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No country on Earth has parrots like ours. Of the 56 species found in Australia, 51 live nowhere else, from the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot to the swift parrot. Yet right now, the Australian Government is considering reopening the door to live parrot imports, and the deadly diseases that could come with them.
H5 bird flu is at our doorstep and it can't be stopped — but we can help our most vulnerable species survive it. Add your name and call on the Government to fund a $200-million Wildlife Resilience Fund.
Australia's fire ant eradication program is finally working — but the funding runs out in 2027. Add your name and tell the Treasurer and every state and territory leader: finish the job.
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Opinion: Forget ghosts and ghouls. These are the monsters that keep a conservationist awake at night
31 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
Every Halloween, we invite monsters into our homes. Vampires, zombies, murderous clowns – all reassuringly imaginary. I find it harder to be frightened by them these days. I spend too much of my working life contemplating creatures whose real-life talents would be rejected by a horror screenwriter as...
30 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed a NSW Land and Environment Court decision dismissing another legal challenge to feral horse control in a national park, clearing the way for control operations to resume in Yuraygir National Park.
29 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council has obtained and released a government report card that was blocked from public release, revealing feral deer are spreading across Australia, with governments failing to contain their range or keep pace with their growing impacts.
29 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Australian Government is being urged to abandon plans to reopen widespread live parrot imports, with conservationists warning the move could expose two of Australia’s most iconic endangered cockatoos to new and potentially deadly diseases.
28 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed a decision by the Inspector-General of Biosecurity to launch an independent review into the biosecurity failures exposed by the recent fire ant incursion at Sydney’s Enfield freight terminal.
26 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed Tasmania’s new plan to tackle feral deer around towns and communities, but warned the funding and lack of firm eradication targets fall well short of what is needed to stop growing deer populations that are threatening motorists, damaging farms and spreading...
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Invasive species destroy our natural places and transform the landscape, leaving our native animals without shelter or food and natural systems destroyed. You can help create an Australia where our unique wildlife is safe in flourishing protected areas.