Have Your Say: Review of the EPBC Act 1999

20 December 2019 Public submissions have opened for the first independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act in a decade. Led by Professor Graeme Samuel AC, the review’s terms of reference includes that the panel makes...

Wildlife Queensland finishes 2019 on a high

20 December 2019 As 2019 draws to a close, it is a great feeling to be finishing the year on a high. A series of recent activities have come together all with positive outcomes that acknowledge the efforts invested by Wildlife Queensland, our members, Branches,...
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby project update – December 2019

Brush-tailed rock-wallaby project update – December 2019

18 December 2019 Author: Alesia Dyer   Camera image of a brush-tailed rock-wallaby Wildlife Queensland recently completed an infrared camera monitoring survey as part of a project to improve and increase the foraging habitat for an important colony of...

Less plastics, less litter ‒ our plastics campaign so far

20 December 2019 Wildlife Queensland, in partnership with the Boomerang Alliance, has campaigned to reduce plastic pollution and litter in Queensland, with a particular focus on single-use, disposable plastics. Items such as: plastic bagsstraws plastic cups and...

WPSQ chats with renowned palaeontologist, Professor Mike Archer

27 November 2019   Wildlife Queensland recently caught up with Wildlife Queensland Annual Dinner special guest speaker and renowned palaeontologist, Professor Mike Archer, to chat about his current project to save the Critically Endangered Mountain Pygmy-possum...

Wildlife Queensland hosts 13th New Zealand Delegation

27 November 2019   The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Wildlife Queensland) this week hosted a meeting with the 13th Delegation from New Zealand. The meeting was held at Wildlife Queensland’s head office in Highgate Hill, Brisbane, and was part of a...

How you can help bushfire-affected wildlife

updated 7 January 2020   Our hearts go out to everyone being affected by the bushfires in Australia. Thank you to the remarkable men and women currently fighting fires and helping to rescue and care for our precious wildlife.  Thank you also to the many concerned...

‘This is Not Normal’: Climate change and escalating bushfire risk

14 November 2019   The Climate Council has released a new briefing paper ‘This is Not Normal’: Climate Change and Escalating Bushfire Risk which finds the catastrophic fire conditions affecting Queensland and New South Wales have been aggravated by climate...
WPSQ welcomes Qld Government’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan

WPSQ welcomes Qld Government’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan

8 November 2019 Wildlife Queensland welcomes the announcement yesterday (7 November 2019) by the Queensland Government of a new Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan, which includes legislation next year (subject to consultation) to ban the supply of plastic products...

2019 Meeting of Environment Ministers

7 November 2019   BREAKING NEWS | 7 November 2019: Minister for Environment and Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch today released Queensland’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan, which sets out the proposed way forward for dealing with single-use plastics in our...

Brisbane’s bat-tastic Halloween cruise

31 October 2019 The rain held off for this year’s Batty Boat Halloween Cruise – and thank goodness, as we wouldn’t have wanted to get our cobwebs wet. Costume cobwebs that is! Lots of fabulous costumes and a fun, spooooky night was enjoyed by all. The magnificent...

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