Morning mail: koalas endangered, UK warns Russia of sanctions, AEC wins on Twitter

Friday: The marsupial is officially listed as endangered after governments failed to halt its decline. Plus: how the electoral commission is winning friends on social media

Good morning. Foreign ministers of Australia, the US, India and Japan are meeting in Melbourne today to discuss Indo-Pacific security and China-Russia relations. Koalas have been declared an endangered species, and rapid test shortages have left some aged care residents isolated from loved ones.

The Australian government has officially listed the koala as endangered after a decline in its numbers due to land clearing and catastrophic bushfires shrinking its habitat. The status will provide additional protection for the country's iconic animals. But the government is yet to adopt a long-overdue recovery plan that will set out actions needed to prevent its extinction. The koala has gone from no listing to now being declared endangered on the Australian east coast within a decade," said Dermot O'Gorman, WWF-Australia's chief executive. That is a shockingly fast decline. The status is a grim but important decision."