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The impact of roaming cats

5 May, 2022

Cat-lover or not, none of us can escape the devastating impacts feral and pet cats are having on Australia’s wildlife.

Northern Territory community group welcomes Labor’s $9.8 million commitment to curbing dangerous gamba grass

26 April, 2022

Territory residents and leading invasive species experts have described Federal Labor’s commitment today to a package of $9.8 million in funding for jobs tackling gamba

National threat abatement system barely functioning as Australia faces an avalanche of extinctions

26 April, 2022

Five national conservation groups launched a report called Averting Extinctions.

Averting extinctions: The case for strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system

20 April, 2022

Australia was once a country where you could walk out at night and it was alive with wildlife scurrying and scrapping, digging and dashing. Australia’s nights are too quiet now.

Andrew Cox and Richard Swain approach parliament

Auditor General issues damning report on Australian Government’s management of threats to nature

17 March, 2022

These findings are part of the ANAO report Management of Threatened Species and Ecological Communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 tabled today in the Australian Parliament.

The biggest thing on our election wishlist

8 March, 2022

There’s a federal election slated for May this year, and we have one word at the top of our priority list.

5 priorities for the next Australian Government

8 March, 2022

Our election guide to what needs to be done to tackle the #1 threat to our environment.

Tackling deadly threats to nature: Biosecurity priorities for the next Australian government

8 March, 2022

Initiatives and policies to improve Australia’s capacity to keep nature safe from new and established invasive species.

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 impact of roaming cats

5 May, 2022

Cat-lover or not, none of us can escape the devastating impacts feral and pet cats are having on Australia’s wildlife.

Northern Territory community group welcomes Labor’s $9.8 million commitment to curbing dangerous gamba grass

26 April, 2022

Territory residents and leading invasive species experts have described Federal Labor’s commitment today to a package of $9.8 million in funding for jobs tackling gamba

National threat abatement system barely functioning as Australia faces an avalanche of extinctions

26 April, 2022

Five national conservation groups launched a report called Averting Extinctions.

Averting extinctions: The case for strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system

20 April, 2022

Australia was once a country where you could walk out at night and it was alive with wildlife scurrying and scrapping, digging and dashing. Australia’s nights are too quiet now.

Auditor General issues damning report on Australian Government’s management of threats to nature

17 March, 2022

The biggest thing on our election wishlist

8 March, 2022

There’s a federal election slated for May this year, and we have one word at the top of our priority list.

5 priorities for the next Australian Government

8 March, 2022

Our election guide to what needs to be done to tackle the #1 threat to our environment.

Tackling deadly threats to nature: Biosecurity priorities for the next Australian government

8 March, 2022

Initiatives and policies to improve Australia’s capacity to keep nature safe from new and established invasive species.

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.

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.

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 impact of roaming cats

5 May, 2022

Cat-lover or not, none of us can escape the devastating impacts feral and pet cats are having on Australia’s wildlife.

Northern Territory community group welcomes Labor’s $9.8 million commitment to curbing dangerous gamba grass

26 April, 2022

Territory residents and leading invasive species experts have described Federal Labor’s commitment today to a package of $9.8 million in funding for jobs tackling gamba

National threat abatement system barely functioning as Australia faces an avalanche of extinctions

26 April, 2022

Five national conservation groups launched a report called Averting Extinctions.

Averting extinctions: The case for strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system

20 April, 2022

Australia was once a country where you could walk out at night and it was alive with wildlife scurrying and scrapping, digging and dashing. Australia’s nights are too quiet now.

Auditor General issues damning report on Australian Government’s management of threats to nature

17 March, 2022

The biggest thing on our election wishlist

8 March, 2022

There’s a federal election slated for May this year, and we have one word at the top of our priority list.

5 priorities for the next Australian Government

8 March, 2022

Our election guide to what needs to be done to tackle the #1 threat to our environment.

Tackling deadly threats to nature: Biosecurity priorities for the next Australian government

8 March, 2022

Initiatives and policies to improve Australia’s capacity to keep nature safe from new and established invasive species.

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.

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.

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.

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