Be Part of Wurridjal Festival 2025! Applications are now open to host an event for the 2025 Wurridjal Festival.  The festival marks the start of a season when thousands of mullet – known locally as ‘wurridjal’ – enter the river...

The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) is reviewing the maximum prices that Sydney Water can charge customers to provide water, wastewater, stormwater, and other services. The prices we set in this review will apply from 1 July...

Creating A ‘Landscape Language’ Urban rivers like ours have been so altered over time, that it can be difficult for anyone to understand how they work…or doesn’t. By understanding the urban ecology, we can begin to understand the challenges...

The document, NSW Plastics: The Way Forward, covers the strategies of reduce, reuse and recycle towards the goal of improved plastics management. In this submission we will apply a litter reduction lens to our responses to the proposals.We know...

Recognising that healthy and accessible urban rivers have far more value than degraded waterways, Business Western Sydney formed the Western Sydney Rivers Taskforce (WSRT).  In September, the Taskforce launched their first report on the current state and future potential...

September 2024- There’s nothing like a good holiday to refresh and get some inspiration. Of course, we have to visit other urban rivers whilst we’re away. The CRA engagement officer, Jason L’Ecuyer, was in Los Angeles last month and...

Members of the Cooks River Alliance met with Minister Penny Sharpe on the river bank, to discuss funding from the NSW EPA for litter prevention and illegal dumping in the catchment. The NSW government is tackling illegal dumping and...

There has been some misinformation spread in the media regarding changing the name of the Cooks River. The suggestion that the Cooks River Alliance (CRA) or its members may soon have a position on the naming of the river...

“Stories shape culture, culture shapes leaders, leaders shape policies and policies shape the system” – Damon Gameau The Cooks River catchment covers approximately 100km2 in one of the most densely populated parts of Sydney and flows into Botany Bay....

On the 2 April 2024 the Cooks River Valley Association (CRVA) contacted the CRA asking if the Alliance would be willing to submit a letter in support of their New Policy Proposal concerning the future of the Cooks River....