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Red deer grazing, Moora Track, Grampians National Park, Victoria Australia.

Community force to tackle Victoria’s growing feral deer threat

A new community force has been launched to help tackle growing impacts of feral deer in Victoria.

John Sampson 28 June, 2021

Northern corroboree frog-Photo Michael McFadden

Federal intervention to protect Kosciuszko puts NSW on notice

Federal environment minister set to take action that will reduce feral horses numbers in Kosciuszko National Park.

Andrew Cox 19 June, 2021

Australian environment minister Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley flags Kosciuszko feral horse action

The Invasive Species Council backs environment minister’s desire to use federal laws to protect Kosciuszko National Park from feral horses.

John Sampson 17 June, 2021

Landmark Senate report calls for action on feral deer, pigs and goats

The Australian Senate has delivered a landmark report on the increasing impacts of feral deer, pigs and goats across the country and a roadmap for reform.

John Sampson 24 May, 2021

Biosecurty area, authorised persons only.

Biosecurity boost bolsters Australia’s border safeguards

A $371 million biosecurity funding package announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrision will strengthen Australia’s ability to stop new pests and diseases from entering the country.

John Sampson 4 May, 2021

Victorian Alps-Tommy Miller-Flickr | CC BY 2.0

Victorian feral horse action plan leaves NSW in the cold

New Victorian feral horse action plan strides ahead of NSW when it comes to protecting the Australian Alps from growing feral horse impacts.

John Sampson 26 March, 2021

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

1080 ban puts Blue Mountains wildlife at mercy of foxes

A decision to ban the use of 1080 puts Blue Mountains wildlife at the mercy of predatory foxes.

John Sampson 18 March, 2021

Kosciuszko’s feral horses costing NSW up to $50 million a year

Frontier Economics report warns the failure to reduce feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko National Park is costing the NSW economy up to $50 million a year.

John Sampson 15 February, 2021

Review offers chance to bring Australia back from extinction precipice

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

John Sampson 29 January, 2021

Bianca Gold and Kate Blood, program officers working on the Weeds at the Early Stage of Invasion Project

Victorian project tackling high-risk invasive weeds wins national Froggatt Award

A project giving land managers the tools to eradicate new weed invasions has won a 2020 national Froggatt award.

John Sampson 17 December, 2020

Big Green Island rat eradication project off Flinders Island, northeast Tasmania. Photo: John French

Volunteers key to successful Tasmanian island rat eradication

An innovative project that has successfully eradicated black rats from an island off Tasmania’s far northeast coast has been recognised with a national Froggatt Award.

John Sampson 17 December, 2020

Dibblers are one of the many native mammals that will benefit from the eradication of feral cats from Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia. Photo: Emma Massembauer, DBCA

Driving force behind removing feral cats from Dirk Hartog Island honoured

The man who spearheaded efforts to reduce the impacts of feral cats in WA has been awarded a national Froggatt award.

John Sampson 17 December, 2020

ANU expert Renee Hartley shows Australia's federal environment minister Sussan Ley an alpline she-oak skink while inspecting feral horse damage in Kosciuszko National Park.

Federal minister praised for call to action on Alps horses, pests and weeds

Federal environment minister Sussan Ley announces $8 million for bushfire recovery in the Australian Alps, wants action on growing feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko National Park.

Andrew Cox 5 December, 2020

Applying glyphosate to a drilled hole in the trunk of a holly tree, a woody weed that is impractical to control without use of herbicides.

Report: Weedkiller glyphosate is not the enemy

The controversial herbicide glyphosate, widely used to control environmental weeds in Australia, is not as dangerous as some media reports imply, according to this new report.

John Sampson 23 November, 2020

The CEOs from Plant Health Australia, Animal Health Australia, the Invasive Species Council and Centre for Invasive Species Solutions are keen to see Australia mobilise a 25 million strong mass biosecurity mass movement. Left to right: Sarah Corcoran, Plant Health Australia CEO; Kathleen Plowman, Animal Health Australia CEO; Andrew Cox, Invasive Species Council CEO and Andreas Glanzig, Centre for Invasive Species Solutions CEO.

Turning a moment into a movement: mobilising 25-million biosecurity warriors

More than 250 champions from across Australia’s and New Zealand’s biosecurity sector have come together virtually to pave the way forward for a biosecurity mass movement.

John Sampson 6 November, 2020

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Community force to tackle Victoria’s growing feral deer threat

Federal intervention to protect Kosciuszko puts NSW on notice

Sussan Ley flags Kosciuszko feral horse action

Landmark Senate report calls for action on feral deer, pigs and goats

Biosecurity boost bolsters Australia’s border safeguards

Victorian feral horse action plan leaves NSW in the cold

1080 ban puts Blue Mountains wildlife at mercy of foxes

Kosciuszko’s feral horses costing NSW up to $50 million a year

Review offers chance to bring Australia back from extinction precipice

Victorian project tackling high-risk invasive weeds wins national Froggatt Award

Volunteers key to successful Tasmanian island rat eradication

Driving force behind removing feral cats from Dirk Hartog Island honoured

Federal minister praised for call to action on Alps horses, pests and weeds

Report: Weedkiller glyphosate is not the enemy

Turning a moment into a movement: mobilising 25-million biosecurity warriors

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