An audit report looking at NSW biosecurity responses and compliance released this week reveals that NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has been found wanting.
Archive | 2019
Extinction, it’s worse than you think
1257 of Australia’s listed threatened species are on death row because of environmental invaders like feral cats, rabbits, weeds and the killer plant disease Phytophthora.
Invasive species: Where the parties stand at the 2019 Australian election
Invasive species are one of the biggest drivers of environmental loss in Australia, and threaten our native animals and plants more than any other single factor.
Animal justice or extinction?
Is the Animal Justice Party condemning Australia’s threatened species to extinction by refusing to create policies based on science?
England’s killer ladybird a warning for Australia
Is Australia ready to fend off insect armageddon?
Have your say: Victoria acts on destructive feral horses in Barmah National Park
Victoria has released a park plan to protect its fragile river red gum forests and wetlands from feral horses. Have your say by supporting the plan.
Weeds and ferals, where do NSW parties stand?
NSW goes to the polls on Saturday 23 March. Do you know where the major parties stand on environmental weeds, pests and feral animals?
Have we turned the corner?
Australia is made great strides in environmental biosecurity over the past year, but have we turned the corner yet?
Push to protect Australia from dangerous invasive species
It’s official. Invasive species imperil more of Australia’s threatened native species than any other threat.
Four in every five Australian threatened species imperilled by invaders
An analysis by 12 ecologists has found that invasive species are the most prevalent threat to Australia’s native plants and animals – impacting 1257 nationally listed threatened species, 82% of the total.
