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News
The latest news and updates from our campaigns

5 June, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
The Invasive Species Council has slammed the NSW government’s support for the Shooters Party’s so-called Conservation Hunting Bill, warning that MPs are promoting a ‘biological delusion’.

5 June, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
The Invasive Species Council is warning that a popular ornamental plant still sold in Australian nurseries poses a far greater threat to native landscapes and farm productivity than previously understood – with new research showing it has the potential to spread much further and more destructively than...

2 June, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
The Invasive Species Council is urging the Minns Government to reject a dangerous and misleading Bill that would hand the hunting lobby a government-funded propaganda platform under the guise of ‘conservation’ and undermine effective feral animal management on state forests and crown land.

1 June, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
A Leadbeater’s Possum – a species long presumed extinct in New South Wales – has been discovered alive in Kosciuszko National Park by government threatened species officers, in a dramatic and hopeful turn for one of Australia’s most iconic mammals.

31 May, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
New footage shows invasive chital deer roaming near Gold Coast suburban streets, sparking concern over traffic risks and environmental damage.

27 May, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
The Invasive Species Council has slammed news today that the Minns government will establish a feral goat, cat and pig bounty, despite overwhelming evidence that it will waste taxpayers money and make no difference to the numbers of these invasive species.
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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.