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The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
LNP to boost yellow crazy ant eradication efforts in Far North Queensland but more is needed to prevent these super pests from wreaking irreversible havoc on Queensland’s natural treasures.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
As fire ant numbers surge across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, new research shows Queensland households could be hit with an annual bill of $188 million if they are not eradicated.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes a major step forward to protect Barrington Tops National Park and the surrounding World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests, as crucial feral horse control efforts have finally been undertaken by the NSW National Parks Service.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive Species Council Indigenous Ambassador Richard Swain has welcomed the NSW Natural Resources Commission’s support for a First Nations Land and Sea Country Commissioner to improve invasive species management in NSW.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The Symposium provided the ideal platform to explore how to transform Australia’s biosecurity systems to better protect our economy, environment and way of life.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council congratulates three deserving winners of the prestigious Froggatt Award, given to those who have made a major contribution to protecting Australia’s native plants and animals, ecosystems and people from dangerous new invasive species.
The NSW Supreme Court has today comprehensively dismissed a legal challenge from a pro-feral horse group seeking to overturn the use of aerial shooting in Kosciuszko National Park
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the appointment of the Hon. Julie Collins MP as the new Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his service.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
LNP to boost yellow crazy ant eradication efforts in Far North Queensland but more is needed to prevent these super pests from wreaking irreversible havoc on Queensland’s natural treasures.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
As fire ant numbers surge across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, new research shows Queensland households could be hit with an annual bill of $188 million if they are not eradicated.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes a major step forward to protect Barrington Tops National Park and the surrounding World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests, as crucial feral horse control efforts have finally been undertaken by the NSW National Parks Service.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive Species Council Indigenous Ambassador Richard Swain has welcomed the NSW Natural Resources Commission’s support for a First Nations Land and Sea Country Commissioner to improve invasive species management in NSW.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The Symposium provided the ideal platform to explore how to transform Australia’s biosecurity systems to better protect our economy, environment and way of life.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The Invasive Species Council congratulates three deserving winners of the prestigious Froggatt Award, given to those who have made a major contribution to protecting Australia’s native plants and animals, ecosystems and people from dangerous new invasive species.
The NSW Supreme Court has today comprehensively dismissed a legal challenge from a pro-feral horse group seeking to overturn the use of aerial shooting in Kosciuszko National Park
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the appointment of the Hon. Julie Collins MP as the new Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his service.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
LNP to boost yellow crazy ant eradication efforts in Far North Queensland but more is needed to prevent these super pests from wreaking irreversible havoc on Queensland’s natural treasures.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
As fire ant numbers surge across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, new research shows Queensland households could be hit with an annual bill of $188 million if they are not eradicated.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes a major step forward to protect Barrington Tops National Park and the surrounding World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests, as crucial feral horse control efforts have finally been undertaken by the NSW National Parks Service.
Iconic Tasmanian devil at risk of deadly H5N1 bird flu, Commonwealth Chief Vet warns.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive Species Council Indigenous Ambassador Richard Swain has welcomed the NSW Natural Resources Commission’s support for a First Nations Land and Sea Country Commissioner to improve invasive species management in NSW.
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. The Invasive Species Council supports voting ‘YES’ for a Voice to Parliament.
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.
