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Livestock Health and Pest Authorities Review |
Review recommendations bad news for TSRs
A recent government review has recommended taking away the NSW Travelling Stock Routes and Reserves (TSRs) from their current managers, the Livestock Health and Pest Authorities, and devolving them immediately to the Lands Division of the Department of Primary Industries. NPA believes this recommendation is poorly thought out, driven by ‘cost cutting’ measures and seriously threatens our irreplaceable TSR network.
We urgently need to tell the NSW Government that the TSR network is far too important to be put at risk by a hasty move to cut costs, which doesn’t provide any framework for protecting the remarkable values of TSRs.
If you have the time, please write a response to this review by May 23, 2012.
Travelling stock, Liverpool Plains, NSW. Photo: James Tremain
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President's Appeal - Defend our National Parks |
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There is an imminent threat to our national parks, this time from a parliamentary inquiry examining the creation of national parks, including a specific review of how NPA’s iconic River Red Gum National Parks were created.
The Chair of the inquiry, Mr. Robert Brown MLC, of the Shooters and Fishers Party, is widely known to be lobbying the government for a moratorium on new national parks, following his success in gaining government support for his bill to ban new marine parks.
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Oceans and waterways will benefit from beverage container deposit scheme |
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The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has welcomed news that the NSW Greens and Clover Moore MP will jointly introduce bills into the NSW Parliament to establish a container deposit scheme for NSW. This scheme will provide a 10c refund for every beverage container returned to an authorized recycling depot, encouraging people to recycle containers.
“This scheme will play an important part in protecting the health of our oceans,” NPA’s CEO, Kevin Evans, said.
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