Australian threatened species face overdue recovery plans by environment department amid extinction crisis

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated January 13 2021 - 2:50pm, first published 4:30am
The ACT's beloved superb parrots are listed as one of nearly 2000 threatened species on the register. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
The ACT's beloved superb parrots are listed as one of nearly 2000 threatened species on the register. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The government has admitted the recovery plans for nearly 200 threatened species in Australia are overdue as conservationists and politicians call for quick and decisive action to mitigate the threat of extinction.

Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

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