The Who’s Who of ‘A Conservation Conversation’
This year, WPSQ’s celebration of another year in conservation will be held at the beautiful Bulimba Golf Club where friends and supporters of the Society will enjoy drinks, canapes and a 2-course dinner along with A Conservation Conversation: Across the Generations...WPSQ re-focuses on the Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is, undeniably, one of the most unique, biodiverse and complex ecosystems in the world. However, this iconic World Heritage area has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, with major controversy surrounding the bizarre $444.3...Opera house trap appeal rejected
On 27 July Wildlife Queensland called on the Minister for Agricultural Development and Fisheries to ban opera house traps and other enclosed yabby traps in Queensland, reactivating a 2009 campaign which unfortunately met with limited success. The Platypus Alliance for...Stock Route Management Regulation extended
Queensland’s Legislative Assembly has been advised of the extension of the Stock Route Management Regulation 2003, with accompanying advice causing major concerns for Wildlife Queensland. While we have no objection to the Regulation’s extension until 31 August 2019 in...WPSQ calls Minister to take Action on Bags
Wildlife Queensland calls on the Minister for Environment to take action on thicker plastic bags (and helium balloons) after Coles’ oscillation on providing them for free exposed a serious vulnerability in Queensland’s bag ban policy. In an unfortunate turn of events...Help them be heard
WPSQ’s Bayside branch firmly believes that young people have the most at stake in the future, and so their voices should be heard. This is the philosophy behind the Cicada Awards Short Film Competition initiated by the branch in 2011. Since that time, the annual event...Opera house traps have to go!
27 July 2018 Wildlife Queensland is ramping up its campaign against these deadly threats to our wildlife, partnering again with Qld Alliance for Platypus to advocate for a ban on opera-house-style traps and funnel traps. Wildlife Queensland first raised this issue in...Bogus bags the next step
Boosted by our well-supported funding appeal last month, Wildlife Queensland is wasting no time getting started with The Next Step: Against Waste in Queensland – and we need your help! Wildlife Queensland is pleased to report that its recent campaign to raise funds to...