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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Twenty species added to extinction risk list

Holding on by its pincers, the Conondale spiny crayfish is now an endangered species. (HANDOUT/FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TANYA PLIBERSEK’S OFFICE)

Another 20 species have been added to Australia's list of imperilled plants and animals, with nine at risk of imminent extinction.

Native plants, including a waratah species that's a symbol for the nation, account for most of the additions announced by the federal environment minister.

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