Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Questions without Notice

Environment: Swift Parrots

2:25 pm

Photo of Janet RiceJanet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, since the commencement of the regional forest agreements we've witnessed more than a quarter of forest-dependent species that are listed by the federal government as threatened and endangered moved closer to extinction. How does the federal government expect to reach zero extinctions when native forest logging is killing endangered species, including swift parrots, greater gliders—one was found dead in a logging coupe just recently—and koalas, and obliterating their habitat?

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