Media Releases

Nominations are invited from community members interested in becoming members of their local marine park advisory committee along the NSW coast.

The NSW Primary Industries sector has demonstrated its ongoing strength and resilience, with the newly released Performance, Data & Insights for 2023-24 showing strong results despite external pressures from drier seasonal conditions, volatile prices and biosecurity challenges.

The NSW Government has awarded the tender to trial state-of-the-art temporary fish passage technology at Menindee to Fishheart Ltd after a thorough and competitive tender process.

Coinciding with World Fisheries Day the Minns Government, in partnership with Taronga Western Plains Zoo, has helped to provide important habitat for the endangered Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon and now the fish are being returned to Buckinbah Creek in the state’s central west.

Following the interception of fire ant infested turf at Clunes, near Byron Bay on Wednesday 13 November, the NSW Government has taken immediate action and placed a temporary suspension of turf movements from heavily infested fire ant areas of Southeast Queensland.

New gross margin calculations have shown that returns from NSW beef enterprises remain around average, with some minor fluctuations compared with March 2023 figures due to market conditions and rising costs.

The National Varroa Mite Management Program has today announced two products containing the active ingredient oxalic acid can now be used for the treatment of Varroa mite.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD) has released a new Drought, Fire, and Flood Recovery Guide designed to support producers across NSW facing the challenges of extreme weather events.

The Minns Labor Government’s Red Imported Fire Ant Biosecurity team has intercepted a delivery of turf at a Byron Shire private property and undertaken eradication actions following the detection of the fire ants contained in the turf transported from Queensland.