1 February 2022 The Morrison Government will invest a record $50 million to boost the long-term protection and recovery efforts for Australia’s koalas. The Prime Minister said the funding would bring together the best of the best researchers, land managers,...
31 January 2022 Strong wind may have made photography difficult and heat added to the intractability of insects – which sometimes zipped around too much to have their portraits taken – but Wildlife Queensland’s Fraser Coast Branch members and nature...
27 January 2022 The Gold Coast’s 52-km coastline from Point Danger to Jumpinpin attracts some 12 million visitors each year, but it also attracts endangered wildlife, which needs protection as the city’s swelling nightlife and tourism ventures spill out onto the sand....
25 January 2022 The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), a native of Paraguay and Southern Brazil, is a highly invasive species that colonises quickly and stings en masse whenever a nest of up to 400,000 fiercely territorial ants is disturbed. The Federal...
24 January 2022 The proposal for privately owned Karreman Quarries to expand its existing 88-ha West Mount Cotton Road site in the Redlands has passed Redland City Council and State Government approval and is now being assessed under the Federal EPBC Act. The...
20 January 2022 Have your say on the future of environmental regulation in Queensland Consultation is underway about the possible establishment of an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Queensland. The consultation seeks to understand...
14 January 2022 The problems caused by plastics, and their breakdown into even more minute microplastic particles that litter our entire planet, are well-documented and make striving for a plastic-free future a goal. Alternatives are available, so with the help of our...
13 January 2022 Join Wildlife Queensland’s Quoll Seekers Network and Park Ridge Connect, along with expert presenter Paul Revie, to learn more about Logan’s incredible and endangered quolls and how you can help find them and save them. When: Saturday 26 March from 10...
11 January 2022 Our regional wildlife carers and conservationists need a voice, too, and that’s why we urge any friends of Wildlife Queensland who inhabit rural or remote regions to complete the Regional Wellbeing Survey. Australian conservationists are...
11 January 2022 A helping hand is on the way to the tune of $500,000 to assist primary producers and landholders with the cost of removing and safely disposing of hazardous waste. Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said the Keeping Queensland Clean: Illegal Dumping...
10 January 2022 Authors: Daryl Dickson, Liz Downes & Carol Muller, Cassowary Coast & Hinchinbrook Branch Vale Suzie Smith 1952–2021 Suzie Smith, founder and long-time office-bearer of WPSQ’s Cassowary Coast and Hinchinbrook Branch, died peacefully in Tully...
4 January 2022 Orchid hunting has come a long way. In 5 steps you can join a national research effort Heidi Zimmer, CSIRO This article is part of a series first published on The Conversation explaining how readers can learn the skills to take part in...
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