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The scheme's webinar series offers valuable insights for accredited assessors and stakeholders. Engage through live Q&A sessions and shape future resources.

A range of guidance materials to support councils and other decision makers implementing the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme. 

This section examines air quality at monitoring stations near industrial activities in the Newcastle and Upper Hunter regions.

Examining air quality at Stockton monitoring station, located near industrial activities in the Port of Newcastle.

In this analysis, we looked at NOx and NO₂ changes due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

Learn about the major achievements in air quality monitoring, forecasting and research during 2020.

In 2019, New South Wales experienced record temperatures and persistent dry conditions, with more than 95% of the state drought-declared for the entirety of 2019. In January to April and October to December, the state was more than 99% drought declared.

Air quality in New South Wales met national standards between 60% and 91% of the time across regions in 2019. There was an increase in the number of days reaching hazardous pollution levels compared with 2018.

In 2019, AQI levels reached the hazardous category (with an AQI greater than 200) on a total of 115 days, compared with 59 days in 2018 (Note: The AQI includes measurements for visibility.

Ozone levels were over the national standards on 29 days (meeting the standards 92% of the time). This was 22 more days than 2018, when the ozone standards were exceeded on 7 days.