This Threatened Species Day, the Albanese Government is announcing greater protections for our threatened plants and animals. New conservation advice has been created to better protect 20 threatened species and 15 ecological communities.
The Albanese Labor Government has today released a new Recovery Plan to boost the long-term survival of the critically endangered Swift Parrot. Once found widely across eastern Australia, there are now only about 750 mature birds left in the wild.
The Albanese Labor Government is investing over $2.1 million to set up a captive breeding program to help save the Maugean Skate. The captive breeding program will help create an insurance population.
