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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

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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Biodiversity Council welcome government investment in H5N1 bird flu virus response

14 October 2024
Today the Australian Government announced more than $100 million to fight the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has killed millions of animals overseas, including wild birds and mammals, and livestock.
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‘Nature-negative’ – the federal government subsidies harming biodiversity

7 October 2024
The Australian Government spends around 50 times more on subsidising activities that harm the environment than it spends on helping biodiversity each year, according to an assessment undertaken by Biodiversity Council
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Vic Gov ignore wishes and lore of Traditional Custodians and advice of scientists about killing dingoes

25 September 2024
The Biodiversity Council is deeply disappointed by the decision of the Victorian Allan Government to continue to allow the killing of dingoes in Victoria.
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Biodiversity Council back crossbench call to end unfair legal exemptions for forestry industry

23 September 2024
The Biodiversity Council strongly support the position of the crossbench in calling for an end to the carve-out of native forest logging from national environmental law.
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Experts urge PM to establish robust EPA and EIA

18 September 2024
Leading Australian scientists and First Nations experts are calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to deliver on Labor's election commitment and establish an effective national environmental protection agency.
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Australia needs a strong independent environmental regulator

3 September 2024
Biodiversity Council responds to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's EPA comments.
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Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report shows that the reef is in serious trouble

26 August 2024
The 2024 Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report has just been released by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). Here is what our experts had to say.
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Damning audit of NSW threatened species programs highlights that conservation can’t run on crumbs

19 August 2024
A government audit has just delivered a damning report on the NSW Government’s programs to care for threatened species highlighting a massive gap in funding
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Our national list of threatened plants and animals has just reached 2,118 species – it is the tip of the iceberg

7 August 2024
Thousands of species are likely to meet the national threatened species criteria but have never been assessed, leaving them without protection under national law.
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Top scientists call on Australian Government to allocate federal funding towards nature protection and management

18 July 2024
More than two dozen of Australia’s eminent ecology, conservation and biodiversity academics have called on the Australian Government to commit significant federal funding towards nature.
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