Major boost for biosecurity in Queensland Budget
25 June, 2025
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed significant new investment in Queensland’s biosecurity system in today’s state budget.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed significant new investment in Queensland’s biosecurity system in today’s state budget.
The Invasive Species Council is warning the decision to end efforts to eradicate the polyphagous shot-hole borer in Western Australia could put the rest of the country at risk.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the announcement of $100 million in new biosecurity funding in the NSW Budget – calling it a vital investment in the state’s ability to respond to rising invasive species threats.
The Invasive Species Council is sounding the alarm over dangerous misinformation and disinformation spreading both online and offline about fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone, following the alarming discovery of fire ants on a housing development site in North Arm, Sunshine Coast.
Nature in Queensland is a precious asset that must be protected.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the appointment of the Hon. Julie Collins MP as the new Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his service.
The Invasive Species Council commends Environment Minister Reece Whitby for launching a vital cane toad containment zone west of Broome.
Experts warn a lack of regulation in the garden industry is seeing weedy plants, that can easily be bought in nurseries or online, ‘suffocate’ our native waterways and bushland, with urgent calls for action to prevent more irreversible damage.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed significant new investment in Queensland’s biosecurity system in today’s state budget.
The Invasive Species Council is warning the decision to end efforts to eradicate the polyphagous shot-hole borer in Western Australia could put the rest of the country at risk.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the announcement of $100 million in new biosecurity funding in the NSW Budget – calling it a vital investment in the state’s ability to respond to rising invasive species threats.
The Invasive Species Council is sounding the alarm over dangerous misinformation and disinformation spreading both online and offline about fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone, following the alarming discovery of fire ants on a housing development site in North Arm, Sunshine Coast.
Nature in Queensland is a precious asset that must be protected.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the appointment of the Hon. Julie Collins MP as the new Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his service.
The Invasive Species Council commends Environment Minister Reece Whitby for launching a vital cane toad containment zone west of Broome.
Experts warn a lack of regulation in the garden industry is seeing weedy plants, that can easily be bought in nurseries or online, ‘suffocate’ our native waterways and bushland, with urgent calls for action to prevent more irreversible damage.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed significant new investment in Queensland’s biosecurity system in today’s state budget.
The Invasive Species Council is warning the decision to end efforts to eradicate the polyphagous shot-hole borer in Western Australia could put the rest of the country at risk.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the announcement of $100 million in new biosecurity funding in the NSW Budget – calling it a vital investment in the state’s ability to respond to rising invasive species threats.
The Invasive Species Council is sounding the alarm over dangerous misinformation and disinformation spreading both online and offline about fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone, following the alarming discovery of fire ants on a housing development site in North Arm, Sunshine Coast.
Nature in Queensland is a precious asset that must be protected.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the appointment of the Hon. Julie Collins MP as the new Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his service.
The Invasive Species Council commends Environment Minister Reece Whitby for launching a vital cane toad containment zone west of Broome.
Experts warn a lack of regulation in the garden industry is seeing weedy plants, that can easily be bought in nurseries or online, ‘suffocate’ our native waterways and bushland, with urgent calls for action to prevent more irreversible damage.
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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.