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Invasive species are driving more than 80 per cent of Australia’s most vulnerable native plants and animals towards extinction.
How to help
Don’t let governments off the hook, help us call for real action that protects our natural environment from invasive species.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling alpine waterways and pushing native wildlife closer to extinction. Tell your NSW MP to end special protections for invasive species.
Escaped garden weeds like lantana and blackberries are choking our streams and bushland.
News
The latest news and updates from our campaigns

16 October, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
The Invasive Species Council and the NSW National Parks Association hailed a landmark victory for nature, with the NSW Parliament’s lower house voting to tear up the controversial Kosciuszko Wild Horse Heritage Act.

New global initiative launched at IUCN Congress to tackle world’s most destructive ecological threat
16 October, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
A new international effort, the Global Environmental Biosecurity Initiative, has been officially launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.

7 October, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland government’s renewed $6 million 2 year commitment to continue the fight against yellow crazy ants – but says the Albanese Government now needs to step up with matched funding.

2 October, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
Tasmania is facing a feral deer crisis, as new population numbers show a dramatic increase of 33% in just 5 years, according to the government’s survey report released today.

24 September, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
An independent review into Australia’s national fire ant eradication program has begun, after repeated warnings from the Invasive Species Council that governments were underfunding the fight against one of the world’s most destructive invasive species.

18 September, 2025
| By Nicola Barton
Western Australia has finally acted to save wildlife from the devastating toll of roaming pet cats, confirming it will amend the Cat Act to give councils the power to enforce cat containment.
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Invasive species destroy our natural places and transform the landscape, leaving our native animals without shelter or food and natural systems destroyed. You can help create an Australia where our unique wildlife is safe in flourishing protected areas.