law & policy Archives - Invasive Species Council

A fox on the hunt in Edithvale wetlands, Victoria. Photo: Wayne Butterworth | Flickr | CC BY-NC 2.0

Are Victoria’s ecosystems in terminal decline?

17 December, 2021

A damning report reveals Victoria’s ecosystems will head into terminal decline without clear and decisive action.

Feral deer on private conservatoin land Tasmania

Tasmanian Wildlife Regulations Review

27 September, 2021

Given their rapid growth, spread and impacts there is no justification for feral deer to remain Partly Protected Wildlife in Tasmania.

Mountain pygmy-possum-Photo Australian Alps collection - Parks Australia

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.