2021 media releases

  1. Artist impression of what the refurbished Police Cottage will look like

    Police Cottage refurbishment underway at Emu Plains

    14 December 2021
    Ministerial media release

    Construction has started on the refurbishment of an historic Police Cottage on Crown land at Emu Plains with an official ground-breaking ceremony.

  2. Floodplain harvesting measurement meters

    Growing jobs for Indigenous Australians in water metering

    10 December 2021
    Ministerial media release

    Up to 16 Aboriginal people will be supported to undertake a paid two-year traineeship generating a skilled workforce to support accurate water metering in rural and remote New South Wales.

  3. Soon we will begin work on replacing floodplain management plans for the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan valleys.

    New floodplain management plans to be developed for southern NSW Murray Darling Basin

    8 December 2021
    Ministerial media release

    The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment will soon begin work on replacing floodplain management plans for the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan valleys.

  4. Works at Union Bend Road, Wilcannia.

    Jobs, economic boost for Wilcannia Weir roadworks

    8 December 2021
    Ministerial media release

    Local jobs have been created in Wilcannia as the first stage of construction on Union Bend Road starts, paving the way for the town’s much anticipated new weir.

  5. NSW Government logo

    Narrabri irrigator fined over unlawful water take

    7 December 2021
    Departmental media release

    A Narrabri based landholder has been fined $10,000 following prosecution by the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) for alleged breaches of the Water Management Act 2000 (WM Act).

  6. Killalea Reserve

    Killalea Reserve gets parks protection

    4 December 2021
    Ministerial media release

    One of the Illawarra’s most popular destinations, Killalea State Park, will be added to the NSW National Parks estate, creating one of NSW’s newest Regional Parks.

  7. Fingal Head

    Appointment for Aboriginal Land Council to manage Fingal Head

    3 December 2021
    Ministerial media release

    Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council has been appointed to manage culturally significant land at Fingal Head.

  8. NSW Government logo

    NRAR prosecution to focus on bore extraction limits in Riverina

  9. Salvaged timber from Prince Alfred Bridge

    Timber salvaged for Prince Alfred Bridge memorial

    23 November 2021
    Ministerial media release

    A total of 460 cubic metres of timber and trestles have been salvaged from the removal of the Prince Alfred Bridge timber road viaduct at Gundagai to support construction of heritage memorial works.

  10. Clean up at North Stockton beach

    Clean up to protect North Stockton Beach

    22 November 2021
    Ministerial media release

    Work crews will descend on North Stockton beach this week to remove buried waste that threatened to create a pollution hazard due to coastal erosion.