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Logging resumes in Mumbulla State Forest - we must act now
 Several Aboriginal traditional owners have joined with more than 100 people from local community groups, locals and residents to protest the logging at Mumbulla State Forest in South East NSW.
A Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water survey found a small but healthy population of up to 50 koalas, including females and their young, living in forest earmarked for logging. This is the last remaining koala colony in NSW's South East.
We don't think it’s too late to save the South East’s last koalas from extinction.
If you're in Sydney and can spare a couple of hours over the next week to help get the message out about the South East's koalas, please call the NCC on (02) 9279 2466 or email: jgarcia@nccnsw.org.au
Click here for three more ways you can help save the koalas today.
Please make a donation today to help save the koalas.
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Say no to burning native forest for electricity in Eden and beyond
Join us for a special art auction fundraiser for shark conservation
 Dead Sharks ain’t Art
An arts event and auction raising funds to stop all forms of shark slaughter
6.30pm – 9.30pm, Tuesday 11 May, 2010
Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney
Drinks * Nibbles * Guest speakers * Raffle * Live and silent auction & much more …
Threatened and endangered sharks are killed for their fins off the coast of Australia in huge numbers. Already 90% of the world’s sharks have been wiped out.
Join the Nature Conservation Council of NSW for an evening of good company and bid on some amazing auction items, including specially commissioned artworks and a weekend scuba diving trip for two. All money raised will go towards our work to get increased protection for sharks.
Limited capacity – please RSVP by Friday, May 7 2010.
Ph. 02 9279 2466 or email: marinevol@nccnsw.org.au
Environmental theatre highlights concerns with Tillegra Dam
 In a show of solidarity, voters from Dungog, Newcastle and Sydney (as well as two dairy cows) will set up a 'human gallery' in Sydney's Martin Place at 12.45 pm on Friday 23rd April to highlight the environmental impact of the Tillegra Dam and promote more sustainable alternatives for water supply in the region.
Organisers, Save the Williams Coalition, need 50 people, preferably looking a bit rural in Akubra-type hats, each person bearing one corflute sheet with a large photograph from Ken Rubeli’s portfolio of images from the inundation area of the Tillegra Dam.
The dam will be represented by a low wall of hay bales. Supporting this 'tableau' will be other people bearing placards, banners etc. Two prize dairy cows will also be milked.
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Pilot project paves way for young people's environment career
 A recently launched bush regeneration training program for young people will help keep the local bushland healthy while providing an opportunity for young people to scope out an environmental career.
The Engagement and Retention of Youth in Bush Regeneration Program is the idea of Mosman residents Diana Choquette and Gwen Riggs and has been realised with the backing of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Harbour North office.
The program is open to all students between the ages of 14 and 18, and will provide
students interested in becoming an environmental professional with skills, knowledge and a better understanding of what working in the bush entails.
For more information and to apply, contact NPWS Harbour North area office on
(02) 9960 6266.
Member Group News: A green view - the Minister chose money, not koala
By John Jeayes
 I was devastated to find that Minister Tony Kelly has chosen the money he will get from flogging off 80 housing blocks at Goolawah Estate, rather than save the koala I found there and named after him.
I felt sure when I wrote last time that no matter what cynical people told me to expect from this Government, Mr Kelly, once he knew the real facts about the high conservation value of this very special patch of forest, would reverse his decision to open up the Goolawah Estate Sections 3-5 (Stage 2) for subdivision.
I thought that surely he had just not been properly informed.
Desks, chairs, bookshelves, workstation available for free ... or for a donation
 The Nature Conservation Council of NSW is shortly relocating offices to 2/5 Wilson St, Newtown to share office space with the National Parks Assocation.
As a result of our move, we need to find good homes for a lot of our excess furniture. Items going are 3 year old and older workstations, desks, 3-draw under desk filing cabinets in good condition, older style metal filing cabinets (3, 4 and 5 drawer), bookshelves, tables, front reception desk (pictured above), office swivel chairs, board room chairs and one boardroom table. We also have a lot of folders, dividers, plastic document sleeves, etc.
A donation for any items would be most appreciated, however the most important thing for us is to avoid having to send this to landfill.
If you're interested in the furniture please contact Bruce Diekman on (02) 9279 2466 or email: bdiekman@nccnsw.org.au. All items will need to be removed during working hours from Monday, 27 April (this is a public holiday, but someone will be in the office) up to Thursday, 29 April.
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Dead Sharks ain't Art: An arts event and auction raising funds to stop all forms of shark slaughter. Hosted by Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
6.30pm – 9.30pm. Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney
Drinks * Nibbles * Guest speakers * Raffle * Live and silent auction & much more …
Limited capacity, please RSVP by Friday, May 7 2010.
Call (02) 9279 2466 or email: marinevol@nccnsw.org.au
Starlight On Dark Water: art exhibition by Neil Taylor
Until Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Wagner Art Gallery, 39 Gurner St, Paddington, Sydney
Interactive public seminar on the findings of the Who Cares about the Environment in 2009?. Hosted by DECCW.
10.15am for 10.30am start - 1.30pm. Monday, 19 April 2010
Orchard Room 2, Country Comfort Motel, 146 Bathurst Rd, Orange
Register online or call Khiem Forbutt on 02 8837 6000
Interactive public seminar on the findings of the Who Cares about the Environment in 2009?. Hosted by DECCW.
10.45am for 11.00am start - 2pm. Wednesday 21 April, 2010
Wagga RSL Club, Dobbs St (cnr Kincaid St), Wagga Wagga
Register online or call Khiem Forbutt on 02 8837 6000
Interactive public seminar on the findings of the Who Cares about the Environment in 2009?. Hosted by DECCW.
10.45am for 11.00am start - 2pm. Thursday 22 April, 2010
Conference Room, Quality Hotel Powerhouse Armidale, 31 Marsh Street, Armidale
Register online or call Khiem Forbutt on 02 8837 6000
WildEndurance 100km team challenge. Fundraising team competition by The Wilderness Society.
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 May 2010
Blue Mountains World Heritage wilderness
Email the Event Organiser at wildendurance@wilderness.org.au
An Afternoon with Australian Icons: A fundraiser for our national icon, the Kangaroo. Hosted by Lynda Stoner.
3.00pm – 6.00pm. Sunday, 23 May 2010
Revesby Workers Club, 2b Brett Street, Revesby, NSW
Cost: $25 Adults, $15 children (16 years and under), $15 pensioners, $60 family pass (no limit of children)
All proceeds to the Australian Society for Kangaroos
2010 Climate Change @ Work Conference: Growing the Sustainable Workplace. Hosted by the Workplace Research Centre, The University of Sydney.
9.00am – 5.00pm. Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Hilton Hotel, 488 George Street, Sydney, NSW
Cost: Early-bird price until 31 March $695.00 including GST,
Team price (2 or more) $695.00 inc. GST, full-price $795.00 inc. GST,
Full + accommodation $895.00 inc.
Public Interest law in australia: 25 years on. EDO National Conference.
Friday 28 and Saturday 29 May 2010
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney
Check pdf for schedule of conference fees.
Film premier: Ampilatwatja Walk Off Protest vs NT Intervention, with indigenous music, performers and speakers.
Music starts at 7pm, Thursday 29 April 2010
Addison Road Community Centre, Addison Road, Marrickville
$20 waged/$10 concession
All funds raised will go to the Ampilatwatja Walk Off Camp in Central Australia.
Call Actively Radical TV on 02 9564 1277
Bellingen New Energy Festival
Saturday, 5 June 2010
Bellingen Showground
Latest Nature Conservation Council submissions
Offshore Artificial Reefs
Monday, 12 April 2010
Submissions open
Shell Cove Boat Harbour Precinct Environmental Assessment
Closing date: 5pm. Friday, 16 April 2010
Koondrook-Perricoota Forest Flood Enhancement Works
Closing date: Monday, 19 April 2010
Offshore Artificial Reefs Project - Wollongong, Sydney and Newcastle
Closing date: Monday, 19 April 2010
Hoxton Park Industrial Project
Closing date: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Champions Quarry Project
Closing date: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Salt Ash Sand Extraction
Closing date: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
South East Fibre Exports 5MW Biomass-Fired Power Station
Closing date: Thursday, 22 April 2010
Wellington Gas-Fired Power Station
Closing date: Thursday, 22 April 2010
Port Kembla Outer Harbour Development
Closing date: Friday, 7 May 2010
Draft Cane Toad Threat Abatement Plan
Closing date: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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