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Bird flu death toll remains hidden as governments report ‘events’, not wildlife deaths

The Biodiversity Council is calling on federal, state and territory governments to publicly report estimates of wildlife deaths from H5 bird flu, including total deaths for each species and location impacted.
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Council appoints research publishing innovator CEO

18 June 2026
The Biodiversity Council has appointed Jack Rejtman, the co-founder and former Managing Director of The Conversation Media Group, as new CEO.
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Scientists and young people send joint letter to PM about intergenerational failure of the budget on nature

2 June 2026
Deep frustration with the budget has led more than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, and conservation experts to write collectively to the Prime Minister and Treasurer, pleading for adequate funding to stop rapid nature loss.
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The damage caused to nature by Australia’s biggest 200 companies

27 May 2026
Our new report identifies the industries and individual companies with the most harmful impacts on nature through water use, greenhouse gas emissions, land clearing, and pollution.
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Could entrepreneurial nature finance approaches fill the nature funding gap? Results from global review

21 May 2026
A new global review has found that nature finance and biodiversity markets alone are not a silver bullet for closing conservation funding gaps, with governments and philanthropy set to remain essential for protecting and restoring nature.
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Biodiversity Council warns: handing environmental approval powers to states is premature and high-risk

30 April 2026
The Biodiversity Council has called on the federal government to scrap plans to hand national environmental approval powers to states and territories until strong National Environmental Standards (NES) have been developed.
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Robodebt for the environment - Rushing AI into EPBC Act assessments could repeat past policy failures

7 April 2026
The Minerals Council of Australia has called on the Australian Government to invest $13 million to embed AI tools into federal environmental approval processes, which may drive endangered species closer to extinction.
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‘Optimistic spin’ hides worsening nature crisis in government report to UN, experts say

16 March 2026
The Biodiversity Council says the Australian Government is using spin to hide the nature loss crisis and avoid doing enough work to address it, after assessing their first report to the UN under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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Federal Govt rewards years of illegal jarrah forest clearing by Alcoa with “national interest” shield

19 February 2026
We have raised concern over the Federal Government’s decision to grant a national interest exemption to Alcoa, allowing the American mining giant to continue operations despite years of unauthorised clearing and failed post-mining regeneration.
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The Australian Government’s $26 billion per year nature-harming problem revealed by study

17 February 2026
Groundbreaking research has uncovered that the Australian Government is providing $26 billion per year in financial support to activities that harm the nation's unique natural environment, known as biodiversity-harmful subsidies.
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Cats and foxes did it. Leading Scientists refute “Invasive Species Denialism,” reaffirming introduced predators as a major cause of mammal extinctions

22 January 2026
25 leading conservation scientists, ecologists, and mammal experts refute the controversial claim that there is "little evidence" that introduced cats and foxes have caused extinctions in Australia.
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