Good morning. The fallout from the federal election continues, as the Liberal party mulls what went wrong and who’s to blame, and the environment takes a final hit from the former environment minister.
“On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil?” That’s the question being asked by the Wilderness Society after the Coalition’s Sussan Ley scrapped recovery plans designed to prevent the extinction of almost 180 threatened species and habitats as one of her final acts as environment minister. Last year, the Morrison government proposed removing the requirement for a legislated plan for 185 plants, animals and habitats, including several plans that were years overdue. In March, Ley signed off on decisions to remove that requirement for 176 of the species and habitats. Ley made the decisions despite a government call for feedback receiving 6,701 responses, all disagreeing with the proposal.
