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The Invasive Species Council congratulates Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his election win – and welcomes the return of a strong crossbench committed to action to protect Australian wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Minns government to urgently adopt the sweeping reforms recommended in the NSW Invasive Species Management Review, released today by the Natural Resources Commission.
The Invasive Species Council, Rabbit-Free Australia and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions are calling on all parties to commit federal support to fast-track the next rabbit biocontrol virus, warning that vital research funding has dried up as the effectiveness of existing viruses fades.
The Invasive Species Council has expressed disappointment that major parties failed to commit to critical yellow crazy ant funding before voting commenced – warning that years of hard work and millions of dollars could be lost without urgent action.
Calls for all parties to seize a landmark opportunity to back 2 globally significant invasive species eradication programs in South Australia.
The Invasive Species Council is pleased to announce that Advocacy Director Jack Gough has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, following a competitive recruitment process.
The Invasive Species Council warns that confusion about the implications of a Weed of National Significance (WONS) listing for buffel grass could undermine efforts to tackle one of Australia’s most damaging invaders.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today’s federal election commitments from the Australian Greens, applauding the party’s pledge to dramatically boost investment in nature and establish a Land and Sea Country Commissioner, an independent First Nations voice to guide environmental protection and management.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s firm rejection of US pressure to weaken Australia’s biosecurity laws.
Australian households could be slugged with a $581 million annual pesticide bill if fire ant eradication efforts fail, a new report by the Australia Institute has revealed.
A coalition of community members, experts and political representatives gathered at NSW Parliament House today to deliver a petition of more than 11,000 signatures calling for the repeal of the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act 2018. Under Parliament rules the size of this petition immediately triggers a debate in the legislative assembly.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland government’s $24 million injection to boost fire ant suppression.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s move to establish an Aboriginal Healthy Country Assistant Commissioner within the Natural Resources Commission (NRC), with recruitment now underway.
The Invasive Species Council is issuing a stark warning to residents in south east Queensland and surrounds, as fire ants are seen forming rafts and spreading amongst flood waters.
The latest feral horse population count for Kosciuszko National Park was discussed in NSW Budget Estimates today, with figures suggesting numbers have dropped significantly.
The Invasive Species Council congratulates Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his election win – and welcomes the return of a strong crossbench committed to action to protect Australian wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Minns government to urgently adopt the sweeping reforms recommended in the NSW Invasive Species Management Review, released today by the Natural Resources Commission.
The Invasive Species Council, Rabbit-Free Australia and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions are calling on all parties to commit federal support to fast-track the next rabbit biocontrol virus, warning that vital research funding has dried up as the effectiveness of existing viruses fades.
The Invasive Species Council has expressed disappointment that major parties failed to commit to critical yellow crazy ant funding before voting commenced – warning that years of hard work and millions of dollars could be lost without urgent action.
Calls for all parties to seize a landmark opportunity to back 2 globally significant invasive species eradication programs in South Australia.
The Invasive Species Council is pleased to announce that Advocacy Director Jack Gough has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, following a competitive recruitment process.
The Invasive Species Council warns that confusion about the implications of a Weed of National Significance (WONS) listing for buffel grass could undermine efforts to tackle one of Australia’s most damaging invaders.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today’s federal election commitments from the Australian Greens, applauding the party’s pledge to dramatically boost investment in nature and establish a Land and Sea Country Commissioner, an independent First Nations voice to guide environmental protection and management.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s firm rejection of US pressure to weaken Australia’s biosecurity laws.
Australian households could be slugged with a $581 million annual pesticide bill if fire ant eradication efforts fail, a new report by the Australia Institute has revealed.
A coalition of community members, experts and political representatives gathered at NSW Parliament House today to deliver a petition of more than 11,000 signatures calling for the repeal of the Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act 2018. Under Parliament rules the size of this petition immediately triggers a debate in the legislative assembly.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland government’s $24 million injection to boost fire ant suppression.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s move to establish an Aboriginal Healthy Country Assistant Commissioner within the Natural Resources Commission (NRC), with recruitment now underway.
The Invasive Species Council is issuing a stark warning to residents in south east Queensland and surrounds, as fire ants are seen forming rafts and spreading amongst flood waters.
The latest feral horse population count for Kosciuszko National Park was discussed in NSW Budget Estimates today, with figures suggesting numbers have dropped significantly.
The Invasive Species Council congratulates Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his election win – and welcomes the return of a strong crossbench committed to action to protect Australian wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Minns government to urgently adopt the sweeping reforms recommended in the NSW Invasive Species Management Review, released today by the Natural Resources Commission.
The Invasive Species Council, Rabbit-Free Australia and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions are calling on all parties to commit federal support to fast-track the next rabbit biocontrol virus, warning that vital research funding has dried up as the effectiveness of existing viruses fades.
The Invasive Species Council has expressed disappointment that major parties failed to commit to critical yellow crazy ant funding before voting commenced – warning that years of hard work and millions of dollars could be lost without urgent action.
Calls for all parties to seize a landmark opportunity to back 2 globally significant invasive species eradication programs in South Australia.
The Invasive Species Council is pleased to announce that Advocacy Director Jack Gough has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, following a competitive recruitment process.
The Invasive Species Council warns that confusion about the implications of a Weed of National Significance (WONS) listing for buffel grass could undermine efforts to tackle one of Australia’s most damaging invaders.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today’s federal election commitments from the Australian Greens, applauding the party’s pledge to dramatically boost investment in nature and establish a Land and Sea Country Commissioner, an independent First Nations voice to guide environmental protection and management.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s firm rejection of US pressure to weaken Australia’s biosecurity laws.
The Invasive Species Council was formed in 2002 to seek stronger laws, policies and programs to protect nature from harmful pests, weeds and diseases.
The Invasive Species Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians throughout Australia and their connections to land and sea. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
