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Invasive species are driving more than 80 per cent of Australia’s most vulnerable native plants and animals towards extinction.
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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.
News
The latest news and updates from our campaigns
21 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council is calling for an urgent independent review of Australia’s biosecurity surveillance system after learning a major Sydney freight terminal where fire ants may have been undetected for 12 months or more was fully compliant with Commonwealth requirements.
21 October, 2026
| By Nicola Barton
There probably aren’t many political strategists sitting around campaign headquarters talking about feral deer. Perhaps they should be.
16 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Tasmanian government’s frank assessment that its current approach to feral deer is not working, saying the review of the state’s deer management plan is an opportunity to finally bring rising deer numbers under control.
12 October, 2026
| By Nicola Barton
There is something badly missing from the increasingly heated debate about feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
8 October, 2026
| By Kim Smith
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the release of a draft new national strategy to tackle feral foxes, saying it is a long-overdue opportunity to strengthen Australia’s response to one of its most destructive introduced predators.
5 October, 2026
| By Nicola Barton
Alice Springs community leaders are calling for urgent federal intervention on buffel grass, warning the invasive grass is creating an escalating bushfire, environmental, cultural and economic threat across Central Australia.
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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.