An evening of spotlighting in Caboolture has yielded some unexpected results for the Queensland Glider Network’s (QGN) latest project, funded by the Society’s Greater Idea appeal. Team leaders and a gang of enthusiastic volunteers trekked to Sheep Station Creek on 14...
Land clearing, rising temperatures, Adani, a lack of connection with nature, and greener transport were among the issues that surfaced when Wildlife Queensland opened the climate change can of worms at its Wildlife Matters symposium in New Farm recently. Society...
With only two weeks to go until Wildlife Queensland’s climate change symposium and fundraising dinner, celebrity guest speaker Jon Dee (co-founder of Planet Ark, managing director of environmental lobby group Do Something and founder of the National Plastic Bag...
For thousands of years, our world’s climate has been continuously and dramatically changing. Geological records indicate fluctuations in global temperatures and extreme weather patterns to be normal; however, as society advances and technology evolves, greenhouse...
This we know: The next state election to vote 93 members into the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland must be held before 5 May, 2018. But the question of exact timing remains a mystery, and predicting it an interesting pastime. Did the promoter of the next...
Opera House traps are still causing the drowning death of platypus and water rats in creeks and waterways across the country. Does current legislation governing the use of opera house traps have any impact or is it too confusing? Are the traps too affordable and...
While he’s waiting in the wings to perform the role of celebrity guest speaker at the wildlife event of the year – Wildlife Matters: In a Climate of Change – we thought we’d ask Jon Dee (of DoSomething and ABC’s War on Waste) to answer a few key questions on...
With Coles and Woolworths both announcing on 14 July their phasing out of single-use lightweight plastic bags in stores around the country over the next 12 months, it appears the battle to ban those bags has been won. Wildlife Queensland welcomes the supermarkets’...
As welcome as the Government’s introduction of a Bill to ban lightweight plastic bags and introduce a container deposit scheme has been, Wildlife Queensland joins other leading environmental groups in arguing for further bans on disposable plastics. When appearing on...
With the Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Bill going through Parliament this month and the state’s recent crack-down on its consumption of lightweight plastic bags, we were inspired to wonder what waste-free family life really looks like and how attainable this...
For those working towards greater waste freedom and a cleaner, safer environment for our wildlife – bravo! – we’ve shortlisted… 10 handy waste-whittlers to help you on your way! Composta – The Composta turns your everyday kitchen...
This is what happens when governments reduce so-called ‘green tape’. Wildlife Queensland, the Boomerang Alliance and the waste and recycled tyre industry warned the then Newman Government that watering down environmental regulations on tyres would lead to tyre dumps....
