BLOGS

12.12.25

Saving Australia’s flying-foxes: Amidst climate change and habitat destruction

Australia is home to four native species of flying-foxes (grey-headed, black, little red and spectacled), all of which play vital roles in pollination and seed dispersal.  Sadly, flying-fox populations are in rapid decline, with some species now listed as vulnerable or endangered. These magnificent creaturesare increasingly under threat due to climate change, habitat destruction, food shortages and disease.  Without flying-foxes, both […]

MEDIA RELEASES

12.11.25

New koala population estimates offer hope – not complacency

New statewide modelling detailed by the NSW Government today suggesting there may be as many as 274,000 koalas in New South Wales does not mean NSW can relax its stance on the need for more robust koala protections.  The increase in modelled populations reflects improved detection techniques and better survey coverage, allowing scientists to identify […]

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12.04.25

New protections for two of Australia’s most vulnerable reptiles

New protections for two of Australia’s most vulnerable reptiles following decision at international wildlife conference SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (3 Dec. 2025) ― Two of Australia’s most vulnerable reptile species have been awarded strengthened protections from international commercial wildlife trade following a decision today at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention […]

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11.27.25

Australia’s animals given a fighting chance following EPBC deal

CANBERRA (November 27, 2025)—Humane World for Animals says Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt’s reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, amended in negotiation with the Greens, should give Australian wildlife a “fighting chance” for the future.  Humane World for Animals Australia’s Campaign Director, Nicola Beynon, said: “The reformed laws must be a new chapter for our environment and reset the priority that is given to protecting nature in decision making. We look forward to seeing further […]

BLOGS

11.07.25

How we’ll be standing up for animals at the 2025 CITES Convention

Later this month, two Humane World for Animals Australia biologists, Dr Renae Charalambous and Lawrence Chlebeck, will travel to the ancient city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan to attend the 20th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) for the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). As strange a location as it may […]

MEDIA RELEASES

10.30.25

Risks outweigh gains in nature reform bills tabled today

Humane World for Animals Australia says risks to nature outweigh the gains in long anticipated reforms to Australia’s nature laws, tabled in parliament today.  Having previewed the amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act tabled today, Humane World for Animals Australia’s Director, Campaigns, Nicola Beynon says the Government hasn’t got the balance […]

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10.28.25

Whale calf killed by NSW shark net reignites calls to urgently remove them

It has been confirmed today that a humpback whale calf has drowned after entanglement in a shark net off Coledale Beach, near Wollongong NSW. The dead whale was found still bound in the shark net, near Wombarra.  The New South Wales Government returned shark nets to 51 locations along NSW beaches this September, when the […]

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10.28.25

Queensland Councils call for Premier to get with the times and ditch shark nets

Humane World for Animals Australia has applauded a motion passed by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) last week (see wording of Motion below), calling on the Queensland State Government to modernise its primitive Shark Control Program by working with coastal councils to trial non-lethal, evidence-based technologies.  The motion, passed at the Association’s 129th […]

MEDIA RELEASES

10.27.25

EPBC Act reforms must prevent bad decision-making, put nature first

Humane World for Animals Australia says the opportunity to deliver the legislative tools required to turn around Australia’s nature crisis must not be squandered in reform of Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Humane World for Animals Australia’s Campaign Director, Nicola Beynon, was one of the negotiators of the original EPBC Act in […]