Review of EPBC Act recommends sweeping changes
updated: 6 August 2020 28 July 2020 Laws set up to protect unique species and habitats are ineffective, according to a major review of the national environmental framework. The first draft of Professor Graeme Samuel’s review of the Environment Protection and...Changes to NCA Regulations
28 July 2020 The Queensland Government has introduced changes to the subordinate regulations of the Nature Conservation Act 1992. The Nature Conservation Act 1992 and subordinate regulations are Queensland laws that safeguard our diverse range of protected...Youth urged to make a film and make a difference
17 July 2020 Environmental issues across South-East Queensland are the topic of films entered in the Cicada Film Festival (CFF) – a short film competition that is helping youth to be heard. According to Wildlife Preservation Society Bayside Branch spokesperson...Hunt for endangered spotted-tailed quoll in Logan
28 July 2020 Wildlife Queensland’s Quoll Seekers Network (QSN) has completed its latest round of detection dog surveys to establish the existence of the spotted-tailed quoll in the Logan region. The native spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) is...
WPSQ opposes QAM expansion into Isabel Jordan Bushland Reserve
24 July 2020 Wildlife Queensland Sunshine Coast & Hinterland Branch has launched a parliamentary petition to counter Queensland Air Museum’s petition to expand their facility into Isabel Jordan Bushland Reserve. SIGN OUR COUNTER PETITION QAM...Queensland introduces plastic ban into Parliament
16 July 2020 The Queensland Government tabled legislation yesterday to ban plastic takeaway straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls. The legislation will now go to a Parliamentary Committee for review and should be passed into law in the next few months....
Ready to take the Plastic Free July challenge?
1 July 2020 Single-use plastic takeaway items such as straws, stirrers, cutlery, coffee cups, containers and heavyweight bags are amongst the most littered and wasteful items in Australia and threaten both wildlife and habitat. According to the latest Clean Up...The quest continues: Quoll seeking camera monitoring findings
30 June 2020 Wildlife Queensland’s Quoll Seekers Network recently completed a three-month infra-red (IR) camera monitoring project looking for spotted-tailed quoll at Mt Perry in the Flinders Peak region, South-East Queensland. The project was run as a...New plant species discoveries
30 June 2020 Two new plant species have recently been described and recognised as part of the established native flora of Queensland. Drosera buubugujin A spectacular new species of Sundew, Drosera buubugujin, has recently been described from the Cape York...