Long-awaited changes to Australia’s nature laws have been introduced to Parliament today—instead of strengthening protections, they would weaken them. 👉 Read the Wilderness Society’s response here: wilderness.org.au/news-events/... #auspol #naturelaws #environment #wildoz

It’s #InternationalSawfishDay. Celebrate this remarkable species! The Martuwarra / Fitzroy River is recognised as the world's last stronghold for the freshwater sawfish. It’s also a very important nursery, serving as a sanctuary for juveniles. 👉 Discover more wilderness.org.au/sawfishday

We have successfully settled our court case with the Environment Minister—and he has admitted he failed to do his job to protect threatened species! 🙌 This is an incredible win for threatened species. Hear our campaigner Sam Szoke-Burke give an update on what this means for wildlife. #wildoz

Today is a win for threatened wildlife across Australia 🙌 While it is deeply frustrating that we had to resort to the courts to get the government to do its job, this outcome confirms the expectations on the Albanese government to start prioritising nature & helping Aussie wildlife beat extinction.

📣 #BREAKING: We’ve settled our case against Australia’s Environment Minister! Backed by our supporters & represented by Environmental Justice Australia, we took bold legal action to fight for threatened species, and won! #auspol #wildoz

Queensland’s plants and animals are in crisis. 🚨 The new State of Environment Report reveals 114 more threatened species were added in the last 4 years. Both the #Queensland government and the Wilderness Society confirm the biggest threat: deforestation for pasture. #wildoz

#Lutruwita / #Tasmania is home to true forest giants, Eucalyptus regnans that tower up to 100m tall & huon pines that have lived for thousands of years. 🌳 These are some of the most carbon-dense #forests on Earth, quietly storing vast amounts of carbon & helping stabilise the climate. #botany

Exciting news: the Great Koala National Park is finally happening! This means 176,000ha of critical koala habitat in #NSW will now be a national park & protected from logging. 🎉Thanks to all our supporters for your tireless work to make this park a reality. 💚 🔁 Help us spread the good news! #wildoz

So, so long overdue. Hopefully enough to help these animals and systems weather what’s coming. Congratulations NSW branch of @australianlabor.bsky.social and @wilderness.org.au and NSW NCC (among others)!! #environment #climatechange #forests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BREAKING: The NSW government announced it will permanently protect the full 176,000 hectares of state forests proposed for inclusion in the Great Koala National Park. This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP

This isn’t just a sticker. It’s a love letter to Australia’s wild places and the #wildlife that call them home. 💚 If you see a sticker in the wild know it proves that together, there are more people who care about #nature than the corporate and political interests willing to exploit it. #wildoz

Not just a cute face, the sandhill dunnart is a tiny desert predator with a big role to play! 🐭✨ By day it curls up in sandy burrows, and by night it hunts insects and reptiles among the spinifex sandplains of South & Western Australia, helping keep ecosystems in balance. #wildoz #dunnart #wildlife

What is older than the dinosaurs and is humanity's ancient cousin? The Australian lungfish! 🐟✨ This species is a true living fossil. Its ancestors date back 380 million years, and it’s barely changed in over 100 million. It can even breathe air when water runs out! #wildoz #threatenedspecies

📢 #BREAKING: US mining giant #Alcoa misled the public. Australia's advertising watchdog has ruled Alcoa’s newspaper ad, claiming it had rehabilitated 75% of the Jarrah Forest it had mined, was inaccurate or misleading. #westernaustralia #mining #jarrahforests

This September, we’re bringing people together online and in-person to learn, share & take meaningful action for #nature. 🗓️ From taking action on #deforestation to learning how to engage with MPs, there's something for everyone. 🍃 Find all events and RSVP: wilderness.org.au/community-events

Ghosts are real…and they have wings! 👻🦇 Australia’s ghost bat is our only carnivorous bat—swooping on prey and devouring it whole: feathers, bones, teeth and all. #GhostBat #ThreatenedSpecies #wildoz #australianwildlife

🌳 New science shows that as temperatures warm🌡️, Victoria's mountain ash forests can't sustain as many trees. #mountainash #victoria #forests #ecology

🚨 #BREAKING: US mining giant #Alcoa has been found non-compliant with the conditions of its mining of WA’s jarrah forest. Boiling Cold has just revealed that Alcoa has not complied with strict conditions to protect threatened black cockatoos, Boorloo / Perth’s water, and cultural heritage. #wapol

This was once a jarrah forest. 🌳 Now, it’s a bauxite mine. ⛏️ US mining giant #Alcoa wants to destroy 11,500 hectares of irreplaceable #jarrah forest in #WesternAustralia. These forests have already been mined for 60 years, further expansion will threaten the survival of these incredible ecosystems.

For #ScienceWeek, ABC is celebrating some of our most underrated animals & asking you to vote for your favourite. The line-up is fierce, but we can't help but back the ghost bat, which is at the centre of our court case against the Federal Environment Minister. Vote: www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Over the weekend, the Tasmanian Liberals announced their decision to “not proceed” on plans to release forest reserves in Lutruwita/#Tasmania for logging. This is a huge win for local communities who have been working tirelessly to have these areas protected, as was promised over a decade ago.

The #QLD government quietly dropped its latest #deforestation data this week, and it’s grim. 332,015 hectares were bulldozed in just one year. That’s 10x more forest bulldozed than what palm oil companies destroyed in Indonesia. Most of it? For pasture. #auspol 👉 wilderness.org.au/qld-slats-2025

#BREAKING: The Wilderness Society is taking Australia’s oil and gas regulator, NOPSEMA, to court for failing to ensure Santos has set aside money to pay for the clean up of its Reindeer operations in Western Australia. 👉 Read more: www.wilderness.org.au/court-case-nopsema #oilandgas #fossilfuels

Meet the monjon—the smallest of all rock wallaby species, with a head and body length of only 30–35cm, and weighing under 1.5kg! #wildoz #wildlife You'll only find it in the #Kimberley, in northwest Australia. 👉 Discover 5 species endemic to the Kimberley: wilderness.org.au/species-kimberley

Santos has confirmed 13 gas leaks at its Varanus Island operations off Western Australia's coast. The leaks are near some of WA’s most ecologically important marine areas, prompting calls for urgent government intervention. #oilandgas 👉 Read more: www.wilderness.org.au/gas-leaks-WA

🚨 The shocking impacts of the algal bloom on South Australia's oceans and marine life remind us of the worsening impacts of climate change on Australia's unique and diverse natural environment. #auspol #southaustralia @lisacox.bsky.social

The ngolak / Baudin's black cockatoo is a striking icon of WA's jarrah forests and the south-west. When they fly overhead, they'll often be observed in flocks. But the population of these stunning birds is in a critical decline, and they are now listed as endangered. #australianbirds #WildOz

After 16 years of delay, draft Recovery Plans have finally dropped for the lungfish + sandhill dunnart. They’re the species at the heart of our court case against the federal Environment Minister. 🔗 ws.org.au/4cHeIO via @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social @yahoonewsau.bsky.social

Abandoned oil ship, the Northern Endeavour, has sat idle in Australian waters for years. It’s a relic of an industry that’s extracted, polluted & walked away. It's time we held the oil & gas industry to account for the full life cycle of its mess. Read the article behind the paywall ws.org.au/0HjlNE

Despite years of science, community support and government promises, the Great Forest National Park remains undelivered. The park proposal is popular because people care about climate, wildlife, & clean water. It’s time the Victorian government caught up. #GFNP

As the upcoming state election approaches, how are #Lutruwita / #Tasmania’s major parties addressing the state’s nature and conservation issues? Read @adammorton.bsky.social's deep dive via The Guardian. #politas #auspol #environment

Recently, citizen science group WOTCH took a group of Wilderness Society campaigners & supporters to the tall forests of Victoria to look for the elusive warnda / greater glider—a central species in our federal court case. #wildoz #citizenscience 👉 Learn more: wilderness.org.au/neglectednaturecase

Wilderness Society campaigner Fern Cadman spoke with U.S. reporter @sharonkelly.bsky.social after #Woodside announced a new fossil fuel project off the coast of Louisiana, a southern U.S. state, warning of the company’s track record of environmental disasters in Australia. #OilandGas Read more 👇

The Great Koala National Park is not expected to receive any funding in tomorrow's NSW 2025–26 budget, despite it being a centrepiece of the Minns government's environment policy. #nswpol

Congratulations to all the #Karajia shortlisted authors and illustrators! 🎉📚 Check out the amazing books, including Wurrtoo by Tylissa Elisara, who said "Traditional practices are not just important, but necessary to care for the beautiful continent we all share." #childrensliterature #kidsbooks

The shortlist for the 2025 Karajia & Environment Awards for Children's Literature is here! Congratulations to all of the shortlisted authors & illustrators. 👏📚 👉 Discover and purchase all the books: www.wilderness.org.au/karajia-EACL-2025 #childrensliterature #kidsbooks #naturebooks #Karajia #EACL

Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre could be filling at a scale not witnessed in living memory. Fed by waters travelling from QLD's Channel Country, this vast inland basin is teeming with life. A living system that must be respected and protected. 💚 #lakeeyre #australia #nature

An extraordinary discovery! 👀 The critically endangered wollert / Leadbeater’s possum—long thought to be extinct outside of Victoria—has been spotted in NSW’s Kosciuszko National Park. This is at least 250km from the nearest sighting of the species in Victoria. #wildlife #australia

A recent investigation by @publicsource.org exposes how Alcoa’s Australian mining operation has grown into an ecological and cultural crisis. Today, 75% of Alcoa's alumina now comes from WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest—a globally significant ecosystem & Noongar cultural landscape. Read more👇 #forests

We’ve placed a full-page ad in The Weekend Australian with a clear message from thousands of supporters: Australians expect the government to prioritise nature. Forests and bushlands aren’t bargaining chips. Extinction is a choice. #auspol #nature #WildernessSociety

Have you heard? We’re taking #Australia's #Environment Minister to court. ⚖️ Australia’s #wildlife can’t afford to wait years and years for politicians to make their recovery plans. That’s why we’re fighting government inaction with legal action. 👉 www.wilderness.org.au/neglectednaturecase #auspol

Breathtaking alpine and forest landscapes on #Tasmania’s Overland Track, captured at golden hour. 🌄 This iconic multi-day walk winds through Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair NP, part of the Lutruwita / Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Have you done it? Which was your favourite part? #hiking

Stop scrolling. Today you don't need to chase waterfalls, we're bringing them to you. Soak in the serenity of the Toorongo River, flowing through the lush, misty forests of Noojee—just 2 hours east of Melbourne. ‘Noojee’ means place of rest—and it's easy to see why. #nature #forest #forestfriday

With a wingspan of up to one metre, the grey-headed flying fox is Australia’s largest fruit bat. These nocturnal animals play a vital role in keeping native forests thriving, pollinating flowers and dispersing seeds of native trees as they feed.🦇 #flyingfox #australianwildlife #threatenedspecies

Look at that baby fluff! 🦜The birth of every swift parrot chick is crucial for the survival of this critically endangered Australian species. Hope is the thing with feathers! #swiftparrot #threatenedspecies #wildoz

Sound on! 🔊 Male lyrebirds build a mound on the forest floor that are like a stage for their choreographed song and dance displays. Here you can hear rather see him doing a dress rehearsal. Have you ever heard the song of a lyrebird? 🎶 #lyrebird #wildoz #birdwatching

The federal government has a legal & moral duty to protect Australia's threatened species. But much of Australia’s unique wildlife is on the brink of extinction. That's why Wilderness Society is taking the Environment Minister to court—to fight for these species’ survival. @hugepossum.bsky.social

When do forests and woodlands become valuable habitat? New research shows some threatened species can start rebuilding their homes in forests that are as young as 3 years old. While some need trees that are much older with hollows. Threatened species need old growth, but they need regrowth too.

Carnivorous bats… in caves… in Australia? Yep! Northern Aus is home to the continent’s only carnivorous bat—the ghost bat. With large eyes and powerful echolocation, ghost bats track down birds, lizards & small mammals before swooping in for the kill, and eating their prey whole! #BatAppreciationDay

Much of Australia’s unique wildlife is on the brink of extinction. That's why Wilderness Society is taking the Environment Minister to court—to fight for threatened species. What’s at stake for #nature? The Guardian's @adammorton.bsky.social unpacks the threats facing Australia’s unique species: