Article 42WJX Queensland has systematically failed threatened species, auditor general says in scathing report

Queensland has systematically failed threatened species, auditor general says in scathing report

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Ben Smee
from Environment | The Guardian on (#42WJX)

Efforts to protect native fauna and flora 'lack purpose, direction and coordination'

Queensland has systematically failed the state's growing list of threatened species, delaying declarations by up to seven years and botching its conservation management responsibilities, a scathing report by the state's auditor general has found.

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