Australia’s record of protecting our plants and animals at both a national and state level is poor, with another 134 species added to the threatened list in the past seven years.
In NSW, the problems are likely to worsen, not least because of the inaptly named Biodiversity Conservation Act passed by the Berejiklian government last year.
Indeed, the new laws could hardly have been introduced in a worse manner, with regulatory maps for many areas still to be released almost six months after the legislation passed.
Read more: ‘A shimmer to the horizon’: Taking stock of the war on our wildlife | SMH
