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Dr Fiona Fraser is the Australian Government's Threatened Species Commissioner and brings a national focus to conservation efforts and is helping to address the growing number of native plants and animals in Australia facing extinction

07/09/2026

Threatened Species Day is an opportunity to celebrate not only the many incredible species that call Australia home, but the people and communities all across the country working hard to protect them.

Thank you to everyone who dedicates their time and effort to protecting our threatened species. Together we can make a difference.

Supporting our Brushies 🦘🪨 Little River Gorge in east Gippsland is home to one of just two remnant brush-tailed rock wal...
05/09/2026

Supporting our Brushies 🦘🪨

Little River Gorge in east Gippsland is home to one of just two remnant brush-tailed rock wallaby colonies in Victoria.

The colony is under significant threat from feral predators (particularly foxes) and from inbreeding as a result of the colony’s small size and isolation.

Supported by funding under the Australian Government's Saving Native Species program, DEECA Gippsland and its partners Parks Victoria, Wildlife Unlimited and Odonata Foundation have been working hard to turn things around. This has included:

📸Monitoring of the population, including trialling new camera trap arrays to make monitoring in such difficult terrain easier
🦊Intensive fox control to reduce predation pressure, resulting in the removal of up to 30 foxes in the past year
🦘Upgrades to quarantine facilities at Mt Rothwell’s breeding facility to support future translocations into the wild.

Monitoring appears to show a gradual increase in population size over the past 10 years, likely thanks to sustained feral predator control as well as supplementation of the population with captive bred individuals from Mt Rothwell and Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve in the ACT.

While these gorge-ous wallabies are not out of the woods yet, these results are promising and show that our efforts are making a difference.

The brush-tailed rock wallaby is a priority species under the Australian Government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032.

Fresh out of the oven, we have our first batch of entries!We’ve started with a bang this week with some incredible ent...
04/09/2026

Fresh out of the oven, we have our first batch of entries!

We’ve started with a bang this week with some incredible entries. It’s also been great to see people getting together for morning teas, sharing a piece of cake and having conversations about conservation.

Check out all the entries in the album (go to the Threatened Species Commissioner page and click on photos). Don’t forget to vote for your favourite entries while you’re there by dropping a like or react. The entry with the most likes/reactions wins the People’s Choice Award.

There’s still plenty of time to bake your entry! Threatened Species Day is coming up on Monday which is the perfect opportunity to eat cake with family and friends and celebrate our Australia’s biodiversity.

To enter make sure to upload your photo on social media and tag us using (make sure your post is set to public so we can see it) or email us an image and description of your creation to [email protected]. Entries close Tuesday 15 September.

Find out more information here: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/2026-threatened-species-bake-off-coming-soon

H5 bird flu has arrived in Australia. The virus has spread quickly around the world and had significant impacts on wildl...
04/09/2026

H5 bird flu has arrived in Australia.

The virus has spread quickly around the world and had significant impacts on wildlife overseas. We are now seeing its impacts on our native species.

There are simple things we can all do to help reduce the risk of diseases like H5 bird flu spreading. 👇

Avoid, record and report if you see groups of sick or dead wildlife.

Report sightings to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888. 📞

02/09/2026

Quolly is getting excited for !

What are you baking?

Start your ovens! 🕛🍰🤗 Entries for the 2026 Threatened Species Bake Off are now open! Bake a sweet treat between 1-15 S...
01/09/2026

Start your ovens! 🕛🍰🤗

Entries for the 2026 Threatened Species Bake Off are now open!

Bake a sweet treat between 1-15 September that represents an Australian threatened species and invite your friends over to tell them all about it.

To enter upload a photo of your creation to social media using the hashtag or email it to [email protected].

Find out more here: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/2026-threatened-species-bake-off-coming-soon

📸 Early entry for 2026: McCulloch’s anemonefish cake by Kerry. This critically endangered species can be found nestled among the tentacles of bubbletip anemones around Lord Howe Island.

Inspiration from previous Bake Offs:
Nathan’s Australian sea lion cake
Renee’s grey-headed flying fox biscuits
Caitlin’s northern hairy-nosed wombat cupcakes

The Australian Government has committed an additional $145 million to help safeguard Australia against the impacts of H5...
31/08/2026

The Australian Government has committed an additional $145 million to help safeguard Australia against the impacts of H5 bird flu. 🪶

This includes $20 million to support the expansion and extension of measures for our native species.

This will help already affected species better withstand and recover from the impacts of H5 bird flu. This includes the:

• long-nosed fur seal
• greater crested tern
• little penguin.

It will also support species predicted to be most at-risk, like the brown b***y.

If you see sick or dead wildlife, please don’t touch them. Avoid. Record. Report.

The Lord Howe Island phasmid may soon return to the island.After the critically endangered Lord Howe Island phasmid was ...
29/08/2026

The Lord Howe Island phasmid may soon return to the island.

After the critically endangered Lord Howe Island phasmid was brought back from the brink of extinction with a highly successful captive breeding program, the Lord Howe Island Board and its conservation partners are now planning reintroducing this unique species back to its original home.

Wild phasmids have survived on the remote Balls Pyramid, where the invasive w**d coastal morning glory has been controlled to protect their habitat as part of a Saving Native Species project to prevent the extinction of the species.

The reintroduction will follow a detailed plan developed in close consultation with the Lord Howe Island community. With 93% of surveyed community members in favour of its reintroduction, it will be a warm welcome home for the stick insects that were last seen on Lord Howe Island over 100 years ago.

This historic milestone is made possible by the eradication of mice and rats from the World Heritage-listed island. With this pressure removed, Lord Howe Island’s unique biodiversity has rebounded, paving the way for this and other threatened species success stories.

Zoos Victoria The Australian National University NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

📷: Lord Howe Island Phasmid (Ernie Mayo); Balls Pyramid (Liam Murphy); Balls Pyramid team in action (Liam Murphy);

Protecting Northern Territory wetlands and wildlife. 🌿More than 5,500 feral pigs removed🐗Over 1,800 hectares of invasive...
26/08/2026

Protecting Northern Territory wetlands and wildlife. 🌿

More than 5,500 feral pigs removed🐗

Over 1,800 hectares of invasive w**ds treated. 🌱

More than 160,000 km of aerial monitoring completed.🚁

Across the NT, pest and w**d control is protecting important wetlands. It is keeping Country healthy and helping native wildlife, including the iconic magpie goose, thrive.

Healthy habitats give wildlife the best chance to withstand future threats, including diseases such as H5 bird flu.

This work is part of the Australian Government's $113 million commitment to tackle H5 bird flu.

📸 Northern Territory Government (excluding magpie goose image)

Lands, Planning and Environment NT

Counting down to the 2026 Threatened Species Bake Off! ⏱️🍰Only one week to go before fans of threatened species and cake...
25/08/2026

Counting down to the 2026 Threatened Species Bake Off! ⏱️🍰

Only one week to go before fans of threatened species and cake will combine their passions into edible creations.

starts on 1 September.

Our judges are getting ready to feast their eyes on this year’s entries. Bake Off founder, Wild Deserts ecologist Bec West has already made a burrowing bettong cake to celebrate the 10-year anniversary.

Fiona and Bec are delighted to have Landcare Australia Chair Peter Garrett AM, join them on the judging panel in 2026.

At a time when there is increasing concern about the impacts of H5 bird flu on our native animals it’s important for us to remember just how incredible our native species are and why they are worth protecting. The Bake Off is a great opportunity to not only celebrate our plants and animals but also to highlight the huge efforts going on around the country to conserve and build the resilience of our threatened species.

Every cake is a chance to start a conversation so I hope you’ll join me in raising awareness and putting our threatened species in the spotlight.

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