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Skin secretions produced by smooth newts could prove deadly to native birds in Melbourne’s suburbs. Photo: John Beniston (CC BY-SA 3.0)

NEBRA: Are our best defences only paper thin?

4 April, 2018

Our CEO Andrew Cox has been digging deep into Australia’s response mechanisms to dangerous new environmental invaders, and the results should rattle us all.

Feedback on environmental biosecurity roundtables

16 March, 2018

Submitted: March 2018
National environmental biosecurity roundtables were held in 2016 and 2017. A set of eight recommendations are offered to maximise the value of roundtables for participants and to deepen the relationship between government and the community and environmental sector.

Feedback on draft national biosecurity statement

28 February, 2018

Submitted: February 2018
The Invasive Species Council provides feedback on the draft statement that was circulated for public comment at the national biosecurity roundtable and the environmental biosecurity roundtable meetings in November 2017.

Cruise ships are one of several pathways by which new invasive species can reach Norfolk Island. Photo: Thomas Huxley | CC BY-ND 2.0

Norfolk Island conservation project

7 February, 2018

We’re working with the Norfolk Island community to control invasive pests and stop the introduction of potential new pest species. We are also supporting a project to map the vegetation of Norfolk Island for the first time.

Feral cat with galah. Photo: Mark Marathon | CC BY-SA 4.0

Land clearing versus invasive species: Which is the biggest threat?

31 January, 2018

Bulldoze trees, and you wipe out plants and animals. Introduce a new predator, competitor or disease or let a weed take over can just as effectively send species on the road to extinction.

Submission to Biosecurity Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2017 exposure draft

30 January, 2018

Submitted: January 2018
Comments on the exposure draft of the Biosecurity Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2017. The proposed changes are fully supported.

Landmark report lights way for stronger environmental borders

20 December, 2017

A ground-breaking review of Australia’s national biosecurity system has earned its authors one of this year’s Froggatt Awards.

Australia’s dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Australia's dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Vote 1: Stop invasive species in Queensland

23 November, 2017

Along with land clearing, invasive species are the major threat to wildlife in Queensland. Yet biosecurity has been missing from Queensland election headlines.

Cargo levy would protect Australia from overseas invaders

23 November, 2017

A small levy on sea and air cargo could be used to develop a biosecurity fighting fund that puts a halt to the growing list of dangerous pests and diseases slipping into Australia.

Ferals, weeds and other pests in Queensland election spotlight

23 November, 2017

The Queensland invasive species scorecard released today shows that the Greens, then Labor have the strongest commitment to protecting the sunshine state from ferals, weeds and pests.

Australia must rescue Norfolk Island wildlife from dangerous invaders

22 November, 2017

The Australian Government must ramp up safeguards to protect Norfolk Island’s threatened wildlife from invasive species, a report released today by the Invasive Species Council and Island Conservation warns.

Protect Australia

22 November, 2017

A campaign to fix the country’s leaky environmental borders and keep dangerous new environmental pests and diseases out. Send your message to the Deputy Prime Minister today.

Norfolk Island: Protecting an ocean jewel

22 November, 2017

The release of our report Norfolk Island: Protecting an Ocean Jewel, sets a path for reversing the decline of many threatened species on the island and eradicating harmful invaders.

NEBRA: Are our best defences only paper thin?

4 April, 2018

Our CEO Andrew Cox has been digging deep into Australia’s response mechanisms to dangerous new environmental invaders, and the results should rattle us all.

Feedback on environmental biosecurity roundtables

16 March, 2018