eCards - sending a message
1. Weed Risk Assessment
 

Thousands of foreign weeds, known to cause huge damage overseas, are still allowed to be legally imported into Australia.
 
This appalling gap in Australia's quarantine defenses needs to be plugged now.
 
Millions of hectares of Australia's bushlands and farmlands are at risk if these plants keep coming in.
 
This means more weeds in your bushland, your farmland and your garden.
 
 

help put this issue on the national agenda...
Now we've got new Federal Ministers for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Environment and Heritage, this is an opportune time to let them know about this crucial issue, before their desks, and their minds, are overloaded by the many other important issues.
 
send an eCard, or write a letter.
 
You can find more information in the latest Special Edition of Feral Herald, the ISC newsletter. Ministerial addresses are provided below.
 

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about eCards...
eCards are electronic postcards. Simply fill in your name and suburb, click the 'send' button, and an email is sent to the Federal Ministers.
 
You can modify the text, or use the text we've provided
 

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new report...
WWF Australia has commissioned a study, Front Door Wide Open to Weeds, undertaken by the University of Western Australia and the Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management.
 
The report is summarised in the latest Special Edition of Feral Herald, the ISC newsletter.
 
The Front Door Wide Open to Weeds report can be downloaded from WWF Australia
 
Spafford Jacob, H., Randall, R. and Lloyd, S. 2004. Front Door Wide Open to Weeds: an examination of the known weed species permitted for import without weed risk assessment. WWF Australia: Sydney.
 

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Ministerial addresses
Hon. Warren Truss
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2601
 
Senator Ian Campbell
Minister for Environment and Heritage
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2601
 
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