New Study Suggests Australia has Failed Greater Gliders
26 August 2021 Authors: Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University and Kita Ashman, Threatened Species & Climate Adaptation Ecologist, Deakin University. This article was first published by The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Australia has...A Win for Dawson and Fitzroy River Wildlife
20 July 2021 Setting a precedent for coal seam gas wastewater controls Aquatic wildlife of the Upper Dawson region can ‘breathe easier’ with news that the Federal Government has ruled Santos cannot release unlimited amounts of coal seam gas wastewater into...
Wildlife Queensland Commends Qld Government’s Stand on Environmental Laws
Wildlife Queensland commends the Palaszczuk Government’s stand against the Federal Government’s attempts to further weaken Australia’s environmental laws as espoused on 2 June 2021 by the Hon. Meaghan Scanlon MP Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and...
Independent review of EPBC Act released
On 30 October 2020, the Independent Reviewer of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999, Professor Graeme Samuel AC, provided the Minister for the Environment with his Final Report. The Report was tabled in Parliament on 28...Review of EPBC Act recommends sweeping changes
updated: 6 August 2020 28 July 2020 Laws set up to protect unique species and habitats are ineffective, according to a major review of the national environmental framework. The first draft of Professor Graeme Samuel’s review of the Environment Protection and...