Warwick Pearse, Convenor NPA Landscape Conservation Forum
In August 2025 the New South Wales Government announced the purchase of three large pastoral properties in north-west NSW. Bellenbar, Iona and Innisfail Stations will be added to the national parks estate. In December 2025 the government announced the purchase of two more properties in the same region, Tasman and Corinya, with the support of The Nature Conservancy and their partnership with the Wyss Foundation.
Helen Wilson, Recruitment and Awards Committee
It’s time to get nominations in for NPA positions and volunteer awards (see notices on opposite page). We’d love to see some new faces, perspectives and energy on our various working groups. And we’d love to know who YOU think has made an exceptional contribution to NPA. As a voluntary organisation, we depend on the time and skills contributed by members. But to be vibrant and resilient into the future, we need to maintain strong diversity across all our groups, while also openly acknowledging the great efforts that members selflessly perform.
Dr Jonathon Howard, NPA Executive
It is clear that the vast majority of Australians want the government to do more for the environment, but it’s not being delivered. Consider what is happening to our koalas. Or how the Labor government promised to create a new independent environmental regulator but stumbled at the wire.
Read More “How can you create real change for the conservation landscape? “
Samantha Newton, Roger Lembit and Kate Boyd
Werrikimbe National Park, located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, is known for its rich biodiversity and significance in preserving a variety of ecosystems. Its history is intertwined with both the natural environment and its cultural importance to Indigenous peoples, particularly the Gumbaynggirr and Biripi peoples.
James Sherwood, Conservation Campaigner NPA NSW
The recent listing of the Eastern Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) as a protected species in NSW has been met with jubilation from the conservation community and disbelief from the recreational fishing lobby.
The Eastern Blue Groper is not immediately under threat from extinction but has come close in the past. Between 1952-1967, the species declined by 90% and so spearfishers campaigned for the protection of the species, which led to full protection in 1969.
Read More “Does a species need to be on the brink of extinction for it to be protected?”
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