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Federal intervention to protect Kosciuszko puts NSW on notice

19 June, 2021

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

Australian environment minister Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley flags Kosciuszko feral horse action

17 June, 2021

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

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

24 May, 2021

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.

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Biosecurity boost bolsters Australia’s border safeguards

4 May, 2021

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.

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Victorian feral horse action plan leaves NSW in the cold

26 March, 2021

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

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

18 March, 2021

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

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

15 February, 2021

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.

Review offers chance to bring Australia back from extinction precipice

29 January, 2021

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

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

17 December, 2020

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

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

Volunteers key to successful Tasmanian island rat eradication

17 December, 2020

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.

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

17 December, 2020

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

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

5 December, 2020

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.

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

23 November, 2020

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.

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

6 November, 2020

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.

Victorian deer strategy: strong on intent, weak on delivery

30 October, 2020

Victoria’s new deer control strategy is an important policy reset, but fails to deliver much-needed on-ground control of surging feral deer populations.

Federal intervention to protect Kosciuszko puts NSW on notice

19 June, 2021

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

Sussan Ley flags Kosciuszko feral horse action

17 June, 2021

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

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

24 May, 2021

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.

Biosecurity boost bolsters Australia’s border safeguards

4 May, 2021

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.

Victorian feral horse action plan leaves NSW in the cold

26 March, 2021

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

1080 ban puts Blue Mountains wildlife at mercy of foxes

18 March, 2021

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

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

15 February, 2021

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.

Review offers chance to bring Australia back from extinction precipice

29 January, 2021

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

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

17 December, 2020

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

Volunteers key to successful Tasmanian island rat eradication

17 December, 2020

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.

Driving force behind removing feral cats from Dirk Hartog Island honoured

17 December, 2020

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

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

5 December, 2020

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.

Report: Weedkiller glyphosate is not the enemy

23 November, 2020

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.

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

6 November, 2020

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.

Victorian deer strategy: strong on intent, weak on delivery

30 October, 2020

Victoria’s new deer control strategy is an important policy reset, but fails to deliver much-needed on-ground control of surging feral deer populations.

Hunters trump farmers and wilderness in Tasmanian ‘wild deer’ plan

4 November, 2021

The Tasmanian Government must set clear, ambitious targets to rein in exploding numbers of the pest animals under its just-released draft wild deer plan.

Australian Alps Walking Track in the Alpine National Park. Photo: Peter Conroy

Victorian feral horse plan a win for Alpine National Park

1 November, 2021

Victoria’s new plan to reduce feral horse numbers in the Alpine National Park will see horses removed entirely from the Bogong High Plains.

Australia’s leading scientists sound alarm on draft Kosciuszko horse plan

29 October, 2021

Australian Academy of Science raises serious concerns over draft Kosciuszko horse management plan.

Critically endangered Norfolk Island green parrot. Photo: Luis Ortiz-Catedral

Ground-breaking project first step on path to restore Norfolk Island

27 October, 2021

For the first time ever the native vegetation of Norfolk Island has been mapped, both as it exists now and before European arrival.

Kosciuszko horse plan promises big reduction but locks in damage

1 October, 2021

The NSW Government’s draft Kosciuszko feral horse plan has promised a significant reduction in feral horses in the park, but locks in damage to key areas.

Feral deer on private conservatoin land Tasmania

Tasmania must remove ‘wildlife’ status protecting feral deer

22 September, 2021

Tasmania needs to remove the partly protected status of feral deer if numbers are to be dramatically reduced.

Documents reveal hamstrung park agency failing to reduce Kosciuszko feral horse numbers

13 September, 2021

Freedom of information documents reveal feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko are spiralling out of control because of ineffective control measures.

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?

Exposed: Pet ant trade a dangerous and costly hazard

26 August, 2021

An investigation into the online sale of ants has revealed a disturbing global trade that offers up some of the world’s most dangerous ants as pets.

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