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Help defend Australia’s wildlife from new invasive threats.
Fewer than 200 orange-bellied parrots remain in the wild. Every one of them is flying toward threats it has no way to fight.
Invasive species are driving more than 80 per cent of Australia’s most vulnerable native plants and animals towards extinction.
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Don’t let governments off the hook, help us call for real action that protects our natural environment from invasive species.
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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The Invasive Species Council has congratulated Senator David Shoebridge on his election as leader of the Australian Greens and Senator Steph Hodgins-May on her election as deputy leader.
A new community deer coordinator trial in western Victoria offers a blueprint for tackling the state’s growing feral deer problem - while exposing how Victoria’s outdated protection of deer as a game species is holding back practical control efforts.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed a united commitment from Australia’s agriculture ministers to keep fire ant eradication on the table, saying the next critical test is whether state, territory and federal treasurers will fund the plan.
Australians know kangaroos and wombats are native, but recognition falls dramatically for quolls and bandicoots, new research has revealed.
As many of us wind down for the weekend, agriculture ministers from across the country will sit down this Friday for a meeting that will decide the future of Australia’s fight against fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council is backing calls from Townsville City Council for ongoing funding from the Queensland and Australian governments for the Townsville Yellow Crazy Ant program.
Your good will for nature.
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.