2021 media releases

  1. Belmont Wetlands State Park

    Newcastle region reserves secure over $1.4 million

    11 February 2021
    Departmental media release

    Crown land reserves across the Newcastle area have secured more than $1.4 million in funding for a range of local improvement projects and community facilities.

  2. Norah Head Lighthouse a beacon for newly-weds

    11 February 2021
    Departmental media release

    The Crown land reserve at Norah Head Lighthouse has scooped the pool at the annual Central Coast Brides Choice Awards.

  3. Open space in Windang

    $400,000 funding to return Windang site to open space

    9 February 2021
    Ministerial media release

    The NSW Government will provide $400,000 in funding from its COVID-19 stimulus program to remove a derelict building from waterfront Crown land at Windang to create more green public open space for the Illawarra.

  4. Aerial view of suburban houses

    NSW land values hold strong despite COVID

    8 February 2021
    Ministerial media release

    Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey has welcomed the latest valuations by the NSW Valuer General showing the State’s residential property market continues to show remarkable resilience in the face of extreme economic headwinds.

  5. NSW Government logo

    Extension of exhibition for draft Central Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sharing Plan

    29 January 2021
    Departmental media release

    The exhibition period for the draft Water Sharing Plan for the Central Coast Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources has been extended until 14 February 2021, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has announced.

  6. Nelson Bay marina

    $100,000 for scuba dive entry platform

    29 January 2021
    Ministerial media release

    The NSW Government will provide $100,000 under its COVID-19 stimulus program to develop a scuba diving entry platform at Nelson Bay.

  7. NRAR works with leading satellite providers to conduct its monitoring campaign

    28 January 2021
    Departmental media release

    The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) worked with the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Geoscience Australia (GA) to conduct the largest, most systematic monitoring effort in its history in 2020.

  8. NSW Government logo

    Reflecting on the year that was 2020

    22 January 2021
    Departmental media release

    As 2020 drew to a close, I reflected on the hard work of my team at the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) and what we accomplished together last year.

  9. Jervis Bay Marine Park

    NSW Crown land gets $51 million funding boost

    21 January 2021
    Ministerial media release

    The NSW Government will provide a record $51.7 million from its Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) to maintain and upgrade Crown reserves and community facilities across the state.

  10. NRAR's compliance officers visiting a cattle farmer in New South Wales.

    Survey reveals increasing public trust in water enforcement

    13 January 2021
    Departmental media release

    A community benchmarking survey commissioned by the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) revealed attitudes toward water enforcement in NSW have improved since NRAR’s inception in April 2018.