biomass power station, using...

February 21, 2024

NSW is failing our greater gliders

On Friday 16th February the EPA announced revised 'protection' protocols for logging in NSW, which significantly scale back previous requirements.

February 06, 2024

Greater gliders pushed closer towards extinction

Without warning the EPA has made changes to the NSW logging protocols that have scrapped the need to find and protect all den trees with a 50m logging exclusion zone. This weakening of...

January 31, 2024

Success! Forestry have retreated from Tallaganda

Over the last few days Forestry Corporation of NSW has pulled out of Tallaganda. For the first time in decades, there is no immediate threat of logging anywhere along the full 60km...

December 20, 2023

An early Christmas gift for greater gliders

Today, the EPA has announced a THIRD extension to the Stop Work Order placed on logging operations in Tallaganda State Forest!

December 14, 2023

Our plan to expand NSW National Parks

Many of our most important wilderness areas and natural landscapes remain outside the formal reserve system, and are subject to ongoing threats like logging, roading, hunting and inappropriate fire management.

November 13, 2023

Third Stop Work Order announced for Tallaganda State Forest

With yesterday’s announcement, we now will have stopped logging operations in Tallaganda State Forest for a total of 113 days - and counting. A third stop work order has been imposed on all logging...

November 01, 2023

Success! Warragamba Dam plan officially scrapped

Good news - the development plan to raise the Warragamba Dam wall has been officially withdrawn! For the first time in five years we can have a sense of certainty that the...

October 06, 2023

Stop Work Order extended for another 40 days!

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) extended their 40 day stop work order in Tallaganda State Forest until November 13th 2023, meaning logging will be halted in all of Tallaganda State Forest for almost...

September 13, 2023

A good start to urgent climate change abatement: end native forest logging now

This article was written by Wilderness Australia Chair, Bob Debus and first published in Pearls and Irritations on 7th September 2023.

August 31, 2023

Media Release

Wilderness Australia's media release regarding the Stop Work Order issued last night by the NSW Environment Protection Authority over logging operations in Tallaganda State Forest.

August 31, 2023

Stop Work Order issued for logging operation in Tallaganda State Forest

A Stop Work Order has been issued to Forestry Corporation of NSW, ceasing logging operation in Tallaganda State Forest! This is a glimmer of hope for the endangered Greater Glider.

August 30, 2023

Tallaganda State Forest

Wilderness Australia’s ecologist Andrew Wong inspected Tallaganda State Forest (located east of Canberra in south east NSW) to follow up on rumours of logging operations in critical Greater Glider habitat. What he...

August 17, 2023

We must stop our forests being sold to fund fossil fuel emissions

There is news of an emerging new threat to our forests and climate. We must stop our forests being sold to fund fossil fuel emissions.

June 01, 2023

Open letter to Premier Jeremy Rockliff

This open letter by The Australia Institute calls for an end to native forest logging in Tasmania. Wilderness Australia is proud to be among the 66 other dedicated groups and individuals pushing...

May 08, 2023

"It's make or break time."

In an article by the South Coast Register, Wilderness Australia Director, Virginia Young, highlights the importance of community involvement when it comes to wilderness protection. Drawing on over 40 years of environmental...

April 19, 2023

Warragamba Dam update

Newly elected NSW government shelves the plan to raise the Warragamba Dam wall, a post-election update.

April 03, 2023

What does the NSW election mean for Warragamba Dam?

We have a new Government in NSW. It gives us some welcome clarity about the future of the Blue Mountains. It is with a sense of cautious excitement that we are now entering...

December 23, 2022

A huge victory for Australia’s forests and our biodiversity

The Federal Climate and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, has announced the exclusion of native forest biomass energy under the label of ‘renewable energy’. This means that the biomass energy industry will find it extremely...

December 23, 2022

Whistleblower: Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’

Enviva is the largest producer globally of fuel for 'biomass burning’ - which is the logging of native forests for the purpose of generating domestic electricity supply.

May 06, 2022

Gardens of Stone Challenge - World Class Reserve or Theme Park?

Today, the Gardens of Stone State Conservation Area was gazetted, with its draft Master Plan publicly released containing plans for major visitor and tourism development.

April 12, 2022

Australia's oldest wilderness advocate changes its name

The Colong Foundation for Wilderness has today changed its name to the Australian Foundation for Wilderness. It will be conducting its campaigns under the shortened title, Wilderness Australia.

March 03, 2022

Flood experts condemn Stuart Ayres on Warragamba Dam

Australia's leading flood experts have hit-out at claims made by minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, that raising Warragamba Dam would alleviate downstream flood risk.

February 20, 2022

UNESCO advises Warragamba Dam should not be raised

UNESCO has criticised the “inappropriate” proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall by 14 metres, warning the current plans have not addressed key concerns in a Technical Review undertaken by its scientific advisors at...

February 20, 2022

Lower Blue Mountains voters don't support Sarah Richards' position on Warragamba Dam

Residents of the lower Blue Mountains have said they are seriously alarmed that Sarah Richards, the Liberal candidate for the marginal seat of Macquarie, is actively trying to secure funding to raise the Warragamba...

February 20, 2022

MEDIA ALERT: Stuart Ayres attacks NSW Government agencies over criticism of Warragamba EIS

Despite blistering criticism from NSW Government agencies on Tuesday regarding the severe inadequacies of the Warragamba Dam raising EIS, Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, has today confirmed on 2GB radio that construction will proceed on the raising of...

September 29, 2021

Warragamba Dam EIS release next step in farcical process

Today's 4,000 page release of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the raising of Warragamba Dam is "simply the latest act in an ongoing political farce", Harry Burkitt, General Manager at the...

March 23, 2021

John Barilaro is right on Warragamba Dam

The Colong Foundation has today welcomed comments made by John Barilaro on Sky News that alternatives need be considered instead of raising the Warragamba Dam wall, which include keeping water levels at the dam lower...

March 21, 2021

MEDIA RELEASE: 'Raising Warragamba Dam won’t stop flooding': former Emergency Services Minister

In an event that has recurred over centuries, a very serious flood is disrupting communities, again placing people and property in peril across the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley.

March 01, 2021

MEDIA RELEASE: Cost of Warragamba Dam raising more than doubles

Documents obtained under freedom of information from October 2019 (attached) show that the cost of raising the Warragamba Dam has more than doubled to $1.6 billion. The document’s release comes after Minster Ayres and Infrastructure NSW...

December 10, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: Traditional Owners call for moratorium on Warragamba Dam raising proposal

Yesterday, the Parliamentary Committee examining the destruction of Jukkan Gorge handed down its interim findings, which included the following (selected) recommendations:  

November 06, 2020

MEDIA ALERT: Inquiry to hear corruption allegations against Warragamba Dam contractor

Beginning at 9:30am this morning, the NSW Upper House Inquiry into the proposed raising of the Warragamba Dam wall will hear allegations of corruption, bribery and indigenous rights abuses against SMEC Engineering....

October 26, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: Experts label Minister Ayres 'misleading and irresponsible' over flood claims

A former SES Deputy Director-General and Australian National University Professor have slammed comments from the Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, on Seven News tonight about flooding in western Sydney, labelling him 'misleading and irresponsible'....

October 23, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: Australia's biggest insurer withdraws support for Warragamba Dam

IAG's chairwoman, Elizabeth Bryan, this morning told the Insurance Australia Group (IAG) AGM that discussions with the Colong Foundation for Wilderness and others had made it clear that "a decision to raise...

September 14, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: Thirty Indigenous families and individuals tell Federal Minister 'no consent' for Warragamba Dam

After explosive Federal Government leaks in the ABC on Saturday, Traditional Owners from Western Sydney have reiterated that they do not give Free, Prior and Informed Consent for the Warragamba Dam wall raising to proceed...

September 09, 2020

Shareholders demand IAG board come clean on protecting koalas and Indigenous cultural sites

The Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has officially announced to the ASX that a resolution lodged by its shareholders to protect World Heritage sites will be put to a vote at its AGM...

August 21, 2020

Stuart Ayres' real agenda exposed in 2015 video found on Penrith developer's website

It can be revealed that in 2015 Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, stood next to a flood marker in his electorate of Penrith and said urban development would occur “as far as...

August 21, 2020

Stuart Ayres' real agenda exposed in 2015 video found on Penrith developer's website

It can be revealed that in 2015 Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, stood next to a flood marker in his electorate of Penrith and said urban development would occur “as far as the...

August 10, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: More questions than answers from Warragamba Dam leaks

Hidden agendas now characterise the Infrastructure NSW project to raise Warragamba Dam wall, after an extensive report by National Parks was leaked by the Sydney Morning Herald in today's paper. The leaked document is...

August 05, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: Infrastructure NSW hidden agenda revealed

Late last night Infrastructure NSW's long hidden agenda to raise Warragamba Dam wall by 17 metres, and not the publicly stated 14 metres, was published in an application on the Federal Environment Department's...

July 22, 2020

MEDIA RELEASE: Leaks show Minister Ayres attempts to bend environment rules for Warragamba Dam project

The Sydney Morning Herald has today revealed leaked documents that show Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, and his bureaucrats are attempting to duck environmental regulations requiring offsetting for the damage that raising...

May 07, 2020

QBE Board has no world heritage policy and no time frame to get one

The QBE Board has today confirmed at its AGM that despite information provided on protecting World Heritage in voting advice to shareholders in March, the company has no World Heritage policy, nor...

April 29, 2020

Angus Place more destructive than Airly or Springvale

Congratulations, together environment groups have pushed back against the 2000 hectare Augus Place mining proposal and with luck our efforts shall ensure NSW is not locked into coal-fired electric power generation for...

April 07, 2020

QBE’s hypocrisy to be exposed at its upcoming AGM

The QBE Insurance Group board yesterday circulated a recommendation for shareholders to vote against a resolution ensuring the company protects world heritage and RAMSAR sites, including the Greater Blue Mountains from the...

January 10, 2020

Federal Environment Minister needs to keep on the right track for protection of native forests and species

The Colong Foundation for Wilderness welcomes comments made by Sussan Ley, Minister for the Environment on ABC Radio National regarding plans to ensure the recovery of wildlife and habitat following the bushfire...

December 14, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE: Greens, One Nation and Unions protest together against dam plan

A broad coalition opposed to the raising of Warragamba Dam wall have come together in a colourful protest outside of Stuart Ayres' electoral office in Penrith. Representatives from the Greens, One Nation,...

December 13, 2019

COALITION AGAINST OVERDEVELOPMENT PAN’S PLAN TO RAISE DAM

A broad coalition opposed to the raising of Warragamba Dam wall have today condemned the plan at a colourful protest outside of Stuart Ayres' electoral office. Representatives from political organisations spanning the...

November 27, 2019

Stuart Ayres gives train-wreck interview on Warragamba Dam

Stuart Ayres, the NSW Minister for Western Sydney, has today blundered his way through a nightmare interview on his plans to raise Warragamba Dam wall when interviewed on ABC 702 Breakfast this...

November 27, 2019

Warragamba Dam in the last 24 hours

Below are the key articles that have come out in the last 24 hours surrounding the dam. We have been on the news headlines of most Sydnes radio stations.  

November 27, 2019

Former SES Deputy Director to give evidence opposing Warragamba Dam at Parliamentary Inquiry

Former SES Deputy Director and flood specialist, Dr Chas keys, will give evidence to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry at 2pm tomorrow (November 25) against the rising of Warragamba Dam wall held at the Windsor Community Centre.

November 27, 2019

Public meeting on the proposed raising of Warragamba Dam wall

On Monday 25 November 2019, the Select Committee on the Proposal to Raise the Warragamba Dam Wall will hold the first hearing for its inquiry.  

November 12, 2019

Communities condemn state government proposal to raise the warragamba dam wall

The communities of Blue Mountains City and Wollondilly Shire came together today (Sunday, 10 November 2019) to condemn the State Government proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall.  

November 12, 2019

COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE PROPOSED RAISING OF THE WARRAGAMBA DAM WALL

SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2019 9.30AM TO 11.30AM

November 12, 2019

Second protest targets Warragamba Dam consultant SMEC

Opponents of NSW Government plans to flood thousands of hectares of Blue Mountains World Heritage wilderness by raising Warragamba Dam wall staged a peaceful protest this morning at the Sydney offices of...

October 17, 2019

Protest targets Warragamba Dam consultant SMEC

Opponents of NSW Government plans to flood thousands of hectares of Blue Mountains World Heritage wilderness by raising Warragamba Dam wall staged a peaceful protest this morning at the Sydney headquarters of...

October 13, 2019

Warragamba consultant embroiled in international dam controversies

Seventeen Indigenous and environmental NGOs from six countries have made a damning joint submission to a parliamentary inquiry about the consultant commissioned by the NSW Government to do cultural and environmental assessments...

October 11, 2019

Warragamba consultant embroiled in international dam controversies

Seventeen Indigenous and environmental NGOs from six countries have made a damning joint submission to a parliamentary inquiry about the consultant commissioned by the NSW Government to do cultural and environmental assessments...

October 10, 2019

Stuart Ayres attacks former SES Director over Warragamba Dam

Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, has today attacked the former NSW SES Deputy Director, Dr Chas Keys, over NSW Liberal Government plans to raise Warragamba Dam, with Minister Ayres dismissing his...

October 01, 2019

Warragamba Dam engineering firm’s racist history revealed

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corps (SMEC), the engineering firm tasked with completing the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the NSW Government project to raise Warragamba Dam wall, has today been revealed for having...

September 28, 2019

Sussan Ley must stand up for Australia’s world heritage before Stuart Ayres’ dam plans

Community groups are calling on Sussan Ley to clarify comments she made in The Australian newspaper today about dams. Environment Minister Ley told the paper she was “working with NSW to streamline...

September 02, 2019

Alliance

August 18, 2019

NSW Government no-show at dam consultation meeting

The NSW Government has refused to attend a Local Government community consultation with Traditional Owners about the impacts of raising Warragamba Dam wall in the Blue Mountains tonight. Over 100 community members...

August 18, 2019

Warragamba Dam: Councils and Traditional Owners rally against dam Friday 16 August – 7pm Faulconbridge Community Hall

The campaign to stop Stuart Ayres’ plan to raise Warragamba Dam wall hit the world stage last month when the United Nations World Heritage Committee reported the impacts on the Blue Mountains...

August 15, 2019

Infrastructure NSW attempts to shed its responsibility for dam cultural assessment

Infrastructure NSW (INSW) has attempted to shed itself of responsibility for major flaws in its Draft Cultural Heritage Assessment for the Warragamba Dam wall raising project, after being invited by Blue Mountains...

August 12, 2019

Infrastructure NSW faces litmus test over dam wall cultural assessment

Following a secretive release of the Warragamba Dam Raising Draft Indigenous Cultural Assessment, Infrastructure NSW is facing a litmus test over its plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall from western Sydney...

August 09, 2019

Call to extend consultation period for cultural heritage assessment of dam proposal

Blue Mountains and Wollondilly councils are calling on the state government to extend the community consultation period for the Cultural Heritage Assessment for the Warragamba Dam wall proposal.

August 06, 2019

Leaked graphs undercut Warragamba Dam wall plans

Plans to raise Warragamba Dam for flood mitigation have been challenged after the leaking of NSW Government charts showing a 14-metre lifting of the wall only provides small benefit during extreme flood...

August 05, 2019

Leaked graphs undercut Warragamba Dam wall plans

Plans to raise Warragamba Dam for flood mitigation have been challenged after the leaking of NSW Government charts showing a 14-metre lifting of the wall only provides small benefit during extreme flood...

July 30, 2019

Gundungurra people reject Government Cultural Assessment on Warragamba Dam Raising

We, the Gundungurra people of the southern Blue Mountains, are launching own campaign against the NSW Government's survey assessment (released to us earlier this month) on the raising of Warragamba Dam wall. 

July 03, 2019

UNESCO takes action on Warragamba Dam wall

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has asserted that any new dam proposals are incompatible with world heritage status at its annual meeting in Azerbaijan today. The Committee has said that raising...

June 20, 2019

Select Committee formed to examine Warragamba Dam

Today it was announced that a NSW Upper House committee will be established to examine the proposal to raise Warragamba Dam wall. The committee will have a Labor-Independent majority, with One Nation...

June 20, 2019

Committee formed to examine Warragamba Dam

Today it was announced that a NSW Upper House committee will be established to examine the proposal to raise Warragamba Dam wall. The committee will have a Labor-Independent majority, with One Nation...

June 13, 2019

Leaked document reveals dam to have “permanent” impact on world heritage

In a leaked document provided to the herald today it has been revealed raising Warragamba Dam wall would result in an “overall high direct (physical) impact” to the world-famous area.

June 09, 2019

Protesters demand Federal intervention on Warragamba dam

Over 900 people marched in Katoomba (NSW) today demanding that the Australian Federal Government protect the UNESCO listed Blue Mountains World Heritage Site from flooding by the raising the Warragamba Dam wall....

June 07, 2019

Hundreds to march on Katoomba against dam

2019Over 500 people are expected to march on Katoomba main street this coming Sunday against the raising of Warragamba Dam wall at 11:00am on Katoomba street. A media stunt will also be...

April 10, 2019

GIVE A DAM takes campaign to Paris

GIVE A DAM will be taking its fight against the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall to UNESCO this week. GIVE A DAM Campaigner, Harry Burkitt, will be leading the trip and meeting...

March 20, 2019

Infrastructure NSW attempts cover up of possible Aboriginal burial site

Yet another cover-up by Infrastructure NSW has been reveled today over the raising of Warragamba Dam wall. Kazan Brown, a Gundungurra traditional owner, has said Infrastructure NSW was silent over the discovery...

March 19, 2019

Liberal’s flyer on dam ‘load of bull’

The NSW Liberals have distributed a flyer to western Sydney seats as part of their fear campaign pushing for the raising of Warragamba Dam wall (attached). The flyer claims that NSW Labor’s...

March 19, 2019

Liberal's flyer on dam ‘load of bull’

The NSW Liberals have distributed a flyer to western Sydney seats as part of their fear campaign pushing for the raising of Warragamba Dam wall (attached). The flyer claims that NSW Labor’s...

March 18, 2019

Another secret plan for Warragamba Dam

After secret plans to raise Warragamba Dam wall by 17 metres (not 14 metres) were leaked to the media last week[1], the Premier has accidentally divulged yet another secret Infrastructure NSW plan...

March 15, 2019

Secret plans to raise Warragamba by 17 metres

It has been revealed today that Infrastructure NSW has secret plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall by 17 metres. This is despite the department saying both in the NSW Parliament and...

March 15, 2019

Students GIVE A DAM

The students of Blue Mountains High Schools are gathering at Town Hall today to not only speak out about climate change, but also the plight of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area...

March 05, 2019

GIVE A DAM pre-election campaign launch in Penrith

The NSW Liberal Government is wanting to raise the wall of Warragamba Dam by 14 metres for flood mitigation, holding an additional two Sydney Harbours of floodwaters behind the dam up to...

February 14, 2019

Documentary on Warragamba Dam raising to be launched

GIVE A DAM: Flooding the Blue Mountains is set to premiere in Springwood on Saturday February 16. The documentary showcases the beauty of the southern Blue Mountains and the impact raising Warragamba...

February 06, 2019

Floodplain property developer linked to Liberal Party

It has been reported today that the director of a multi-million dollar floodplain development company, owning land downstream of the proposed Warragamba Dam wall, donated $550,000 to the NSW division of the...

December 14, 2018

Dam plan to cause further extinction

Another threatened bird species has been found in the same valley that would be flooded under the NSW Liberal Government’s plan to raise the Warragamba Dam wall to allow development on western...

November 15, 2018

NSW Government’s own scientific committee condemns dam raising

The NSW Environment Minister’s own advisory committee has spoken out against the proposed raising of Warragamba Dam wall.

November 14, 2018

NSW Government slammed by global World Heritage body on dam plan

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the international body that advises the World Heritage Committee on cultural heritage, has expressed grave concern about the impacts raising Warragamba Dam wall would...

November 13, 2018

FOI documents reveal Warragamba Dam wall raising will have ‘extensive and significant impacts’ on Blue Mountains World Heritage

Federal Environment Department advisors have warned raising Warragamba Dam wall will have widespread and significant environmental impacts, a document obtained under freedom of information laws has revealed.

October 18, 2018

Government dam legislation condemned by thousands

The NSW Government last night passed legislation to allow the flooding of national parkswith the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area by the raising of Warragamba Damwall.

October 18, 2018

Goverment dam legislation condemned by thousands

The NSW Government last night passed legislation to allow the flooding of national parks with the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area by the raising of Warragamba Dam wall.

October 11, 2018

Government committee admits to flaws in dam’s assessment proces

A government majority committee has admitted the NSW Government’s own environmental and economic assessments being undertaken for the Warragamba Dam raising proposal is inadequate.

October 11, 2018

Government committee admits to flaws in dam’s assessment process

A government majority committee has admitted the NSW Government’s own environmental and economic assessments being undertaken for the Warragamba Dam raising proposal is inadequate.

October 05, 2018

SES admits housing more people on floodplain is dangerous

Peter Cinque from the State Emergency Services (SES) admitted in an upper house inquiry yesterday that he believes the Government’s plan to house an additional 134,000 people[1] on the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain would...

October 02, 2018

Coalition of experts condemn dam plan

A letter has been sent to the NSW Premier by over 20 prominent scientists, park managers and former environment ministers condemning legislation to allow dam inundation of the Greater Blue Mountains World...

September 20, 2018

NSW Government putting lives at risk on the floodplain

134,000 people would be added to the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain over the next 30 years a key NSW government report on raising of Warragamba Dam wall has stated.

April 11, 2018

Hawkesbury City Council votes down motion to support raising Warragamba Dam wall

Hawkesbury City Council last night voted down a motion to support the raising of theWarragamba Dam wall. Councilors voted 5-7 to reject a Liberal motion to support thedam wall raising, with numerous...