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NSW leads way with goal for zero extinction

7 September, 2021

Does the promise of a zero extinction target in NSW mean native wildlife will get the protection they deserve from the impacts of feral horses?

Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan 2021-2026: Consultation Paper

20 August, 2021

The Australian Government is developing a new Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan. This is our response to the consultation paper.

National Environmental and Community Biosecurity Research, Development and Extension Strategy: draft

20 August, 2021

Australia needs the ecological knowledge, technologies, economic and social strategies to prevent new and emerging invasive species.

Victoria’s Wildlife Act protects feral deer: It’s time for change

15 June, 2021

A review of Victoria’s Wildlife Act is a chance to move on from the past by managing feral deer as a pest.

Review of the Victorian Wildlife Act 1975

15 June, 2021

Our submission to the Victorian Wildlife Act review focuses on the association between the Act and exotic animals, particularly feral deer.

The problem with pampas

21 May, 2021

One of the bad boys of the weed world pampas grass is making a comeback across NSW.

Fire ants. Photo: Mikhail Vasilyev | Unsplash

Draft implementation plan for the National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases

12 April, 2021

Overall, we strongly endorse the draft implementation plan for the Priority Exotic Environmental Pests List. However, a few important gaps in the plan need to be addressed.

Fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline: Options for a national abatement response

15 February, 2021

Listing fire regimes that cause biodiversity decline as a key threatening process could be a major step towards substantially reducing threats to nature in Australia.

Our CEO Andrew Cox with Ian Thompson at a biodiversity roundtable in 2019.

Australia’s first chief environmental biosecurity officer leaves lasting legacy

5 February, 2021

We pay tribute to Ian Thompson, Australia’s first Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer.

Review offers chance to bring Australia back from extinction precipice

29 January, 2021

Professor Graeme Samuel’s review of Australia’s EPBC Act has determined the law is ineffective and unfit for purpose.

Foxes have played a major role in the decline and extinction of many native animal species in Australia. Photo: Tim ten Cate | Unsplash

Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria

15 November, 2020

Our submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria includes recommendations that would see strong progress towards reducing the impacts of invasive species.

The blue-tailed skink is endemic to Christmas Island. Photo: Parks Australia

Independent review of the EPBC Act

2 September, 2020

The interim review of the EPBC Act is a straight-talking critique that identified major weaknesses in the Act and proposes promising remedies.

EPBC Act review: more of the same or something new?

2 September, 2020

National environmental laws are failing to stop species becoming extinct in Australia.

Stray cat hiding in the grass. Photo: Sean Paul Kinnear | Unsplash

The impact of cats in Australia

28 August, 2020

Domestic cats were introduced to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. They are now one of the most damaging invasive species worldwide, and in Australia have been a major driver of mammal extinctions.

Inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats

10 August, 2020

Our joint submission to the Australian Government’s inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats includes strengthening regulations for cat-free islands.

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