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View this email in your browser WE WON'T IGNORE THIS Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has just listed 23 plants, animals and ecological communities as threatened, endangered or critically endangered. Over half of these species and communities were affected by the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires. Without urgent action, we could lose them forever.   We all know that the previous Government ignored difficult problems. They just accepted the decline and destruction of our environment.   And they dismissed the extinction of our precious native plants and animals as inevitable. But the Albanese Labor Government is committed to taking strong and decisive action when it is needed.   Instead of accepting environmental decline as inevitable, or putting it in the too-hard basket, we’re doing everything we can to turn things around.   That’s why we’ve released our Threatened Species Action Plan called Towards Zero Extinctions. You can read the full plan here.   The plan sets out strong targets for threatened species conservation and recovery over the next 10 years. It will guide our actions and priorities.   These are the strongest targets we’ve ever seen – including preventing any new extinctions and protecting and conserving at least 30% of Australia’s land mass.   It takes advice from researchers and experts and identifies 20 priority places and 110 priority species to help guide recovery and action.   Share this document with your friends, family and neighbours and encourage them to sign up here to stay informed about our environmental reforms. Sincerely, Authorised by Dr M Ananda-Rajah 1/1343 Malvern Rd, Malvern VIC We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and pay our respect to the Elders both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Copyright © 2022 Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah, All rights reserved.

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