Bouncing ahead: Brush-tailed rock wallaby project update

30 March 2019   Wildlife Queensland Projects Manager, Matt Cecil, reports on his recent visit to the brush-tailed rock wallaby project site in the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate.   On 27 March, I spent an enjoyable day in the much needed cool drizzling...
Eradication planned for the red imported fire ant

Eradication planned for the red imported fire ant

30 March 2019 The tenacious and resilient red imported fire ant is still infesting areas in South East Queensland 10 plus years after they were first discovered. Wildlife Queensland holds an optimistic view that the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program’s...

Have Your Say on the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy

The State Government has announced and legislated the introduction of a waste levy set at $75 per tonne for waste going to landfill. The levy will start in July 2019. Accompanying this levy will be the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy for Queensland....

Balloons are killing our seabirds

7 March 2019   A new CSIRO and IMAS collaborative study reveals that balloons are the highest risk plastic debris for seabirds. The report found that one third of all seabirds had ingested marine plastic debris with the leading cause of death being balloons....

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