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STEP is a community-based environmental organisation with over 400 members from Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby and surrounding suburbs. Our primary aim is to work for the conservation of bushland in northern Sydney. Learn more about our history, aims and achievements.

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Development Proposal Adjoining Cumberland State Forest

Please consider sending a submission opposing Mirvac's rezoning and development proposal for land adjoining Cumberland State Forest in West Pennant…
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Protect Sydney’s Green Spaces

One of the major concerns about the NSW government’s biodiversity laws is the fundamental flaws in the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme,…
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Fifty Years of the NPWS but is Anyone Celebrating?

In the early days of settlement in NSW development decision-making took little heed of its impact on the environment, the…
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How Should the Flood Risk from the Hawkesbury Nepean be Managed?

The NSW government thinks that raising the spillway wall of Warragamba Dam by 14 m will significantly reduce the risk…
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Invitation to Participate in the Recent Climate-driven Ecological Change in Australia Project

Over the past century, average land surface temperatures have risen by almost 1°C across the Australian continent. Models suggest this…
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Tax Deductibility Status of Donations to Environment Groups Under Threat

STEP’s public fund, the Environment Protection Fund, is registered as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) via the Register of Environmental…
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Finkel Review on the Electricity Market – What Happens Now?

The Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, was asked by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to undertake an independent review…
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It isn't Easy being Blue – Cost of Colour in Fairy Wrens

Male superb fairy-wrens change colour every year, from dull brown to bright blue. But being blue may be risky if…
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