Here is some of the Latest News from around Port Stephens and our recent Submissions on issues of local significance. Below are also our Media Releases and Our Network in Action.
EcoUpdate: September 2024
We started this year’s EcoUpdate with a marine theme, then eucalypts and this time, Bird is the Word! I’m excited to announce that tickets are now available for EcoNetwork’s second Bird Forum. Read more
EcoUpdate: July 2024
We started this year’s EcoUpdate with a marine theme, then eucalypts and this time, Bird is the Word! I’m excited to announce that tickets are now available for EcoNetwork’s second Bird Forum. Read more
New energy projects – potential impacts on nature
In our effort to decarbonise our world to reduce climate impacts, a raft of new energy projects being rolled out create some concern as to how they may impact our natural environment and wildlife. This is what has been termed the Green vs Green dilemma. Read more
EcoNetwork submission – offshore wind consultation Inquiry August 2024
As ‘in-principle’ supporters of an offshore wind industry, we have major criticisms of the way the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and relevant Ministers have … Read more
Kings Hill Development Concept Plan – McCloy rebuttal as an opinion piece
We would like to challenge the opinion piece written by local developer Jeff McCloy on 15 th September 2023. On the 23rd August 2023, Commissioner Bish, following a hearing in the NSW Land and Environment Court, handed down her decision on the Kings Hill Development Concept Plan. Read more
Proposal for protection of native wildlife habitat at Kings Hill
We propose that the Federal & State Governments combine resources to ensure Kings Hill land is protected in perpetuity as a conservation area/extension of National Park estate. The proponent may well submit further … Read more
Media Release – Save Wallaroo State Forest!
Media Release – Save Wallaroo State Forest! Another Quarry in Port Stephens is too much for any Koala to bear! A coalition of community groups met in Raymond Terrace on … Read more
Kings Hill Urban Release Area
The Kings Hill Urban Release Area (KHURA) is in the Port Stephens LGA, 8km north of Raymond Terrace. To give you an idea of scale, the map below spans an area between Six Mile Rd and Newline Rd and has a border with the Pacific Highway. Read more
Affiliate profile: Wetland and Ecological Treatment Systems
EcoNetwork’s newest business affiliate, Readers Retreat, has recently opened its doors. This local independent bookstore has already established links with two other EcoNetwork affiliates, the Raymond Terrace branch of Boomerang Bags and Salamander Bay Recycling. Read more
World Environment Day — helping boost a threatened species in Tomaree
Villous Mintbush, Prostanthera densa, is one of Tomaree’s most threatened plants. With dense aromatic leaves and mauve flowers, the mintbush is quite a sight. Read more