The NSW Government is planning to introduce the
Biodiversity Conservation Bill 2016 and the
Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2016 to Parliament in October. To
provide some background to these Bills, this e-brief examines the development
of threatened species legislation in NSW. Three key NSW Acts are covered – the Endangered
Fauna (Interim Protection) Act 1991, Fisheries
Management Act 1994 and Threatened
Species Conservation Act 1995, with a particular focus on the last
of these. This e-brief finishes with a snapshot of threatened species in NSW
today, as encapsulated by the NSW State of the Environment 2015 report.