The Biodiversity Council welcomes the policy commitment today from the Australian Greens to invest 1% of the federal budget in nature protection.

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.

A review of the 2025-26 federal budget has found that the Albanese Government is still far short of investing what is required to meet the Australian Government’s own environmental commitments, despite recent funding commitments for protected areas.

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.

Environmental law amendments being rushed through parliament this week will tear another hole in Australia's green safety net, the EPBC Act.

The Australian Government announced $250 million in new investment to build Australia’s protected areas network. The investment is important to enable Australia to meet our commitment to protect 30 percent of our lands and seas by 2030.

The third annual Biodiversity Concerns Survey reveals that community concern about the environment and demand for greater action to protect nature is still high and has increased since the last election.

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.

The people of western Melbourne have been short-changed by the actions of a developer who destroyed 40 hectares of a Critically Endangered ecosystem that was earmarked for a future conservation and recreation reserve.

Human-caused environmental problems, including biodiversity loss and extreme weather events, are the greatest long-term threats to the global economy, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Risks Report.