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Focus areas

We continue to improve our air quality monitoring, reporting, forecasting and research capabilities to meet the data and information needs of the people of New South Wales.

 

The 2022 statement presents 3 focus areas, including 2 sections examining air quality at monitoring stations nearby industrial activities in the Hunter Valley and at Stockton in the Port of Newcastle, and a section highlighting the NSW Government’s recent achievements in implementing the NSW Clean Air Strategy 2021–2030:

Newcastle Local Air Quality Monitoring Station, enclosed by a metal fence with a green shelter housing environmental monitoring equipment such as antennae and sensors, set amidst a grassy field with palm trees under a clear blue sky.
Newcastle Local Air Quality Monitoring Station
Image Credit: Peter Robey/DPE

Local Air Quality Monitoring Station in Newcastle