NSW primary industries and regional development news and media releases

The Minns Government is responding to three new events of H5 bird flu after samples were taken from greater crested terns at Port Kembla and Warriewood on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, as well as a Hutton’s shearwater at Corindi in Coffs Harbour.

An Aboriginal-owned beverage company built around an exclusive native botanical is among 15 NSW businesses selected to showcase their products at Fine Food Australia 2026, the nation's largest food and beverage trade event.

The Minns Labor Government is reeling in wins for recreational fishers, with a suite of announcements from providing nearly $390,000 in grants to deliver better facilities, a crackdown on unscrupulous fishing licence sellers, and establishing new representative and advisory bodies to secure the future of recreational fishing, the industry, and the state’s fisheries resources.

Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty today visited the State Coordination Centre (SCC) at the Orange Agricultural Institute where experts from across government are leading the NSW Government’s response to H5 bird flu.

Roads damaged by landslips across the Blue Mountains Local Government Area are set to be restored following a major investment by the Australian and NSW Governments.

In another step to ensure local communities are first in line for the jobs created by the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), the Minns Labor Government has committed $1.5 million to train the apprentice sparkies and other tradies needed to build and power the region's clean energy future.

H5 avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed in seven birds in Narooma and Merimbula, across six different bird flu events on the NSW South Coast.

Simes Bridge is now open to the public, delivering a safer and more flood-resilient connection for the Whian Whian community in northern NSW.

A fifth case of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed in NSW, following a positive test result from a deceased Greater Crested Tern found at Snug Cove near Eden on the South Coast.

Farmers in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone will soon be able to apply for grants to purchase agricultural technology, under the Minns Labor Government’s new $1.4 million Smart Farming Program.