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Two people were arrested and later released without charge over the protest at the National Gallery of Victoria

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Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 metres long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with flippers and a shark-like tail. They were also wildly diverse, evolving dozens…

Advocates deride $224.5m funding pledge given one study suggests $2bn a year needed to recover 2,000 threatened plants, animals and ecological communities

Government says it will aim to conserve 30 percent of Australia’s land mass in attempt to protect its unique wildlife.

The Federal Government has launched a new threatened species action plan with the ambitious goal to stop further extinctions in Australia.

A government action plan that aims to prevent the loss of any more Australian species will focus on an initial list of 110 priority species and 20 places.

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The federal government will reserve 30 per cent of land for conservation to improve biodiversity and set a goal of no new extinctions in an overhaul of its threatened species action plan.