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Latest NSW State of the Environment report paints bleak picture, here’s what’s needed to change that.

The latest NSW State of the Environment report documents that the environment has continued to decline over the past three years. Experts provide commentary on the necessary changes that need to happen to reverse this.
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The Biodiversity Council acknowledges the First Peoples of the lands and waters of Australia, and pays respect to their Elders, past, present and future and expresses gratitude for long and ongoing custodianship of Country.

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Latest NSW State of the Environment report paints bleak picture, here’s what’s needed to change that.

8 July 2025
The latest NSW State of the Environment report documents that the environment has continued to decline over the past three years. Experts provide commentary on the necessary changes that need to happen to reverse this.
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Experts commend new South Australian Biodiversity Act and flag important next steps

1 July 2025
The Biodiversity Council has commended South Australia’s government on passing the new South Australian Biodiversity Act through parliament.
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Roundtable restarts environmental law reform consultation

20 June 2025
The Biodiversity Council welcomed the opportunity to contribute to Minister Watt's roundtable on environmental law reform yesterday.
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Webinar: Findings from the third annual Biodiversity Concerns Survey

16 April 2025
Welcome to this webinar where we discuss findings from the third annual Biodiversity Concerns Survey, a representative survey of 3,500 Australians exploring their attitudes to a range of biodiversity issues.
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Most store-bought bee hotels are toxic to native bees, here’s how to build your own

4 April 2025
Native bee populations are under threat from land clearing, pesticide use and the impacts of climate change. Bee hotels are a great way of providing essential habitat to these struggling pollinators, but store-bought hotels may not be up to the task.
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What’s in the 2025-26 federal budget for nature?

1 April 2025
The federal budget was released on Tuesday 25 March. We have examined it with a fine-tooth comb to see what it held for nature. Here are some of our insights.
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The PM says the Maguean skate is fine, what does the science say?

25 March 2025
The Prime Minister has argued Maugean skate numbers are the same as they were a decade ago, but that figure is only a small piece of a more complex situation that suggests the future of this species is uncertain.
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Dolphins, giant burrowing frogs and turtle named after Steve Irwin join national threatened species list

12 March 2025
The Australian Government has added 21 more species to our national list of threatened species, bringing the total to 2,055. However, only 5% of nationally threatened species have been prioritised for attention by the Australian Government.
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There are serious economic consequences to abandoning environmental law reform

10 February 2025
The Australian Government has walked away from its Nature Positive Bill due to pressure from the economically powerful WA mining sector, but the decision ignores that our economy is far more than mining.
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Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct

7 February 2025
More than one-third (37%) of Australia's freshwater fish species are at risk of extinction, including 35 species not even listed as threatened. Funding is urgently needed to address the drivers of native fish declines.
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