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The NSW Government is working closely with other agencies on managing flood risks to keep our communities safe.

The NSW Government, local councils, businesses and the community are working together to understand and manage flood risks in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley. 

We have worked closely with the council, Infrastructure NSW, Roads and Maritime Services and the NSW State Emergency Service to create an adaptive management framework to manage the flood risk in Penrith City Centre.

We’re working with local councils to future-proof our planning system and help our communities to recover and rebuild after natural disasters.

We have developed a statewide natural hazards package that encourages councils to consider natural hazard risks during strategic land-use planning.

The land-use planning system plays an important role in creating communities that are resilient to chronic stresses and episodic shocks.

We’re working with Aboriginal land councils to unlock the  potential of Aboriginal community-owned land.

The NSW Government is continuing to assist Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs) across NSW to secure suitable uses for their land – land that has already been successfully claimed under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW).

Since June 2001, the government has supported a dual naming policy to give prominence to Aboriginal place names alongside European counterparts.

Darkinjung is one of 120 Local Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW. It is the largest non-Government landholder on the Central Coast.