Significant changes to the way projects are assessed and offset In 2016, the NSW Government introduced the Biodiversity Conservation Act (BC Act) and Local Land Services Amendment Act (LLSA Act). This new legislation repeals the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 and parts of the National Parks and Wildlife Act…
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Dr Radika Michniewicz is a senior ecologist with 12 years of experience in providing ecological services in Australia and France. She has a varied background, from population studies of shingleback lizards in South Australia, stygofauna sampling in the Pilbara, to ecological studies in the French Pyrenees. Radika has managed field studies and large, complex projects…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to announce that Isabel Tickle has joined the heritage consulting team. Isabel is a recently graduated archaeologist with experience in Aboriginal and historical archaeology projects. She has worked in Victoria and south-western New South Wales on research, as well as private and government projects. Isabel specialises in stone artefact…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is a multidisciplinary consultancy specialising in ecology and biodiversity, and heritage management, environmental approvals and environmental offsetting. Established in 2009, we have successfully delivered projects to clients across eastern Australia. Our 40-strong team includes ecologists, botanists, archaeologists and environmental engineers with a wealth of specialist knowledge derived from their research studies,…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is pleased to welcome ecologist Jodie Danvers to the NSW consulting team. Jodie has worked on the North Coast for several years as an ecologist for consulting businesses and also for the Department of Primary Industry in Ballina and Grafton. Jodie’s past project experience includes ecological monitoring for road construction works,…
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Significant changes to the Queensland planning system have occurred requiring the preparation of planning schemes that comply with the Planning Act 2016. The Planning Act 2016 was assented in May 2016 and from mid-2017 will replace the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. While the basic planning system will remain the same, there will be some key…
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At Niche, we are committed to excellence in coastal environmental management – and to our clients in the North Coast region of NSW – and so we will once again support and exhibit at the annual NSW Coastal Conference. As part of our suite of ecology services, Niche provide expertise in freshwater, coastal and marine…
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Since late June 2016, Niche Environment and Heritage’s Far North Queensland team has been engaged to provide cultural heritage capacity to the local Transport and Main Roads (TMR) office. This has included large and small-scale land and marine projects. Significant projects to date include Stage 2 of the Cairns Southern Access (CSA) Project and the…
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Niche Environment and Heritage will be showing support for our clients in the mining industry at the annual Health, Safety, Environment and Community conference later this month. The event is organised by NSW Mining and brings together the key policy experts and decision makers to talk about the operational and regulatory challenges and issues in…
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Dr Kevin Rains is a historical archaeologist and heritage manager and joins Niche after an extensive period of service with Gold Coast City Council, including working as Council’s senior heritage planner, team leader and most recently the coordinator of cultural heritage development. His expertise extends to researching, publishing on, and managing early mining and agricultural…
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Niche has been selected by Queensland Rail to undertake detailed heritage assessments of 10 selected railway station complexes located across the SEQ railway network. Assessments include consideration of State and Queensland Rail’s own heritage criteria to determine the importance of individual station buildings, and complexes of station buildings. The project requires historical research and significance…
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Local Government Procurement (LGP) Niche Environment and Heritage has been selected by Local Government Procurement (LGP) to join its contractor panel for professional consulting in two categories – environmental services, and heritage conservation and planning services. LGP is a business arm of Local Government NSW (LGNSW), the membership association for all councils in NSW. Organisations…
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