Protect our threatened species

Our most threatened species could slip into extinction because the Coalition Government wants to slash the jobs of 60 of the people who are working to protect them.

Seventeen birds and mammals are expected to disappear in the next year 20 years unless Australia improves its protection of threatened species and their habitat.

The survival of species including the orange-bellied parrot, Northern hopping mouse and helmeted honeyeater depends on the community standing up stop the cuts to the Department of Environment and Energy staff who work to prevent Australia’s accelerating extinction rate. We need long-term resourcing for policy, protection and regulation.

Sign to send a message to The Minister for Environment and Energy Melissa Price, that the community will not stand for these cuts.

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  • Murray Kirkland
    signed 2018-05-30 11:56:25 +1000
    Dear Mr. Frydenberg,

    What sort of world do you want your children to grow up in?
  • Jennie Dibley
    signed 2018-05-30 09:42:01 +1000
    Jennie Dibley
  • T Albertini
    signed 2018-05-30 05:44:40 +1000
  • Lois Ferre
    signed 2018-05-29 21:20:51 +1000
    Please do not cut the jobs of 60 people who protect our threatened species. This is so unfair for these animals and birds but also for the people who love their work and will be out of a job because of a government who is putting money before nature. Where are these 60 people going to go. i assume they are all scientists who specialise in their fields to protect our wildlife. We need to protect our habitat and protect these species. Do not cut this funding please.
  • Linda Boyd-Lind
    signed 2018-05-29 21:02:36 +1000
    Linda Boyd-Lind
  • Mandy Soymonoff
    signed via 2018-05-29 14:29:58 +1000
  • Wendy Parker
    signed 2018-05-29 13:56:40 +1000
    Wendy Parker
  • Catherine Hayes
    signed 2018-05-29 10:54:23 +1000
  • Ewen Kloas
    signed 2018-05-28 17:27:53 +1000
  • Judith Thompson
    signed 2018-05-28 15:00:08 +1000
  • Artie Mihailovich
    posted about this on Facebook 2018-05-28 14:28:32 +1000
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  • Artiom Bondarenco
    signed via 2018-05-28 14:25:16 +1000
  • Dian Tangey
    signed 2018-05-28 01:08:13 +1000
  • Betty Brady
    signed 2018-05-27 19:41:57 +1000
    To the Minister for Environment and Energy Mr Josh Frydenberg, it is my will that you do not cut staff who work to prevent Australia’s accelerating extinction rate of rare species.

    I have already signed a petition asking that you stop the logging of forests, and these two matters should be considered together… we need the forests for the birds and the staff to make sure they are not eradicated.

    You appear to be a careful, thoughtful Minister, so I feel sure I leave this in good hands.

    Betty Brady
  • richard fay
    signed 2018-05-27 18:30:46 +1000
    THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Energy need MORE funding NOT LESS TO PROTECT OUR BIRDS AND MAMMALS
  • Barbara Waterhouse
    signed 2018-05-27 18:13:48 +1000
    Our children and grandchildren need the opportunity to enjoy the rarities of nature too! Our generation (politicians and people) have done untold damage to the Australian environment. Let’s conserve the jobs that are trying to conserve these rare and threatened species. All of nature plays a role in regulating the ecosystem services that we all benefit from.
  • Susan Edwards
    signed 2018-05-27 16:42:14 +1000
  • Graeme Curry
    signed 2018-05-27 16:03:30 +1000
  • Liz Dovey
    signed 2018-05-27 15:02:59 +1000
    Liz Dovey
  • Lisa Cook
    signed 2018-05-27 14:46:23 +1000
    Lisa Cook
  • Linda Woods
    signed 2018-05-27 14:14:57 +1000
  • Alesoun Marsden
    signed 2018-05-27 11:14:13 +1000
  • Robyn Brown
    signed 2018-05-27 10:04:01 +1000
    All the Liberal Government cares about is the bottom line. What’s the point of having a surplus if our environment is ruined, our native species are extinct and our enjoyment of life is trashed. No point being alive without animals and the bush as far as I’m concerned. I couldn’t give a stuff about your cold hearted surplus!
  • Jojo Heathcote
    signed 2018-05-27 08:19:30 +1000
  • Kathy Settineri
    signed 2018-05-27 06:20:24 +1000
  • Barbara Crljen
    posted about this on Facebook 2018-05-26 22:07:51 +1000
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  • barbara crljen
    signed 2018-05-26 22:07:32 +1000
  • Kerry Murrell
    signed 2018-05-26 22:02:52 +1000
  • Robert Houghton
    signed 2018-05-26 21:02:37 +1000
  • Gary Abbott
    signed 2018-05-26 16:12:48 +1000