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One of the first acts of the Berejiklian Government. Abolish the Environment Department. NSW now the only state in Australia without one. Office of Environment now rolled into planning and industry. #nswpol
Urgent issues to be addressed: climate change, 1,001 species are now listed as threatened with extinction in NSW, including the iconic koala predicted to become extinct in the wild by 2050;
Mismanagement of the state’s scarce water resources,
Only 9 per cent of native vegetation across the state is considered to be in good condition, while 74% of soils are rated as poor or worse; Land clearing rising by 800% in the last three years,
National parks being run into the ground through $100mil budget cuts, the urgent need to address plastic pollution where it is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.
The Premier said she would make the environment a priority. Her actions today show that this was untrue. #nswpol
