The Mirvac development of the former IBM business park at West Pennant Hills is proceeding. In September 2021 the application…

I have to admit I didn’t know anything about the location of Westleigh until the Westleigh Park Master Plan development…

Early in 2021 the owner of the Eden Gardens nursery complex on Lane Cove Road in Macquarie Park submitted a…

In November 2022 the Friends of Lane Cove National Park alerted us to the news that Naamaroo was on the…

Manly Warringah War Memorial Park Is an area of 375 ha that covers the Manly Dam, its catchment area and…

In October, at NSW’s Local Government Annual Conference, a motion calling for better protection of wildlife on development sites was…

In STEP Matters Issue 213 we commented in detail on the new draft NPWS cycling strategy. This is a highly…

Nothing has been happening with the Warragamba Dam wall raising proposal for some time. The idea was first raised by…

Victoria has legislated to enable backyard fruit growers who use the wrong netting and those who sell or advertise it,…

We are still waiting for the review of environment factors for Ku-ring-gai Council’s project to install synthetic turf at Norman…

As reported in STEP Matters Issue 216 Hornsby Council voted in favour of changing the zoning and other conditions in…

The Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment (FOKE) has initiated a fascinating project aiming to gain aspiring georegion status for the Ku-ring-gai…

The northeastern Sydney Basin is bounded by Sydney Harbour to the south, the Hunter River to the north, the coastline…

KCNP’s current plan of management is over 20 years old and its review is moving at a glacial pace. In…

The future of Barrenjoey lighthouse has long been a bone of contention. The submission summary reported that adaptive re-use of…

In 2018 the Powerful Owl Coalition highlighted the importance of reducing artificial lights near bushland in the publication Protecting Powerful…