The Invasive Species Council publishes submissions to a wide range of government inquiries into weeds, pest animals and environmental diseases in Australia.
The recent EPBC Act reforms failed to address a threat which has caused more Australian animal extinctions than any other
Australia is overrun by invasive species that hunt, trample, disease and outcompete native wildlife. They degrade ecosystems, erode Indigenous culture,
This submission is in response to the invitation by the Tasmanian Government to providecomments on the discussion paper provided regarding
Some of Australia’s most precious places are imperilled by inaction on threatening processes. For example, the corals reefs of the
Offsets have generally failed to compensate for environmental damage not otherwise avoided or mitigated. But done well, offsets can present
In this submission we raise the question of whether Karenia mikimotoi – or the strain causing the algalbloom in South
The NSW Parliament should reject the Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment(Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 for the following reasons:
Invasive vertebrates are the biggest driver of animal extinctions in Australia and imperil more than 500 threatened species while causing
A joint submission by the Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc. and the Invasive Species Council. The Biosecurity Import Requirements
Tasmania’s unique environment, economy, and communities are under threat frominvasive species. Invasive species, including feral deer, cats, pigs, goats, and
A few deer were released in Victoria 150 years ago for game hunting and over timelegislation was developed to support
While many positive elements of the former strategy are worth retaining, developing this new strategy provides an opportunity for new ideas and improvements – as suggested in this submission.
While many positive elements of the former strategy are worth retaining, developing this new strategy provides an opportunity for new ideas and improvements – as suggested in this submission.
Investing in prevention and early action are always the most cost-effective and damage mitigating approach to invasive species and our national biosecurity system is fundamental to this.
In this submission we discuss the work of community action groups that are willing to perform biosecurity services, supporting the ACT government to achieve meaningful progress towards the goals articulated in strategies, and how to collaborate effectively to protect our biodiversity and enhance ecosystem resilience.
The recent EPBC Act reforms failed to address a threat which has caused more Australian animal extinctions than any other
Australia is overrun by invasive species that hunt, trample, disease and outcompete native wildlife. They degrade ecosystems, erode Indigenous culture,
This submission is in response to the invitation by the Tasmanian Government to providecomments on the discussion paper provided regarding
Some of Australia’s most precious places are imperilled by inaction on threatening processes. For example, the corals reefs of the
Offsets have generally failed to compensate for environmental damage not otherwise avoided or mitigated. But done well, offsets can present
In this submission we raise the question of whether Karenia mikimotoi – or the strain causing the algalbloom in South
The NSW Parliament should reject the Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment(Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 for the following reasons:
Invasive vertebrates are the biggest driver of animal extinctions in Australia and imperil more than 500 threatened species while causing
A joint submission by the Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc. and the Invasive Species Council. The Biosecurity Import Requirements
Tasmania’s unique environment, economy, and communities are under threat frominvasive species. Invasive species, including feral deer, cats, pigs, goats, and
A few deer were released in Victoria 150 years ago for game hunting and over timelegislation was developed to support
While many positive elements of the former strategy are worth retaining, developing this new strategy provides an opportunity for new ideas and improvements – as suggested in this submission.
While many positive elements of the former strategy are worth retaining, developing this new strategy provides an opportunity for new ideas and improvements – as suggested in this submission.
Investing in prevention and early action are always the most cost-effective and damage mitigating approach to invasive species and our national biosecurity system is fundamental to this.
In this submission we discuss the work of community action groups that are willing to perform biosecurity services, supporting the ACT government to achieve meaningful progress towards the goals articulated in strategies, and how to collaborate effectively to protect our biodiversity and enhance ecosystem resilience.
The recent EPBC Act reforms failed to address a threat which has caused more Australian animal extinctions than any other
Australia is overrun by invasive species that hunt, trample, disease and outcompete native wildlife. They degrade ecosystems, erode Indigenous culture,
This submission is in response to the invitation by the Tasmanian Government to providecomments on the discussion paper provided regarding
Some of Australia’s most precious places are imperilled by inaction on threatening processes. For example, the corals reefs of the
Offsets have generally failed to compensate for environmental damage not otherwise avoided or mitigated. But done well, offsets can present
In this submission we raise the question of whether Karenia mikimotoi – or the strain causing the algalbloom in South
The NSW Parliament should reject the Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment(Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 for the following reasons:
Invasive vertebrates are the biggest driver of animal extinctions in Australia and imperil more than 500 threatened species while causing
A joint submission by the Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc. and the Invasive Species Council. The Biosecurity Import Requirements
Tasmania’s unique environment, economy, and communities are under threat frominvasive species. Invasive species, including feral deer, cats, pigs, goats, and
A few deer were released in Victoria 150 years ago for game hunting and over timelegislation was developed to support
While many positive elements of the former strategy are worth retaining, developing this new strategy provides an opportunity for new ideas and improvements – as suggested in this submission.
While many positive elements of the former strategy are worth retaining, developing this new strategy provides an opportunity for new ideas and improvements – as suggested in this submission.
Investing in prevention and early action are always the most cost-effective and damage mitigating approach to invasive species and our national biosecurity system is fundamental to this.
In this submission we discuss the work of community action groups that are willing to perform biosecurity services, supporting the ACT government to achieve meaningful progress towards the goals articulated in strategies, and how to collaborate effectively to protect our biodiversity and enhance ecosystem resilience.
Our protected areas are being trashed, trampled, choked and polluted by an onslaught of invaders. Invasive species are already the overwhelming driver of our animal extinction rate, and are expected to cause 75 of the next 100 extinctions.
But you can help to turn this around and create a wildlife revival in Australia.
From numbats to night parrots, a tax-deductible donation today can help defend our wildlife against the threat of invasive weeds, predators, and diseases.
As the only national advocacy environment group dedicated to stopping this mega threat, your gift will make a big difference.
A silent crisis is unfolding across Australia. Every year, billions of native animals are hunted and killed by cats and foxes. Fire ants continue to spread and threaten human health. And the deadly strain of bird flu looms on the horizon. Your donation today will be used to put the invasive species threat in the media, make invasive species a government priority, ensure governments take rapid action to protect nature and our remarkable native wildlife from invasives-led extinction, death and destruction.
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
