Australian government stops listing major threats to species under environment laws

Exclusive: Documents show department has stopped recommending assessment of key threatening processes' affecting native wildlife

The federal government has stopped listing major threats to species under national environment laws, and plans to address listed threats are often years out of date or have not been done at all.

Environment department documents released under freedom of information laws show the government has stopped assessing what are known as key threatening processes", which are major threats to the survival of native wildlife.