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Media release

Poor budget for birds facing extinction

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 15 May 2024

BirdLife Australia says yesterday's Federal Budget demonstrates the Australian Government continues to ignore the nation’s catastrophic biodiversity crisis

Media release

Poor budget for birds facing extinction

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 15 May 2024

BirdLife Australia says yesterday's Federal Budget demonstrates the Australian Government continues to ignore the nation’s catastrophic biodiversity crisis

Media release

Swift Parrot Recovery Plan undermined as logging continues

Birdlife Australia
Tuesday, 14 May 2024

BirdLife Australia believes Australia’s new Swift Parrot Recovery Plan could oversee the bird’s extinction as it fails to protect critical habitat areas

Bird of the month

May's bird of the month: Hooded Robin

Birdlife Australia
Friday, 3 May 2024

Have you heard of the Hooded Robin? Here are 5 things you may or may not know about May's bird of the month, the Hooded Robin.

General

Birds to look out for in May

Birdlife Australia
Thursday, 2 May 2024

Find out more about birds to look out for around Australia this month

News

BirdLife Australia in the media: April

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Find out more about our bird conservation work around the country with our monthly multimedia round-up.

Australian Birdlife magazine

The bigger they are, the further they fall...

Birdlife Australia
Sunday, 21 April 2024

From the Australian Birdlife magazine archives: Danny Rogers outlines the life and precarious times of our largest shorebird, the Eastern Curlew

Media release

Walker walks away, Toondah Harbour is saved!

Birdlife Australia
Thursday, 18 April 2024

A real-estate proposal threatening critical habitat for migratory birds has been withdrawn. Toondah Harbour is saved!

Media release

Latest EPBC reforms won’t halt extinctions

Birdlife Australia
Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Latest EPBC reforms won't halt extinctions

Act for birds

Controversial Ravensthorpe Lithium Project rejected

Birdlife Australia
Friday, 12 April 2024

Endangered Carnaby's Black-Cockatoos, who call the ancient forests of Cocanarup, WA home, have a new lease on life as a proposed lithium mine was rejected